Maintenance 4.0 - Tobias Kuners of Koenders - Season 2

Industry 4.0 is a name given to the current trend of automation and data exchange in industrial technologies. It includes the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensors, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.   Today on the podcast we discuss Maintenance 4.0 and how it is being implemented and can be implemented across the Pharmaceutical Industry.    Our guest today is Tobias Kuners of Koenders (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaskunersofkoenders/). Tobias has more than 30 years of experience across multiple facets of operations including Project Management, Facilities Services, Maintenance, Engineering, Validation, Packaging and Supply Chain within highly regulated industries. He is the managing consultant at Tob Management, a Netherlands-based consulting firm providing business and technical expertise to the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and FSMP (food for special medical purpose) industries.   Here's what we discuss on this episode:   First off, before we get started, just to get to know you a little better...what is the last book you read? Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe https://www.amazon.com/Dutch-Light-Christiaan-Huygens-Science-ebook/dp/B085NWR3QL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dutch+light&qid=1621872488&sr=8-1  What is Pharma 4.0 as defined by the ISPE SIG?  What is “Maintenance 4.0” and how does it fit into the Pharma 4.0 framework? (Here is one of Tobias' articles: https://www.biosimilardevelopment.com/author/tobias-kuners-of-koenders)   We had some lag on this interview so you may notice some "cuts" as I tried to take out as much of the awkward as possible :).   The 5 Core Aspects of Maintenance 4.0...Periodic Inspection, Prescriptive Maintenance, Preventative (Routine) Maintenance, Predictive (Reliability) Maintenance, and Corrective/Reactive Maintenance. Where do you see the largest upside from where we are at today to in the future in these 5 core aspects?   As the data set available to us continues to grow, it seems overwhelming. How do companies prioritize data for good use rather than get buried by it and resort to either “over PMing” everything or corrective/reactive maintenance? How have you seen this done with one of your clients?   Let’s talk about existing facilities vs new facilities. It would seem an existing facility transition to Maintenance 4.0 could be very difficult from a “culture” perspective while at a new facility, there is a lack of history to work from developing KPIs and benchmarking. Can you talk to some of the issues an older facility vs a new facility might run into?   If you were to speak with a new client, what would be the first thing you would tell them to begin to look at to start the transition towards Maintenance 4.0?