The Reliability of Everything™ Culture Improvement Awards Submission Form

Name of Company*
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country
Contact Name*
First Last
Title*
Phone*
Email*
Select the award(s) for which you would like to be considered:*
- Best Culture Start-Up (changing a challenging culture/difficult situation)
- Best Sustaining Culture (evidence of a consistent, top-quartile environment)
- Best Culture Innovation (unique solution to improve culture)
Supporting information and data*
- This is notification that the company named above is applying for the award indicated above. (Upon submission of this application form, the designated contact person will receive a standardized data sheet to help organize your company’s application. That data sheet will be accompanied by a phone call to the contact person to assist in filling out the form and assembling additional information.)
- Our company agrees to present at the 2025 UT-RMC Maintenance & Reliability Conference (MARCON), in Knoxville, TN (MARCON is typically held the first full week in March.).
Designated contact person (leave blank if contact is person listed above)
Name
First Last
Email
Phone

Items to include in your final submission:

1. Completed key performance indicator (KPI) spreadsheet (standardized data sheet will be provided upon submission of this application)

1. Trend charts/bar charts/analytics showing improvements (measureable results in reliability, maintainability, operations, and culture/employee engagement), especially how they are related.

1. Outline of the steps taken (start of journey, where you are to date, and future steps planned)

1. Summary of the lessons learned, biggest challenges, and related key decisions made and outcomes

1. Keep in mind that, overall, the awards will be based on three criteria:
  • Measured improvement in R&M metrics (25%)
  • Measured improvement in culture and impact on R&M/operations (50%)
  • Documented journey/process used with lessons learned (25%)

Any other supporting information/data.

(Data submitted will only be used for judging. Your company will decide the level of data used in a MARCON presentation, possible Efficient Plant magazine article, and elsewhere.)

Final important note:

The Culture Improvement Awards are about making measureable progress, regardless of the quartile where your company started, or where it is now. It’s just as significant, and often more difficult, to go from the 4th to 3rd quartile, than to go from the 2nd to 1st (top) quartile. In short, these awards are a way to recognize people from real-world plant environments who have worked hard to make a difference in improving culture and operations. Being able to share details of your company’s journey—what worked and, just as important, what didn’t and why—can be of great value to all plant professionals.

Award submissions must be received by October 31, 2024.

If you have questions or need additional support, contact Klaus Blache at kblache@utk.edu or call: 875-974-9628.