Obsolete Equipment – How to establish pre-existing condition of “bone yard” assets

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  Many organizations have a tendency to become pack rats, especially when they have surplus storage space.  While most of the corporate hoarders have learned to purge their dated documents, very few have adopted the practice of purging obsolete electronic … Read More

A Matter of Ethics: Facing the Fear of Doing the Right Thing

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Deep in your brain there is a little nugget of tissue called the amygdala.  It’s roughly the shape and size of an almond.  It’s the part of the brain that handles identifying things that scare you and things that make … Read More

5 Golden Rules of communicating with OEM’s after a disaster

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  Relying upon the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or their representatives to provide unchallenged loss assessments generally results in unjustified replacements and excessive claim settlements.  I have found that over 80% of equipment/machinery that OEM’s declare as “irreparable” are, in … Read More

Coming clean in a dirty industry – Part 1

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Consider this scenario… A full-service precision machine and fabrication shop experiences a small fire in one of its CNC Machining Centers. The fire was quickly extinguished, but produced a light smoke residue dispersed throughout the facility. The Insurance Company dispatched an Adjuster … Read More