Allied Launches Reliability Engineering Services Division to Cut Downtime and Boost Profitability

Allied Reliability has announced the launch of a dedicated reliability engineering services division, designed to address critical gaps in today’s maintenance and reliability landscape.

John Schultz, an Allied partner, explains that the new group tackles two pervasive challenges faced by manufacturers today:

"Now we can assure our clients that their preventive and predictive maintenance processes are properly engineered," Schultz says. "By applying failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and other advanced reliability techniques, we ensure that PM and PdM inspections target the right failure modes."

The financial upside is significant. Schultz notes that most maintenance organizations operate with built‑in waste and inefficiency, leading to avoidable costs.

Another core focus of the division is to help manufacturers identify and remediate specific assets that cause excessive downtime, high maintenance costs, environmental releases, and quality issues.

"Through a combination of defect analysis, performance history, and advanced reliability methods, we can solve the biggest problems that impact our customers’ profitability," Schultz adds.

John Langhorne highlights that the new group delivers two elements most reliability programs lack: time and expertise. "This helps companies accelerate their reliability processes," Langhorne says. "We’ve completed an impressive number of FMEA studies and linked them to individual PdM technologies and PM inspection tasks, significantly reducing implementation time."

The division complements Allied’s existing Services Group, which delivers PdM services at over 200 plants and facilities across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Schultz emphasizes that this integration positions Allied uniquely to execute the action plans generated by reliability engineering analyses.

The new team boasts industry veterans:

• David Andrews – expertise in reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and linking failure modes to condition monitoring technologies, with a notable background at Dofasco Steel.
• Chris Colson – specialist in power distribution, power quality, and control systems, areas often overlooked in conventional reliability programs.
• Bob Guthrie – Level II/III certified in six PdM technologies and a leading authority on FMEA and RCM in North America.
• Bill Keeter – pragmatic reliability engineer skilled in Weibull analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and life‑cycle cost analysis.
• Tom Moriarty – registered professional engineer with extensive experience transforming legacy reliability programs into competitive advantages, coupled with strong leadership and business management skills.
• Rich Overman – acclaimed author and speaker on reliability-centered maintenance, known for integrating RCM with Lean, TPM, and Six Sigma into a methodology he calls "Versatile Asset Management."

Schultz remarks, "These experts can solve problems quickly and place them in an economic context for our clients. We hand‑picked them to join our team—and in many cases, they hand‑picked us." Moriarty echoes the enthusiasm, stating, "We’re thrilled to add top talent to our team. This move is the right step for our clients, partners, and employees."