SMRP-Kansas City Chapter Engagement: November 2022 Highlights
The Compli team actively supports the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) organization. We would like to share upcoming and recent events going on in the Kansas City chapter!
30th Annual SMRP Conference
The 30th Annual SMRP Conference attracted over 1,000 maintenance, reliability and physical asset management professionals and practitioners across nearly every industry for four days of networking, education, and certification. The conference was held at the Convention Center in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. There were over 130 exhibitors at the conference, ranging from consulting firms to equipment suppliers and everything in between. Paul Crocker, Jason Herman and Dave Koncak, three members of the Kansas City Chapter of SMRP, attended the annual meeting.
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The first day of the conference consisted of various maintenance and reliability workshops running from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The second day of the conference began with a great keynote speaker followed by various maintenance and reliability presentations throughout the day. The conference attendees had the opportunity visit the various exhibitors and network during the breakfast and lunch hours.
The third day of the conference consisted of various maintenance and reliability presentations throughout the day. The conference attendees had the opportunity visit the various exhibitors and network during the breakfast and lunch hours.
The final day of the conference consisted of various maintenance and reliability workshops running from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Also on the final day, a tour of the Novo Nordisk API US was offered to conference attendees. The Clayton, NC site is Novo Nordisk’s first production site for diabetes API outside of Denmark. The plant runs fermentation, recovery, and purification processes to deliver future active pharmaceutical ingredients for oral semaglutide of Rybelsus®.
Thanks to Dave Koncak for this conference report.
October Networking Event
“Lubrication: Common Problems and Quick Wins” by Devin Jarrett with Noria Corporation
On October 27th, Kansas City Chapter of SMRP hosted a guest speaker/presentation at GBA’s training center located 9801 Renner Blvd, Lenexa, KS. The topic of the presentation was “Lubrication: Common Problems and Quick Wins” by Devin Jarrett with Noria Corporation.Devin is a Success Manager at Noria Corporation, where he assists customers in their journey to world class lubrication utilizing Noria’s lubrication program development (LPD)
He is certified by the International Council for Machinery Lubrications as a Level I and II Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT I and II), Level II and III Machinery Lubrication Analyst (MLA II and III), and Machinery Lubrication Engineer (MLE). The Chapter program began at 5:30 PM with networking (beverages and pizza). The presentation started at 6:00 pm and ran until 6:45 pm with a Q&A session until 7:15 pm.