The Reliability of Everything™ Culture Improvement Awards Submission Form Awards

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CheckboxesSelect 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)
• Third Choiceest Culture Innovation (unique solution to improve culture)

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• 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 2026 UT-RMC Maintenance & Reliability Conference (MARCON), in Knoxville, TN (MARCON is typically held the first full week in March.).

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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)
2. 1. Trend charts/bar charts/analytics showing improvements (measureable results in reliability, maintainability, operations, and culture/employee engagement), especially how they are related.
   2. Outline of the steps taken (start of journey, where you are to date, and future steps planned)
   3. Summary of the lessons learned, biggest challenges, and related key decisions made and outcomes
   4. 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%)
3. 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 and elsewhere.)

Final important note:

The Culture Improvement Awards are about making measurable progress. This is true regardless of the quartile where your company started. It also applies to where it is now. It’s just as significant to go from the 4th to 3rd quartile. Often, this is more difficult than going from the 2nd to 1st (top) quartile. In short, these awards recognize people from real-world plant environments. They have worked hard to make a difference in improving culture and operations. Sharing details of your company’s journey is valuable. It includes what worked and, just as important, what didn’t. Understanding why these elements worked or didn’t can benefit all plant professionals.

Award submissions must be received by October 31, 2025.

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