From firefighting
to world class.
The practical framework for industrial asset management.
NJN Consulting helps mining and heavy industrial operations move from reactive maintenance to top-quartile reliability. Eight pillars. Five maturity stages. ISO 55001:2024 aligned. Proven on operating sites across Africa.
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What practitioners say
Endorsed by people who did the work
“In a discipline crowded with theory, Johan delivers something rare: a practical roadmap any reliability engineer or asset manager can apply on Monday morning.”
“What he writes here is exactly what he did on the ground — the RCM logic, the FMECA work, the work-management discipline. Not theory. This is the book maintenance managers wish they had on day one.”
Three ways to work with us
The Books
The complete framework, written for practitioners. Eight pillars from Operating Model through to Sustainment. 254 pages of practical methodology in the Anthology, or read book by book at your own pace.
Browse books →The Tools
The Maturity Audit workbook scores your operation against the eight pillars and gives you a 12-quarter improvement plan. Plus the KPI Reference Guide and 40 working templates.
See the tools →The Services
Strategy assessments, RCM facilitation, Reliability Engineering capability building, SAP PM implementation support, and on-site workshops. We help you build, not just advise.
See services →The Engineering Journey to Excellence
All eight books in one volume. The complete eight-pillar framework, from the Operating Model that establishes governance through to the Integration, People, and Sustainment work that holds the gains over time.
254 pages · 16 diagrams · 58-term glossary · ISO 55001:2024 aligned
Insights from operating sites
Practical pieces on what's working — and what's quietly broken — in industrial asset management. Read in 10 minutes; apply on Monday morning.
Why your PM compliance number lies
That 95% on the dashboard? It's almost certainly hiding three lies. Here's what your PM compliance KPI is actually measuring, and the five metrics that tell the truth instead.
Read article →Building an RE team from zero — the first 90 days
Most companies that try to build a Reliability Engineering function fail in the first year. Here are the four failure modes, and the structured 90-day plan that gives you the best shot at not being one of them.
Read article →The five maturity stages — explained with mining examples
If you've ever wondered "are we Stage 2 or Stage 3?", this should help. What each PAMF stage actually looks like on an operating mine — from Firefighting to World Class — with the data signals that tell you where you really sit.
Read article →Listen to the podcast
Short, practical conversations through the eight-pillar framework — one book at a time. New episodes weekly.
Free 4-page reliability report.
Upload your asset data — register, criticality list, failure history or PM-compliance export — and, if you have it, the OEM manual. We'll send back a practitioner-grade 4-page reliability diagnostic: criticality, likely failure modes, and the maintenance tactics we'd recommend. No charge, no obligation.
Ready to talk about your operation?
Whether you're starting from scratch or refining a mature program, we'd be glad to hear what you're working on.
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