We caught up with Andy Gager (AMG International) ahead of Streamline Conferences (Feb 9–12, 2026, Greenville, SC). They dive into Andy’s leadership/supervision workshop (day 1) and his session on the true cost of maintenance (day 3), stressing how poor systems kill tech utilization and why culture + leadership drive real reliability.🤘 Leadership workshop: Tackles the brutal jump from coworker to supervisor (no training = chaos)
🤘 True cost session: Tech utilization averages 17–26%; travel, parts hunts, breaks steal time
🤘 World-class goal: ~65% utilization — fix systems, not blame people
🤘 CMMS truth: Tool only highlights bad culture/data; never fixes it alone
🤘 Streamline hype: Workshops, panels, expert convosuse code GC_GUEST for discount: https://streamlineconferences.com/