30 years of field experience in factories. Today, AI to go further.
I spent thirty years in factories, from commissioning brand-new installations to running industrial operations. Today, I put that experience to work for manufacturers who want to structure, improve the reliability of and optimize their maintenance, plugging artificial intelligence in wherever it truly adds value. Founder of ALM, partner of SpinPart, I work with a single rule: criticize systems, never people.
Pascal Flatrès, founder of ALM. Quimper, France.
30 YEARS
IN FACTORIES
100+
PROJECTS DELIVERED
12 COUNTRIES
3 CONTINENTS
3 SECTORS
FOOD · METALLURGY · AUTO
01 — JOURNEY
No engineering degree. An internal promotion at Michelin, a decisive encounter with the MAXER method in 1989, RCM training in the United States in 1997, and the drive to put it all to work for manufacturers under the ALM banner since 2015.
1989
MICHELIN · FRANCE
Training in the MAXER method (structured diagnosis of industrial failures through causal-chain analysis and fault-free configuration), then instructor certification. It is the technical foundation of diagnosis. Thirty-five years later, it is still the backbone of the DIAGFIAB© training.
1992
UNITED STATES
Commissioning brand-new industrial installations in the United States, in close teamwork between maintenance, new works and production. Discovering and learning TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) at the source: the approach that puts operators at the heart of equipment reliability. Today the first pillar of the ALM approach.
1997
UNITED STATES
Immersion in Reliability Centered Maintenance in the United States, at the source. Functional analysis, FMEA, decision trees: the method that justifies every maintenance task by its real impact on safety, production or economics. The methodological foundation now automated by MaintAI©.
2003
MICHELIN · INTERNATIONAL
Developing the operational excellence framework within the Michelin Manufacturing Way team. Pilot site in Poland, then rollout across Europe, the United States and Asia. Turning best practices into a reproducible standard — and keeping it alive in factories, from one plant to the next.
2005
POLAND
Commissioning two greenfield plants in Poland. Project management, then building the maintenance function from a blank page: organization, preventive plans, CMMS, upskilling the teams. Building reliability from the very first day of production.
2015
QUIMPER, FRANCE
Creation of ALM — Advanced Lean Maintenance after two decades in growing operational responsibilities (technician, maintenance supervisor, plant manager, operation director). Independent consulting in maintenance operational excellence, in-house and inter-company. First project: a field diagnostic in the Breton food processing industry. It was the demonstration that the fundamental principles of maintenance, born in the automotive industry, apply fully to the food processing industry and to SMEs alike.
2017
ALM × SPINPART
Start of the partnership with SpinPart, a strategy and operations consulting firm, as their maintenance expert for their industrial clients. This partnership makes it possible to take on more ambitious projects, within a multidisciplinary team well versed in supporting companies through their transformation projects.
02 — SPECIALTIES
Four methodological pillars I have deployed for decades, in factories, in demanding industrial environments. No magic, only method.
N°01
Total Productive Maintenance, 8 pillars. Autonomous maintenance, continuous improvement, full rollouts in food processing, metallurgy, automotive.
N°02
Reliability Centered Maintenance. Functional analysis, FMEA, decision trees. Preventive plans based on real failure modes, not on arbitrary intervals.
N°03
Planning & Scheduling. Preparation, scheduling, maximizing wrench time. The most underestimated maintenance productivity lever in France.
N°04
Root Cause Analysis. MAXER, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, 8D. The DIAGFIAB© method, which combines MAXER, TPM and 8D in action-based training.
03 — IN FACTORIES
More than a hundred field projects, in industrial contexts that have little in common except the rigor the method demands. The stakes change. The method holds.
3 CONTINENTS · ASIA · AMERICAS · EUROPE
CONTINUOUS PROCESS · ASSEMBLY LINES · STEELWORKS · FORGES · WIRE DRAWING · DAIRIES · SLAUGHTERHOUSES
04 — PARTNERSHIP
Since 2017 I have collaborated with SpinPart, a strategy and operations consulting firm, as their maintenance expert. Together, we durably transform the maintenance organizations of their industrial clients: in-depth diagnostics, training paths for managers, roadmaps and implementation support.
This long-standing partnership is also the technological foundation of MaintAI©, which combines 30 years of ALM field experience in factories with generative AI tools to produce operational maintenance plans, equipment by equipment.
spinpart.fr/secteurs/industrie →06 — LET'S TALK
Whether you want to see MaintAI© running on a case already handled, or explore a specific topic of reliability improvement, planning, or diagnosis, we take the time it needs. If you spot any bullshit, we stop after five minutes.