A to Z of Maintenance Best Practice

Introduction

Maintenance Best Practices are critical for every successful individual and company. This comprehensive programme is designed to complement the separate 1-week course entitled A-Z of Maintenance Technology and has been designed to benefit both qualified new professionals as well as experienced professionals who might need to refresh their skills. It covers all the fundamentals of Maintenance that a suitably qualified professional would be expected to carry out during his duty starting with the first steps and building up in a stair case fashion to a fully functional maintenance organisation.

Who should attend?

It is highly recommended that all Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering and technical support staff including leadership and management attend this workshop. If you and your company are interested in greatly increasing productivity, this will be a very valuable course

Objectives

To provide a step-by-step guide to maintenance best practice starting with foundations and building up to best practice that will deliver maximum business benefits.

To instruct Maintenance optimization best practice techniques
To provide opportunities to discuss the application of these best practices
Provide an opportunity to learn these concepts through practical exercises

Training Methodology

This workshop is designed to be a hands-on, stimulating experience.

The program is highly interactive with many discussion and facilitated practice sessions.

Organisational Impact

Organizations that are exposed to best practice methodologies in the area of Maintenance consistently are able to better compete on the global stage. The participants and their teams are better positioned to positively influence the organization with innovative ideas and techniques that in turn produce a higher performing organization.

Personal Impact

Individuals exposed to this training will develop new insights into international best practices. They will learn why the best companies in the world see Maintenance management as the key to delivering the right quality product at the lowest costs

Course Outline

Day 1: An Overview of Key Maintenance Work Processes

Maintenance Philosophy

Introduction to Maintenance Management

Definitions of key terms

Types of Maintenance - Reactive, planned and improvement jobs,

Preventive and Proactive

The scope of Maintenance Best Practice A-Z

Day 2: Maintenance Management Systems

Organising Maintenance

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Computerised Maintenance Management Systems

Developing Maintenance Key Performance Indicators

Day 3: Preventive Maintenance and Maintenance Strategy

Managing Maintenance

Maintenance Organisation Structure and Policies

Developing and Implementing a Preventive Maintenance Program

Applying Reliability Based principles to Maintenance Strategy

Development

Day 4: Maintenance Logistics and Cost Control

Supplying Maintenance

Managing Maintenance Spare Parts and Logistics

Optimising Spare Parts Inventory Levels

Maintenance Budgeting

Controlling Maintenance Costs

Day 5: Maintenance Team Work

Engineering, Production & Maintenance Teams

Benefits of Integrated teams

Motivation and empowerment

Total Productive Maintenance Concepts

Implementing Team Based Continuous Improvement in Maintenance