Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Control
Why Attend
Maximizing assets availability and reliability with the optimal cost are two conflicting objectives that each maintenance department needs to achieve. Maintenance planning and scheduling is the first step needed to assist you in achieving these objectives. However maintenance planning and scheduling is not only about using project management software to schedule tasks. Beside planning and scheduling activities the planner needs to ensure that all logistics are provided for. The planner will also need to be engaged in financial evaluation of maintenance initiatives. Once the planning is done right, the next step will be to ensure that all the work orders are executed as per the plan and in compliance with all Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) guidelines as well as company policies and procedures. In this course various techniques will be discussed that will assist you in due course to plan, schedule and control all your maintenance work orders for maximum effectiveness.
Course Methodology
The course uses a mix of interactive and hands-on techniques. Beside the brief presentations by the consultant and the participants, the thrust will be on real life work related situations to develop maintenance schedules for preventive and breakdown jobs, calculate re-order points and optimal quantities of spare parts, evaluate maintenance initiatives, and develop the right maintenance KPIs.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
a. Explain the challenges and objectives facing maintenance organizations today
b. Demonstrate the importance of work order systems and use techniques for time estimations and priority assignments Prepare a preventive maintenance program
Apply project management techniques to effectively manage major maintenance activities and shut downs
Use capital budgeting techniques to evaluate maintenance capital expenditures
c. Demonstrate understanding of how to maintain the optimal stock levels of spare parts to ensure operational continuity
d. Prepare the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) s to evaluate and improve performance in maintenance
Target Audience
Managers, supervisors and planners responsible for maintenance planning, scheduling and control activities.
Target Competencies
1. Maintenance theory and practice
2. Maintenance work processes
3. Project management
4. Financial evaluation
5. Planning and logistics theory and practice
6. Performance management
7. Adaptability
Associations
SMRP (Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) : The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is a nonprofit professional society formed by practitioners to advance the reliability and physical asset management industry and to create leaders in the field. SMRP provides unparalleled value for individual practitioners looking to expand their knowledge and skills in maintenance and reliability and build more business connections with other practitioners. SMRP is the premier asset management resource for companies looking to improve their processes and procedures. As an SMRP Approved Provider, Ciel Consulting PLUS Specialty Training is recognized for best-in-class continuing education training courses in reliability and physical asset management.

Location & Date

Ciel Consulting reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue and trainer.

Course Outline
1. Objectives of maintenance
2. Definition of maintenance and asset management
3. Challenges and objectives of maintenance
4. The modern maintenance strategy
5. Maintenance windows
6. Maintenance methods Types of maintenance
7. Classification of roles in maintenance
8. Customer service in maintenance
9. The work order system
10. Purpose of the Work Order (WO) system
11. Information collected on a WO
12. Job estimating methods
13. Prioritizing maintenance work orders
14. Preventive Maintenance (PM)
15. What is preventive maintenance
16. The importance of implementing a PM program
17. Establishing schedules
18. Breaking a facility into logical part

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