Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices

·   Understand the Model of Excellence for Maintenance and how to use this to improve company profitability
·   Develop effective methodologies to improve Manufacturing Process Reliability
·   Describe the key aspects of improving reliability at equipment level
·   Utilize leadership skills to achieve maintenance and reliability excellence
·   Demonstrate best practice in Work Management, including the principles of managing work flow, planning and scheduling, and shutdown management

Introduction to the Excellence Model
·   Maintenance evolution
·   Sources of best practice
·   Traditional maintenance practices
·   Maintenance planning
·   Maintenance costs and  performance
·   Cost reduction Vs reliability or safety
·   Modern maintenance strategy and asset management
·   Aligning Maintenance with the Business plan
·   Maintenance vision and planning
·   Maintenance Improvement plan
·   Key Performance Indicators for maintenance
·   Change management and overcoming resistance
·   Processes and tools for managing change
·   Effective management of Human Factors
·   Identifying and satisfying stakeholders
·   Communication
·   Health, safety and environmental considerations
Approach to Asset Reliability Improvement 
·   Management processes for an asset and operation
·   Reliability Centered Maintenance
·   Lean and six-sigma
·   Total Productive Maintenance
·   The ideal reliability road map
·   Improving process performance
·   Cost, risk and value engineering
·   The principles of cost-effective maintenance investment
·   Management processes
·   Reliability improvement methodologies
·   Change Management for key processes
Improving Reliability at Equipment Level 
·   Setting reliability targets at equipment level
·   Assessing and baselining present equipment performance
·   Root Cause Failure Analysis
·   Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis
·   Development of effective maintenance plans
·   Reactive, Preventive, Predictive, Proactive
·   Condition monitoring options for different equipment and failure modes
·   A process to ensure new equipment reliability is at the required level
·   Implementation of reliability plans for all equipment
Developing a High-Performance Team 
·   Developing an organization that will support the reliability and maintenance strategies
·   Setting a reliability focused culture
·   Assessing gaps in the organization skills and the current capability vs that required
·   Competency management (training and developing personnel).
·   Leadership skills required to deliver full organizational performance
·   Setting a reliability focused culture
Work Management (The Maintenance Process)
·   Optimising the workflow process and CMMS system performance
·   Modern workflow management processes
·   Driving performance and Continuous Improvement
·   Identifying the correct scope of work
·   The work that is critical
·   Eliminating waste
·   Approval and prioritisation of work
·   Planning and work pack development for maximum efficiency
·   Scheduling work to meet targets and match resource plans
·   On Time In Full work execution
·   Tool time improvements
·   Controlling HSE
·   Recording work done, learning and improving future work
Work Management
·   Planning and executing projects
·   Managing maintenance materials and stores
·   Use of computer-based technology
·   Maintenance tasks, shutdowns and turnarounds

This course targets maintenance managers and reliability professionals, experienced supervisors, planners, project engineers, operations managers and functional specialists.