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The Complete Course on Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

London Premier Centre, In London (+7 locations)
Length
10 days
Price
7,885 - 8,500 GBP excl. VAT
Next course start
16 December, 2024 (+4 start dates)
Course delivery
Classroom
Length
10 days
Price
7,885 - 8,500 GBP excl. VAT
Next course start
16 December, 2024 (+4 start dates)
Course delivery
Classroom
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Course description

Maintenance planning and scheduling is one of the fastest and most effective investments an organization can make to improve productivity and availability. The processes in this course pave the way for planning and control of maintenance resources. Equipment reliability is increased. Waiting times, unnecessary parts and inaccurate information are eliminated. Budgeting is easier and more accurate. Maintenance tasks are as much as 50% more efficient in terms of costs and time.

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling examines topics including a proactive work management process, job estimation and prioritization, backlog management, job plan development, work scheduling and coordination, tracking progress, and supporting reliability engineers with valuable equipment history and root cause analysis input.

Upcoming start dates

Choose between 4 start dates

16 December, 2024

  • Classroom
  • Barcelona

16 December, 2024

  • Classroom
  • Dubai

23 December, 2024

  • Classroom
  • Amsterdam

30 December, 2024

  • Classroom
  • London

Suitability - Who should attend?

The Complete Course on Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, is ideal for :

  • Maintenance Planner/Schedulers
  • Production Supervisors
  • Storeroom Managers
  • Maintenance Managers
  • Operation Coordinators
  • Maintenance Supervisors
  • Plant Engineers

Outcome / Qualification etc.

At the end of The Complete Course on Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Delegates will be able to:

  • Explain the challenges and objectives facing maintenance organisations today.
  • Demonstrate the importance of work order systems and use techniques for time estimations and priority assignments.
  • Implement a preventive maintenance programme.
  • Apply project management techniques to effectively manage major maintenance activities and shut-downs.
  • Use capital budgeting techniques to evaluate maintenance capital expenditures.
  • Implement the right KPIs to evaluate and improve performance in maintenance.

Training Course Content

Day 1

The Business Case for the Benefit of Planning (Why Do Planning?)

  • Company Vision.
  • Why Developing Is Needed in Maintenance?
  • The concept of planning (e.g., Parts and Tools).
  • Increase Your Workforce Without Hiring
  • Case Study: The Practical Result of Planning.
  • Is Freed-Up Technicians.
  • “World Class” Wrench Time.
  • The Specific Benefit of Planning Calculated for Labour Only.
  • The Specific Benefit of Planning Calculated beyond Labour: The Ultimate Benefit.
  • Plant Staffing Level.
  • Why Does This Opportunity Exist?
  • Quality and Productivity: Effectiveness and Efficiency.
  • Planning Mission.
  • Frustration with Planning.

Day 2

Planning Principles (What Makes Planning So Frustrating and What Makes It Work?)

  • The Planning Vision: The Mission.
  • Principle 1: Separate Group.
  • Principle 2: Focus on Future Work.
  • Principle 3: Component Level Files Illustrations.
  • Principle 4: Estimates Based on Planner Expertise.
  • Principle 5: Recognize the Skill of the Crafts.
  • Principle 6: Measure Performance with Work Sampling.

Scheduling Principles (Why Do We Have to Do Scheduling and What Makes It Work?)

  • Why Maintenance Does Not Assign Enough Work?
  • Advance Scheduling Is an Allocation.
  • Principle 1: Plan for Lowest Required Skill Level Illustrations.
  • Principle 2: Schedules and Job Priorities Are Important Illustrations.
  • Case Study: New Supervisor.
  • Case Study: Honouring the Schedule.
  • Principle 3: Schedule from Forecast of Highest Skills Available.
  • Principle 4: Schedule for Every Work Hour Available.
  • Principle 5: Crew Leader Handles Current Day’s Work.
  • Principle 6: Measure Performance with Schedule Compliance.

Day 3

Success Only After Dealing with Reactive Maintenance

  • Proactive versus Reactive Maintenance.
  • Extensive versus Minimum Maintenance.
  • What Kind of Job Plan Is That!?
  • Case Studies Illustrating Actual Industry Successes.
  • Case Study: Electric Utility.
  • Case Study: Chemical Plant.
  • Case Study: Food Processing.
  • Case Study: Facilities 1.
  • Case Study: Facilities 2.
  • Case Study: Paper Mill.
  • Case Study: Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Day 4

Basic Planning

  • A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Planner Work Order System.
  • Planning Process.
  • Work Order Form.
  • Coding Work Orders.
  • Using and Making a Component Level File Scoping a Job.
  • Troubleshooting.
  • Performance Testing or Engineering.
  • Engineering Assistance or Reassignment.
  • Developing Planned Level of Detail, Sketching and Drawing.
  • Job Plan Template.
  • Estimating Work Hours and Job Duration.
  • Job Safety.
  • Estimating Job Cost.
  • Contracting Out Work.
  • Wastewater Treatment Industry Example.

Day 5

Advance Scheduling

  • Weekly Scheduling.
  • Forecasting Work Hours.
  • Sorting Work Orders.
  • Allocating Work Orders.
  • Common Sense for Interruptible and Other Work.
  • Formal Weekly Schedule Meeting.
  • Staging Parts and Tools.
  • What to Stage?
  • Where to Stage?
  • Who Should Stage?
  • The Process of Staging.

Daily Scheduling and Supervision

  • A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Supervisor.
  • Assigning Names 273 Coordinating with the Operations Group.
  • Handing Out Work Orders.
  • During Each Day.
  • Avoiding Common Pitfalls That Wreck the Schedule.

Day 6

Forms and Resources Overview

  • Forms.
  • Resources.
  • Component Level Files—Mini files.
  • Equipment History Files (Including System Files and Mini files)
  • Technical Files.
  • Attachment Files 308 Vendor Files.
  • Equipment Parts Lists.
  • Standard Plans.
  • Lube Oil Manual.
  • MSDS.
  • Plant Schematics.
  • Rotating or Critical Spares Programme.
  • Security of Files.

Day 7

The Computer in Maintenance

  • A Day in the Life of a Maintenance Planner (Using a CMMS).
  • The Planner Must Use the CMMS Job Plan Module.
  • What Type of Computerization.
  • Software Already in Use.
  • Single User or Larger Network.
  • Creating versus Purchasing a Commercial CMMS.
  • Interfacing a CMMS with a Company Financial System.
  • Benefits with the CMMS.
  • Standardizing Work Processes Inventory Control.
  • Information for Metrics and Reports.
  • Finding Work Orders.
  • Linking Information to Equipment.
  • Common Database Scheduling.
  • PM Generation.
  • Problem Diagnosis and Root Cause Analysis Support.
  • Cautions with the CMMS.
  • Selection of a CMMS.

How Planning Interacts with Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, and Project Work

  • Preventive Maintenance and Planning.
  • Project Work and Planning.

Day 8

Control (How Do We Control Planning Itself and What Are Associated KPIs for Planning and Overall Maintenance?)

  • Key Process Indicators (KPIs).
  • KPIs for Scheduling.
  • KPIs for Planning.

Shutdown, Turnaround, Overhaul, and Outage Management

  • Different Types of Outages.
  • Accuracy of Task Estimates.
  • Cycle of Improvement: The Outage Report.
  • Controlling the Scope of Outages.
  • Elements of the Outage Organization.
  • Defining Outage Success.

Start Planning

  • What Is Maintenance Planning?
  • Why Do Companies Need Maintenance Planning?
  • WIIFM (What’s in It for Me?)

Planning Is Just One Tool; What Are the Other Tools Needed?

  • Work Order System.
  • Leadership, Management, Communication, Teamwork.
  • Qualified Personnel.
  • Reliability Maintenance.
  • Improved Work Processes.

Day 9

What to Buy and Where

  • Mini file Folders.
  • Mini file Labels.
  • Miscellaneous Office Supplies.
  • Equipment Tags.
  • Recommended Tag Sizes and Colours.
  • Wire to Hang Tags on Equipment Deficiency Tags.
  • Shop Ticket Holders.
  • Open Shelf Files.
  • CMMS.

Overview of Duties for Planners and Others

  • Maintenance Planner.
  • Maintenance Scheduler.
  • Maintenance Planning Clerk.
  • Operations Coordinator or Gatekeeper.
  • Maintenance Purchaser or Expediter.
  • Crew Supervisor.
  • Planning Supervisor.
  • Maintenance Manager.
  • Maintenance Planning.
  • Project Manager.
  • Maintenance Analyst.

Day 10

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and Scheduling with Excel Spreadsheets

  • Planning Principles versus Using a CMMS.
  • Helpful Features for Planning and Scheduling.
  • Types of Projects.
  • Planning for a CMMS.
  • Ongoing Support.
  • Scheduling with Computer Spreadsheets.
  • The MPSH Scheduler Excel Spreadsheet.

Establishing and Supporting a Planning Group

  • Setting Up a Planning Group in a Traditional.
  • Redirecting or Fine-Tuning an Existing Planning Group.
  • Aids and Barriers Overview.
  • Major Areas of Planning Management.
  • Key Aids and Barriers.
  • – Examples.

Contracting Out Work

  • Why Contract Out Work?
  • Problems with Contracting Out Work.
  • Alternative Forms of Contracting Out Work.
  • Arbitration Considerations for Contracting Out Work.
  • Concise Text of Missions, Principles, and Guideline.

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