By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Be aware of the full range of business requirements for the maintenance function
• Know the purposes of maintenance
• Acquire the fundamentals of equipment reliability
• Identify the role of Maintenance in a business risk management
• Learn about the role of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling (MPS)
• Develop a planning process with steps appropriate to relevant industry maintenance regulations and standards and practices
• Develop measures and performance indicators for planning process
• Provide procurement and stores management
• Provide necessary planning reports and documents
• Develop complete Job Plans to do the work
• Provide work budgeting and cost monitoring& control
• Generate management information and reports
• Monitor planning process performance
• Identify safety issues and hazards for men and equipment when doing the work
• Identify potential resource and manning constraints and time issues
• Identify requirements for safe access by personnel and equipment
• Create, produce and distribute resources planning reports
• Monitor work order backlog duration

The Work Planning Process

• Site Investigation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Failure History
• The Required Documentation
• Specifying Important Information to Capture During the Job
• Developing Job Procedure with Required Outcomes and Measures
• Specifying Materials
• Specifying Subcontract Resources
• Specifying Tools and Ancillary Equipment
• Specifying Human Resources
• Build-in Time for Quality Work
• Developing the Job Plan and Times
• Setting Job Performance Requirements

Necessary Planning Office Systems and Methods

• Work Order Costing
• Plant and Equipment Information
• Planning Documents and their Control
• Equipment Records and their Control
• Job Procedures
• Job Records and their Control
• Equipment Performance Trending
• Job Performance Trending
• Track Planning Performance & Benefits
• Work and Personnel Safety

Specifying Workmanship Standards

• Standardized Work
• Setting the Standards for a Job
• Identifying Necessary Skills for a Job
• Failure Preventing Job Procedures

Inventory Purchasing and Management

• Refurbishment Decisions and Costs
• Important Purchasing Information
• Useful Store Control Practices
• Good Storage Practices
• Working with and Developing Suppliers

Project Management Principles and Practices

• Identify Work Priorities
• Set Project Goals and Objectives
• Specifications and Contracts
• Bar (Gantt) Charts
• PERT Charts (Critical Path)
• Checkpoints and Checklists
• Preparing for All Eventualities
• Specifying Job Quality Standards
• Safety Considerations, Calculate Maintenance Cost vs. Budget
• Compiling the Job Pack
• Job Planning
• Preparations Before the Job Starts
• Complete the Checklists
• Job and Workmanship Feedback
• Post-Job Review
• Continuously Improving the Planning

Miscellaneous

• Shutdown and Outages Planning
• The Maintenance Scheduling Process and Scheduling Procedures
• Review and Discussion of Activity
• Visual Management in All Occasions
• Production-Maintenance Relationship Building
• The Production Plan
• Manpower Scheduling and Resources Scheduling
• Preparations before the Job Starts
• Addressing On-site Issues and Changes in the Plan with Team-based Risk Analysis
• Monitoring Job Performance and Schedule
• Backlog Management

Maintenance personnel & supervisors, Planning engineers, Foreman and technicians, Mechanical, electrical and operational personnel, Personnel designated as planners, or identified to become planners, Predictive and preventive maintenance, technicians & supervisors, Key leaders from each maintenance craft, Key operations personnel