Keeping the Upkeep Down
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Contents |
Description |
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| Introduction and maintenance basics | Defining maintenance, types of maintenance, the role of the maintenance department. |
| Asset management | Plant design, naming and numbering systems, spare parts, criticality ratings. |
| Employee relations and safety | Union-management relations, making safety a part of each job, being considerate. |
| Improving performance | Measuring activities and results, learning from work done, planning ahead. |
| Maintenance business processes | Practical business processes, avoiding roadblocks, controlling all aspects of maintenance. |
| Maintenance computer system | How to select a system, what to avoid, consideration of all users, database principles, work order coding. |
| Maintenance costs | Budgeting and reporting, cost reduction considerations, hidden costs. |
| Maintenance management – general | How many tradespeople needed, optimum maintenance, selecting a maintenance manager, organization principles. |
| Materials, supplies and tools | Maintenance materials business process, importance of tool management, how to reduce inventory. |
| Measuring maintenance | Maintenance KPI’s, measuring reliability and downtime, infrastructure assessments. |
| Planning and scheduling | Defining “planning” and “scheduling”, detailed planning, scheduling processes and meetings, setting priorities. |
| Preventive maintenance (PM) | Two kinds of PM, how to set up routes, managing PM systems. |
| Reliability | Maintenance’s “product”, designing for reliability, reducing the risk of unspared components, rebuild procedures. |
| Shutdowns | Managing major shutdowns, shutdown preparation, execution and follow-up. |
| Work assignment and execution | Integrating PM and other work, setting up effective work teams, include planning in work instructions. |