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CONTRACT Appendix 1
Terms of Reference
1. General Introduction
Tunisia is in the position of being one of the countries in Africa being the
furthest developed in industrial issues and represents the hub of economic
growth along the southern Mediterranean. The key words are
modernisation, competition, openness and integration in the world
economy and the country tries hard to be attractive to foreign
investments. From this perspective Tunisia appears to have been
successful through, for instance, free trade agreements with the EU as
well as with other worldwide trade relations. Europe and France dominate
trade, where manufacturing constitutes the main part of both export and
import (approximately 90% each).
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EU, bound to be fully implemented by 2008, this means severe
challenges.
3.1 General
The baseline of the project is to raise the competence, knowledge and
awareness in the field of good maintenance practice in the mechanical
and electrical industries of Tunisia. The way to reach this goal is to
initially educate staff from CETIME as well as the industry within the
CETIME coverage and thereby deepening the knowledge and skills in the
existing maintenance department and this especially in the field of
automatic mechanical systems.
The main target of the project in itself, as well as later after the formal
closure of the project, is to spread the knowledge by different training
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missions concerning both specialists at the Tunisian industries concerned
and to the people who day-to-day work with the relevant equipment in
these industries. An important part of the project, as well as after the
closure of the project is also to raise the awareness and knowledge of the
issues at management positions in the industry.
Further steps in the project are also to obtain contacts with institutions in
the field of research and industrial development to, in co-operation, foster
this development further. The duration of the project is planned to be 36
months.
CETIME will for the visits of the Swedish consultants to Tunisia secure
enough office space, equipment and communication possibilities as well
as being responsible for all local transports in Tunisia needed for the
fulfilment of the project. The working language of the project will be
French in case not otherwise is stated.
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different parts of the project. A number of study visits will be included in
this visit as well as a visit to the Ministre de lIndustrie et de lEnergie.
During this visit the proposed planning of the project will discussed more
in detail and at the same time the Tunisian team will visit different
industries in order to gather background information, to more in detail be
able to plan for the study visits (action #2) as well as the other coming
activities within the project. Also discussions with the different personnel
proposed by the Swedish consultant will be carried out in order for
CETIME to receive a better picture of the different abilities.
The inception report, its results, recommendations and suggestions for the
further part of the project has to be accepted by both CETIME and Asdi
before any further steps of the project will be carried out or planned.
It is proposed that these two visits will have a duration of two weeks each
for at each time three (3) to four (4) CETIME staff. The division into
more than one visit is due to the fact that CETIME continually has to
pursue its local services and cannot simultaneously have too many people
out of office. Another intention is also to in a positive way use the fact
that the CETIME staff represents slightly different areas within industrial
maintenance.
The study visits will focus on a combination of study visits and training
exercises on the sites visited. Typically this, during a one-day mission to
a specific site, could consist of an initial presentation of the site and then
a subsequent exercise going into detail on the maintenance methodology
and practical execution at specifically defined equipment, mainly
machinery being equipped with automatic mechanical systems. Focus
will be on the areas of:
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- vibration analyses
- systems of proactive detection of malfunctions
- hydraulic and pneumatic systems
The combined study and training visits to Sweden should be carried out
in a varying form, with focus on visits to relevant industries, but also
including discussions and seminars with scientists and/or other engaged
institutions in matters on industrial maintenance, specifically on
automatic mechanical systems. The aim here is also to strengthen the
scientific and technical relations in between CETIME and Swedish
organisations, and thus to develop bilateral co-operation projects and
missions in the field of industrial maintenance. The latter is part of what
is below being described as action #5, but in order to use existing
resources in the most sufficient way the promotion of the project in
Sweden should be carried out in parallel with the visits already paid by
the Tunisian attendants in Sweden.
The main responsibility for this part of the project is on the side of the
permanent experts appointed for the project (see section 4). The action #3
will mean technical and informative assistance in the creating of broader
and deeper knowledge at CETIME focusing on the issues of the
Maintenance department and especially on assistance in the field of
Maintenance of automatic mechanical systems in the industrial sector of
the CETIME responsibility. It will also at the same time foster the
maintenance knowledge within the industry and at those stages where it is
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possible to also include industrial representatives while executing training
exercises in the form of seminars, this will be pursued.
A. Maintenance Methodology:
- Preventive maintenance
- Introducing and maintaining centralised technical solutions
- Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) and Failure Modes Detection
and
Critical Analyses (FMDCA)
- Organisation
- Introducing and maintaining computer based maintenance systems
- Environmental aspects on maintenance activities
- Security aspects on maintenance activities
- Legal aspects directly or indirectly connected to maintenance activities
- Vibration
- Ball bearings
- Conveyers
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems
- Lubrication
Short interventions
Long interventions
It is also envisaged that the permanent experts will carry out 6 longer
interventions with a duration of 5-10 man-days respectively at industries
being in need for a longer duration of assistance. Typically these
interventions will be in the field of:
The short and long interventions will be directly directed towards specific
sites and thus they will be attended by normally one ore two persons of
the site as well as one or two CETIME staff, i.e. in total for the 36
intervention in the order of 100 persons being affected and trained.
Seminars
Based on the experience gathered by the above described short and long
interventions nine (9) specific items on the maintenance of automatic
mechanical systems will be picked out and elaborated into nine (9)
different seminars. The number of attendants at these seminars is
expected at some 15 each; i.e. in total some 135 of which about 1/3 being
CETIME staff.
Preparatory assistance
The missions by the permanent experts will be carried out throughout the
three-year period, with an aim of having these equally distributed during
the whole project period. The activities will focus on typical maintenance
issues related to automatic mechanical systems and be based on actual
cases in the Tunisian mechanical, electrical and/or electronical industry.
CETIME will take active part in this activity as CETIME, after the
closure of the project, has to replicate it further.
As for the training activities carried out by the permanent experts within
Action #2, the activities of Action #3 will focus on maintenance issues
related to automatic mechanical systems and be based on actual cases on
site in the Tunisian mechanical, electrical and/or electronical industry. It
is though assumed to be activities of a more specific nature.
It is envisaged that there will be six (6) short interventions of 2-3 days
each at specific sites selected by the Dpartement Maintenance Industriel
at CETIME (DMI) in close co-operation with the Swedish consultant.
These interventions will, during the same week of action, be followed by
training seminars using the specific case as a base for a seminar on the
issue but being directed to a wider public. It is also proposed that two (2)
long interventions will be carried out in addition to the above
mentioned, for cases needing extra long assistance to be solved. These
could also be followed by seminars, in such case instead of any of the
other seminars indicated above.
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The short and long interventions will be directly directed towards specific
sites and thus they will be attended by normally one or two persons of the
site as well as one or two CETIME staff., i.e. in total for the eight (8)
interventions in the order of 25 persons being affected and trained. For
the seminars an attendance level of 15 persons is envisaged, i.e.. totalling
a level of some 90 persons, of which about 1/3 being CETIME staff.
- Instrumentation
- Hydraulic systems
- Pneumatic systems
- Bearings
- Lubrication
- Acoustics
- Computer based maintenance systems and other centralised technical
solutions
The final choice will be made in close co-operation with CETIME and
the Project Manager. On the question of equipment the same is applicable
as noted under action #3 Other notes on action #3.
CETIME will take active part in this activity as CETIME, after the
closure of the project, has to replicate it further.
This action point represents both the time for the official reporting,
excluding the inception report, as well as networking activities in Sweden
in co-operation by the Swedish consultant and the Tunisian project
management.
For each official reporting activity two (2) days are calculated for the
Swedish Consultant, equally spent in Tunisia and Sweden, i.e. a total of
12 man-days. It is thus expected that the official reporting be part of the
duties carried out by the appointed permanent experts of the project.
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activity, 8 man-days are calculated for the Swedish consultant, including
preparatory as well as executed time during the visiting period.
5.1 General
The CETIME total manpower today is more than 120 employees. The
Maintenance department consists of nine (9) persons. It is planned that
about 10 people will be the core of the CETIME participation within the
project. It is proposed that these employees should be personally
appointed to their different responsibilities in the project.
- Technical assistance
- Training
- Testing and product control
- Dimensional metrology
- Evaluation and Expert services
- Research and development
- Sector-based observatory and studies
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5.3 Other institutions
CETIME does not plan to directly involve other Tunisian institutions in
the project other than CETIME itself. In case CETIME during the project
would conclude that the use of other Tunisian institutions would foster a
positive outcome of the project, CETIME will do so. CETIME would in
that case guarantee that such a decision would not hamper the outcome of
the project in any way. Typical institutions that could be possible partners
in case CETIME would consider it fruitful for the project are in first
instance the following organizations with which CETIME regularly co-
operates:
6.1 General
It is expected that the lack in proactive and other proper maintenance
activities leads to a loss in efficiency of about
The overall aim of the proposed project is to raise the awareness and
competence in maintenance issues as well as putting it higher on the
industrial agenda and thereby leading to
It is expected that the results to some parts will be achieved instantly (the
indicators below), though in most cases first after a couple of years,
especially when economical parameters at a wider number of companies
are proposed to be analysed. For certain enterprises the attendance at the
proposed training activities of the project will be the starting point of an
instantly increased awareness of maintenance issues, sometimes leading
to immediate action. However, it is very important for a successful result
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of the project that the informative mission is continued in a professional
manner also after the official closure of the project, in this case being
CETIME having the continued responsibility.
On the long term, the success of the project should be measured in less
maintenance cost and a more profitable sector. In the meantime, and as
direct indicators, the following indicators will be used to measure the
implementation of the project
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leader though has to be fully employed at the Swedish company.
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