241 Glover Avenue, Lyttelton, South Africa

P O Box 10319, Centurion, South Africa, 0046

Tel: +27 12 664 8407
Fax: +27 12 664 8411

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Work Control

3-Day Workshop

In Association with

Introduction Course Objectives

The maintenance of physical assets can no Leading industrial organisations are evolving
longer be treated as an “engineering problem”. away from re-active (“fix-it-when-it-breaks”)
The competitive environment in which business management into predictive, productive manage-
operates requires an approach that integrates ment (“anticipating, planning and fix-it-before-it-
the operational objectives of the business and breaks”). This evolution requires well-planned
the live-cycle objectives of the physical assets. and executed actions on several fronts.
Participants attending this course will:
The effectiveness of asset management has not
improved significantly in many management
 Identify maintenance planning and scheduling best
practices and key elements for taking action on
organisations in spite of the implementation of them;
powerful computerised management systems.
 Understand how world-class organisations solve
Research shows that a lack of physical asset common planning problems;
management skills at all levels of the mainte-
nance and operations workforce lies at the core
 Evaluate your practices compared to those of oth-
ers;
of the problem.
 Improve the use of your information and communi-
Our highly interactive courses are designed to cation tools;
provide the workforce with essential physical  Improve productivity through use of better, more
asset management skills, gain a clear under- timely information;
standing of their role and work more effectively  Create and preserve lead-time in work manage-
within a team environment. ment and use it for planning and scheduling re-
sources;
Training Methodology  Improve consistency and reliability of asset infor-
Facilitated by an experienced maintenance spe- mation;
cialist, our seminar will be conducted as a highly  Achieve more productive turnarounds;
interactive work session (as apposed to lec-  Optimise preventive and predictive maintenance
tures), encouraging participants to share their strategies.
own experiences and apply the course material Typical Course Candidates
to real-life situations. Seminar size will be limited
to 30 delegates in order to stimulate discussion
 Maintenance Managers
and efficiency of subject coverage.  Maintenance Supervisors
For Bookings Each delegate will receive an extensive refer-  Personnel designated as Planners, or identified to
Contact: Amanda Burger ence manual, as well as case studies, while become Planners
support@optilog.co.za worked out solutions will be handed out to the  Leaders from each Maintenance Craft
delegates on conclusion of group discussions.  Operations Supervisors
Tel: +27 12 664 8407 / 8
Throughout the course, delegates will be encour-  Materials Management Managers / Supervisors
Fax: +27 12 664 8411 aged to identify what they can do to enhance 
P.O. Box 10319 CMMS Administrator or Key Users
Maintenance and Asset Management in their
Centurion, 0046  Maintenance Support Assistants
organisations.
South Africa  Stakeholders in the Work Planning function

For more information, visit us at www.optilog.co.za

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 Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Work Control
Course Overview
In Association with

Failure Management Policies

Course Summary
 Age-related Failure Patterns
Our 3-day course on Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and
Work Control is aimed at Operations and Maintenance Manag-
 Random Failure Patterns
ers, Operations and Maintenance Supervisors and Maintenance  Routine Restoration and Discard Tasks
Planning Personnel.  Routine Condition-based Tasks
The programme provides the delegate with study material on  Types of Condition-based Tasks
the Basic Principles of Effective Maintenance Planning, as well  Failure-finding Tasks
as proven Techniques for the Development of an Effective
 The Application of RCM in the Development of Failure Management
Maintenance Plan, the Planning and Control of Maintenance Policies
Work, Shutdown Management and Management Reporting and
Analysis. Implementing Failure Management Policies

Course Outline  Proposed Routine Maintenance Tasks

 Categorising and structuring Routine Maintenance Tasks
Day 1: Modern Maintenance Management  Corrective Maintenance Planning
Practice in Perspective  Logistic Requirements Planning
Maintenance Practice in Perspective
 Maintenance in the Business Process Day 2: Work Planning, Scheduling and Control
 Evolution in Maintenance Management Notifications
The Contribution of Maintenance to the Achievement of the  Definition of Notifications, Defects and Deviations
Business Objectives  Notification Process, Roles and Principles
 Maintenance Strategy Development Process  Prioritising Notifications
 The Business Objective Weekly Master Schedule
 Business, Operations and Maintenance Key Performance Area  Master Schedule Objectives
 The Maintenance Objective  Categorise the Outstanding Workload
 Roles and Accountability  Determine Resource Availability
Maintenance Policies and Logistics Planning Failure Man-  Determine Equipment Non-utilisation Profile
agement Program  Develop Draft Master Schedule
 Equipment Criticality Grading  Conduct Master Schedule Review Meeting
 Job Record Policy  Final Master Schedule and Implementation
 Job Information Requirements  Backlog Management
 Principles of Work Order Design Project Maintenance Management
 Maintenance Work Prioritisation  Critical Path analysis
Maintenance Logistics Planning  Project Schedule
 Logistic Support Analysis  Resource Planning
 Maintenance Task Detail Planning  Maintenance Project Plan
 Maintenance Work Estimating  Schedule Resources and Materials
 Maintenance Levels
Day 3: Information and Performance Management
 Support Documentation
 Support Equipment Management and Information
 Personnel and Organisation  Information and Control
 Competency Development  Management Levels and Information
Failure Modes, Effects and Consequences  Audits
 Performance Indicators
 Equipment Functions and Performance Standards
 Functional Failures Performance Indicators
 Failure Modes  Workload Performance Indicators
 Failure Effects  Planning Performance Indicators
 Consequences of Failure  Effectiveness Performance Indicators
 Cost performance Indicators
 Management reports
Continuous Improvement in Physical Asset Management

For more information, visit us at www.optilog.co.za

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