Provisional Schedule
Instruction will take place from 9:00AM to 5:00PM each day, with a lunch break from noon to 1:00PM and 15 minute snack breaks in mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
Day 1
Session 1: Out with the old and in with the new
A discussion common practices showing their fit with what we know today. We’ll discuss these concepts:
- The more work we plan the more money we save.
- Work is “planned” if you do it the day before the work is done.
- We can and should prevent most failures.
- Making good decisions always requires good failure data.
- A good CMMS will pay for itself.
- Maintenance work is best done by skilled trades.
Session 2: Getting in trouble the old way
Here’s why we don’t have much pull when we want to try something new and what we can do about them. We’ll cover:
- Why maintenance improvement programs are hard to start.
- Why maintenance improvement programs eventually fail.
- What change management misses, even if it’s used.
- Maintenance budgeting – failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Performance measures and the traps we set for ourselves.
- Our shrinking talent pool.
Sessions 3 & 4: Methods that use the new thinking
New approaches to managing the maintenance function successfully. We’ll cover:
- Maintenance work planning.
- Work management processes.
- Performance management.
- Information management.
- Teamwork.
- Reliability and optimization methods.
- Support considerations (MRO spares and inventory, training, tools, documentation).
Day 2
Session 1: Introducing the Uptime Model of Excellence
The Uptime Model of Excellence and how it pulls successful practices together into one strategy for choosing excellence.
- The Uptime Model of Excellence
- Leadership – Essentials – Choosing Excellence: The building blocks
- Where are you now?
- Where then do you start?
- Can you do it all yourself?
Session 2: Maintenance Department or Reliability Department?
Whenever we change we think, act and talk differently.
- Shifting focus.
- What’s involved in implementing these ideas?
- Where will the resources come from?
Session 3: Transforming Maintenance - What does it take?
Approaches to creating an improvement initiative using Uptime and it’s concepts.
- Assessments – do it yourself vs. third party.
- What does it take to get people “on side” with your ideas?
- Who needs to be on your side?
- Two approaches to getting started – “push pull” vs. “choose”.
- But are you ready yet?
- Processes, culture and leading change.
Session 4: Getting Started - your "Homework"
Putting this all into practice. We’ll do exercises to really get you thinking and then some “take home” work.
- Goals – what do you want to achieve?
- Mission – what has to be happening to achieve those?
- Vision – what will it look like when you get there?
- Who do you have to sell it to in order to proceed?
- Developing your business case to get approval.
- Homework – sell it to your boss. Before you do the presentation, we’ll offer suggestions on what you’ve developed. Once you’ve done it, then report your results and we’ll discuss what you can do next.
