Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices

• Interpret the skills used to translate an organization’s business goals into appropriate maintenance and reliability goals that support and contribute to the organization’s business results
• Learn and practise the activities used to gauge and assess the current capabilities of the equipment & processes in terms of their reliability, availability, maintainability & criticality
• Practise and exercise on activities which are used to select & apply the utmost appropriate maintenance practices, so that the equipment & processes remain to provide and deliver their intended capabilities in the safest, securest and most cost-effective manner
• Learn and apply the processes for confirming that the maintenance & reliability staff is the most qualified and best assigned to achieve the maintenance & reliability organization goals
• Learn the skills used to get the maintenance & reliability work done. This involves scheduling and planning of activities, quality assurance of maintenance activities, stores and inventory management
• Acquire the knowledge of how to select Maintenance & Reliability benchmarks
Course Content
Introduction to M & R, Culture & Leadership
• Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices
• Leadership & organizational culture
• Strategic framework: Vision, Mission & Goals
• Change Management
• Reliability Culture
• Measure of performance
Understanding Maintenance
• What is maintenance?
• A new paradigm of maintenance – Capacity assurance
• Maintenance Approaches
• Other maintenance practices
• Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Maintenance quality
• Maintenance assessment and improvement
Work Management: Planning & Scheduling
• Workflow & roles
• Work classification & prioritization
• Planning process
• Scheduling process
• Turnarounds & shutdowns
• Measure of performance
Materials, Parts & Inventory Management
• Types of inventory
• Physical layout and storage equipment
• Optimizing tools & techniques
• Measure of performance
Measuring & Designing for Reliability & Maintainability
• Defining & Measuring reliability & other terms
• Designing & Building for Maintenance & Reliability
Operator Driven Reliability
• The role of operations
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Workplace management: 5S
• Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Measure of performance
Maintenance Optimization
• Understanding failures & maintenance strategies
• Maintenance Strategy – RCM
• Maintenance Strategy – CBM
• Other maintenance strategies
Managing Performance & Workforce management
• Identifying performance measures
• Data collection & data quality
• Benchmarking & Benchmarks
• Employee life cycle
• Understanding the generation gap
• Communication skills
• People development

Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.

DATE:

1ST BATCH:        28th – 30th Apr, 2025     

2ND BATCH:       11th – 14th Nov, 2025