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Course Organisation and Methodology

The course will be delivered in a live virtual format over 4 half-days. We aim to maximise your learning experience by making best use of the meeting platform. Your expert instructor is experienced in the use of technology for delivering virtual classroom learning. You will be encouraged to interact with your instructor and peers using a variety of methods including:

• Facilitated group discussions using chat box, virtual white board and audio
• Case studies to illustrate key issues worked individually or in virtual breakouts
• Polls and quizzes

We will keep presentations short and provide a workbook containing case studies, guidance material and summaries of key learning points.

Why Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

PM has always been the best method of preserving assets. Whether you maintain factories, buildings or fleets, the PM system can be the core of the proactive effort.

There is much to know to design effective PMs for different types of equipment. This course will, in a short time, bring an entire department to a deeper understanding of how to make PM and PdM more effective. Participants will be introduced to the various technologies and approaches including new ones such as Big Data and AI etc

The course is based on this popular text book by Joel Levitt, meanwhile updated with the latest technology development, etc.

OUR PROMISE FOR THIS PROGRAM

Our promise for this program is that your staff will have a detailed understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance including how to set it up, design task lists and implement the system. This understanding will lead to reduced breakdowns, reduced interruptions and improved customer service.

Ably facilitated by 

Joel Levitt

President
Springfield Resources, USA

• Has 40 years of practical experience in many facets of maintenance
• A leading trainer who has trained more than 20,000 maintenance professionals
• Has written 11 popular maintenance management texts

Daily Schedule

For GMT-4 time zone, Daily Program starts at 09.00 and ends at 12.30, including two 15-minute breaks.

For other time zones, kindly adjust the times accordingly.

Course Outline (4 half-days)

Items in RED are Exercises and Case Studies

Day 1 

• Groundwork
• The goal of Maintenance
• PM, PdM Defined for this course
• PM Report Card
• 10 Questions
• How much is enough?

• What is the engineering of failures
• Failure, breakdowns and managing risk
• Calculating the consequences of a breakdown
• How things fail (engineering of failure)
• Reducing Iatrogenic failure

• World-Class Maintenance
• Maturity of effort
• Precision maintenance
• Aspirational domain
• The real goal is to contribute to your organization’s mission
• Maturity of your effort
• Precision Maintenance and Alignment and balancing
• Maintenance Improvement

• PM Basics      
• Task lists
• Common PM tasks
• Review common task lists
• Other aspects of the PM system or Program
• A special kind of failure:  Hidden Failures
• How things fail and the kind of PM needed for each failure style
• TLC key

• Installation of TPM
• Attention to the 6 loses
• Seven steps to autonomous maintenance
• Meeting minutes
• Measuring equipment effectiveness
• Case Study in measuring equipment effectiveness
• Exercise in choosing TPM tasks

• PM Details for effectiveness
• Different types of task lists
• Where to get the original Task List
• PM frequency
• PM clocks in use

• Advanced Concepts- PM at the next level
• P-F Curve
• Statistical Analysis
• PCR (Planned Component Replacement)

• Reliability Enhancement Programs
• RCM
• PMO

• Task List development     

• Task list analysis  
• Complete analysis of task lists (line by line)

Day 3 (Calculator today)

• Full Cost of breakdown

• P/PM Economics
• Past Sins
• Costs of PM system
• Case Study: Alternatives with Cost justifications

• Selling PPM to management: Battle for a share of the mind    
• Selling PM to management
• What to say when selling PM to management (identify priorities)

• Up to date, computerized approaches to reliability
• Block diagram of hi-tech for maintenance
• Hi-tech maintenance is a small part of a bigger conversation
• Big data and example
• Asset halo and digital twin
• Types of Analytics
• Examples of analytics
• Exercises in analytics
• Exercises in Algorithms
• AI, machine learning

Day 4 

• Review task lists brought in by class

• Personnel issues        
• Staffing the PM Effort
• What kind of personality to look for in a PM inspector?
• How to ensure that PMs are done as designed

• Get it going right        
• The big list
• Look out, problems ahead

• Short Repairs and high productivity
• Justifying short repairs

• Management of PM activity                
• Planning and Scheduling PM activity
• Access to Equipment
• Interruptive maintenance and non-interruptive maintenance
• Metrics
• Outsourcing PM

• For TPM to work you’d better be great at Training

• Certified operator/mechanic   

• Action Plan

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082

About Your Expert Facilitator

Joel Levitt

President
Springfield Resources, USA

Joel Levitt is a leading trainer of maintenance professionals. He has trained more than 20,000 maintenance leaders from 3000 organizations in 39 countries in over 600 sessions. Since 1980 he has been the President of Springfield Resources, a management consulting firm that services clients of all sizes on a wide range of maintenance issues.

He has 40 years of experience in many facets of maintenance including process control design, source equipment inspector, electrician, field service technician, maritime operations and property management. Prior to that, Levitt worked for a CMMS vendor and as an owner/manager in manufacturing.

He is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences and has written 11 popular maintenance management texts. He has also published over 200 articles on the topic. Levitt has served on the safety board of ANSI, Small Business United, National Family Business Council and on the executive committee of the Miquon School. He is a member of AFE and Vice President of the Philadelphia chapter.

Some of the Popular Titles by Joel Levitt

• Maintenance Planning, Scheduling & Coordination 2010
• Handbook of Maintenance Management 2009
• TPM Reloaded 2010
• Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages
• The Complete Handbook of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance 2008
• Managing Factory Maintenance 2004
• Basics of Fleet Maintenance 2010
• Lean Maintenance 2008
• Facilities Management- Maintenance of Buildings and Facilities 2013

This course is mainly for maintenance supervisors, managers, PM leads, CMMS managers, planners, engineers, and people who are in training for these positions. PM techs can also benefit from this training. There is also an advantage to having representatives from operations (particularly production control) for their perspective and input.

For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082

The course is based on this popular text book by Joel Levitt, meanwhile updated with the latest technology development, etc.

This jam-packed course will introduce you to best practices from around the world. You’ll be able to answer:

• What specific activities ensure uptime and when to consider each one?
• How to use high technology to make an impact on your reliability
• Learn techniques to maximize benefits from your CMMS—Tomorrow!
• How to set-up a pilot in IIoT sensors and analytics of the data produced (without breaking the bank)
• How to build a technology road map and timeline.
• Ways to reengineer maintenance that do not compromise the safety, environmental security, or uptime
• Speed up and improve training with Virtual Reality
• How to talk to top management about caring for your assets.
• Ways to cut the cost of your repairs by teaching five planning techniques to your tradespeople
• In-sourcing and TPM: what is it, how and when to do it, and who to do it with
• How to use the CMMS to help improve technicians
• Maintenance budgeting and effective financial modeling
• How to compute the optimum intervals for component replacements and other preventive/predictive maintenance efforts

OUR PROMISE FOR THIS PROGRAMME

Our promise for this program is that your staff will have a detailed understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance including how to set it up, design task lists and implement the system. This understanding will lead to reduced breakdowns, reduced interruptions and improved customer service. 

Pre-course Questionnaire

A pre-course questionnaire will be sent to you some days before the course through which you can raise your specific areas of interest. The course facilitator will review and analyze these in advance and address them during the course, seeking to satisfy your learning needs.

Certificate of Attendance

On successful completion of this course, you will also receive a Certificate of Attendance bearing the signatures from both the Trainer and the Organizer. This Certificate will testify your endeavour and serve towards your professional advancement.

Testimonials

“I have found Joel Levitt to be the most realistic and practical trainer I know. He can relate with the whole facility from the shop floor to the boardroom.”

- Holcim (US) Inc.

“The program makes you a better Maintenance person.”

- Maritime Authority Trinidad

“Good content very practical applicable to our maintenance practices.”

- Powergen 

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For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082