INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Description. The increasing trend of industrial automation & robotization in today's modern manufacturing has brought maintenance to greater heights because after all, the quality and quantity of production no longer depend on men & their capacity to work fast, but is now decided by machines.

The need to compete in the global business arena brought automation to most companies' doorstep. As the concept of manufacturing products that are "good, cheap & fast" becomes the order of the day, maintenance can no longer be left out in a dead corner of a plant but now seen as an active participant in ensuring continued viability of the business. Modern management practices now demand maintenance as a condition to production, a departure from age-old belief that maintenance is just a service unit. Production groups on the other hand, now play a key role in maintenance.

Contrary to the beliefs of many, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS must start from the drawing boards and therefore must be seen as part of the design process of a commercial complex or industrial plant. The design of the industrial complex not only needs to consider & integrate physical systems but also needs the concept that the plant must be maintenance - friendly environment. This is what is known in the industry as "Over-All Design Concept". The engineer must not design the plant just as he wished; it has to have a "design concept" from the very beginning.

The dictum "you can't control if you don't measure" brings the emphasis on measurement systems as management tool.

This course will discuss the state of maintenance in the past and the recent need to shift paradigms in maintenance management systems to catch up world-class manufacturing environments.

Objectives.  At the end of the program, the participant shall be able to learn and apply proven techniques, principles and strategies in industrial maintenance management system.

Methodology. A combination of lecture-discussion and workshop will be used to maximize learning.

Who should attend. Maintenance engineering practitioners and production groups of industrial plants as well.

Outline.
  * Introduction on Maintenance Engineering
  * Modern Day Maintenance Management
       - History of Maintenance
       - Misconceptions on Maintenance
       - Modern Concepts of Maintenance Management
       - Roles of Maintenance in Modern Management
       - Roles of Production in Modern Management
  * Global Maintenance Practices
       - Definition of Terms
       - Preventive Maintenance
       - Time-Based Maintenance
       - Condition-Based Maintenance
       - Improvement Maintenance
       - Condition Monitoring
       - Maintenance Strategies
       - Breakdown Maintenance
   * Maintenance Audits & Measurement Systems
       - Availability Performance & Productivity
       - Reliability Performance
       - Maintenance Support Performance
       - Maintainability Performance
       - Mean Downtimes
       - Increasing Plant Availability
       - The Maintenance Performance Audit
       - Maintenance Audit for A Support Utility Plant
       - Setting Up Standards in Maintenance
       - Historical Performance Fitted in Established Standards
       - The Operation – Maintenance Master Plan
       - Maintenance Audit for A Production Plant
       - Quantification of Maintenance as a New Source of Profit
       - The Bandwagon Effect
   * Setting Up Computer-Aided Maintenance Systems
       - Steps in Setting-Up a PM Program
       - Definition of Terms
       - The Database
       - Computer Outputs
       - Management Reports
       - The Coding System
       - PM Forms & Associated Paper Works
       - Incorporating TPM Elements into the System
       - TPM Experiments, Ripe Conditions for TPM
   * Equipment Maintenance
      - Fundamentals of Equipment Maintenance
      - Inspection & Testing
      - Testing Procedures & Specifications
      - Testing Equipment
      - Maintenance Services
   * Workshop

Duration: 16 hours