improving reliability and maintenance practices will reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs operations, maintenance, and engineering must work in a partnership to improve reliability and maintenance basic practices must be implemented first improving reliability and maintenance is 90% about people people cannot be more effective than the system they work in allows them to be busy people are not necessarily effective, people must be busy with the right things most organization knows what to do, but they often struggle to execute Overall reliability is the product of process and equipment reliability

     Reliability and Maintenance Implementation Support

Our management consultants provide training and support that consists of: Preventive Maintenance Formal assessment of current preventive maintenance systems Understanding the client's current Preventive Maintenance practices Jointly generate an implementation plan for improving preventive maintenance. Customize hands-on classroom and field training in preventive maintenance Deliver preventive maintenance training for operators and craftspeople Work out roles, responsibilities and scope of the PM review Coach the review of Mechanical on-the-run and shutdown/ TA PM's Coach the review of Electrical on-the-run and shutdown/TA PM's Coach the review of loop checks, calibration and on-the-run inspection of instrumentation Coach the review of lubrication practices Coach the review of vibration, ultrasonic, Infrared thermography points. Train operators and craftspeople in inspection techniques On-the-job training in inspections and PM's Coach the setup of work systems around PM Support client in setting up key performance indicators for PM's Help client arriving to good use of current CMMS for PM improvements

Planning and Scheduling

Define or verify existing work processes. Make sure all key functions such as planners, supervisors, and operations coordinators have clear roles. Set clear priority rules and establish meaning and criteria for existing codes. Improve work request usage and clarity. Check backlog management and clean up if needed. On-the-job planning enhancement for shutdowns (if applicable). Shutdown/ Turnaround critique communication. On-The-Job planning enhancement for day-to-day work. Job package creation. Staging areas. Enhance and practice planning and scheduling meetings between operations and maintenance. Implement Key Performance indicators (KPI’s). Work on effective use of CMMS. Hand-on support for history documentation. Improvement of technical database (Bill Of Materials, technical data, equipment identification, etc.) Improve integration with materials management Contractor management and integration of work processes Setting up spare parts delivery system

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

A simplified, structured, practical approach to eliminating problems for the frontline (hourly & first line supervision), to enable root cause analysis and elimination of problem on the plant floor. Training and support for facilitators when going through root cause analysis and problem solving sessions Support to implement a complete root cause problem elimination business process for the plant

     Maintenance Audit/Maintenance Assessment

Document your Reliability and Maintenance Strategy. Educate your organization and increase awareness of how good you are compared with how good you can become. Develop an action plan for implementation of improvements. Continuously measure progress and results from implementation of your strategy.