Workshops

COURSE OUTLINE

Our workshop focuses on the essential elements necessary for a Maintenance Planner/Scheduler to be effective in the performance of this position. Workshop objectives and content are thoroughly discussed while real-time examples are used to illustrate key points. Exercises constitute a significant portion of the workshop including actual scenarios derived from and applicable to your facilities.

Introduction – Goals and Activities
Maintenance and Production Partnerships
- Planners Role –Duties- Support / Controller
- Planning, Coordination, & Scheduling Define
- Work Preparation and Prerequisites
Organizational Business Environments
- Reactive Planning Versus Pro-Active Planning
- Direct and Indirect Maintenance Cost
- Why do we need a Planner
CMMS and Work Order Systems
- Components
- BOM / Spare Parts – Inventory Settings ABC , Critical Equipment / Part
- Attachments – Documents – Permits – Manuals.
- Planners Equipment
- Planners Daily Activity
Planning Techniques
- How They Work
- Job Creep
- Standard Jobs, PM’s, PDM’s
- Exceptions and Conditions
- Safety
Crew Assignments
- Crew Balancing
- Backlog Management … Why?
- Weekly Scheduling Meeting
WO Planning
- Analytical , Detailed
- Job Estimates
- Planned to the Crew
- Labor Factors
- Job Package
Scheduling
- Weekly Schedules
- Schedule Ownership and Execution
- Daily Schedule
Compliance – Measurement
- WO : Planned versus Actual
- Schedule: Planned versus Actual
- Non Scheduled Jobs to the Schedule
- Getting Started - Identifying and Improving Your Current Environment
- History, Assets, BOM’s, PM’s, PDM’s
Backlog, Production Demands
- Inventory Issues – Lay Down Areas
- Reactive / Planned %
- Drawing the Line, Ongoing Improvement.

EXERCISES

Ex. #1 - Typical Maintenance Worker’s Day

Ex. #2 - Daily Job Sequencing – Crew Balancing

Ex. #3 - Job Planning Breakdown

Ex. #4 - Weekly Work Program – Backlog

Ex. #5 - Weekly Schedule / Daily Breakdown

Ex. #6 - Schedule Compliance