Learn what ‘world class’ means and how you can get there!

Recent competitive trends have been pushing manufacturing executives to reconsider the impact and importance of increasing equipment availability and utilization, increasing maintenance productivity and resource utilization, and increasing quality and responsiveness of maintenance services in achieving World Class Status to meet world competition. Our comprehensive "World Class Maintenance" seminar will show you how to initiate and sustain a process of maintenance performance improvement; a process in which maintenance is recognized as critical to the overall production strategy by which your plant provides the product to the customer at a quality he wants and a price they are willing to pay.

This comprehensive 3-day seminar will open your eyes to World Class Maintenance practices and show you how to initiate and sustain a process of maintenance performance improvement in today’s market. Discover how your facility measures up to world class companies by eviewing benchmark data and evaluating maintenance best practices.

You will gain an understanding of the key areas for maintenance effectiveness and efficiency such as: work management systems, planning & scheduling, preventive/predictive maintenance, inventory control. Learn how to successfully engage production with key maintenance and reliability initiatives for maximum results.

• Understand what World Class is and how it applies to maintenance
• Apply benchmarking to measure how well your maintenance organization compares to World Class standards
• Understand the contribution that World Class Maintenance makes to company performance
• Know the fundamentals of the systems required to manage maintenance resources productively
• Understand the value of operator involvement in achieving World Class process reliability
• Understand Total Productive Maintenance as a strategic methodology for achieving Total Process Reliability
• Apply the principles of change management World Class Maintenance status
• Establish strategic objectives and short-term implementation steps for applying principles at your facility

• VP Operations
• VP Production
• VP Engineering
• Maintenance Directors
• Maintenance Superintendents
• Manufacturing/Production Managers
• Financial Managers
• Union Officers
• Maintenance Supervisors
• Labor Relations Managers
• Union Committeemen
• Maintenance Personnel
• Plant/Industrial Engineers

World Class Concepts The Concept of "World Class" Is There a “World Class” Standard for Maintenance? Attributes of a World Class Maintenance Organization

Benchmarking—The Search for Best Practices Definition of Benchmarking The A T Kearney “BEST of the BEST” Study How Does Your Organization Measure Up? Sources for Benchmarking Data & Services

The Maintenance Contribution Traditional Views of Maintenance The Costs of Unreliability Three Steps to World Class Maintenance Maintenance Excellence—Getting Your Act Together Operational Excellence—Getting Beyond the Boundaries Strategic Excellence—Fixing the Process, Not Just the Problem

Maintenance Excellence—Getting Your Act Together (Part 1) Managing Resources Productively Key Results Areas for Improving Maintenance Productivity Productive Use of Resources Labor Materials Capitals

Operational Excellence—Getting Beyond the Boundaries Exploring Plant-wide Philosophy of Maintenance & Reliability Shared Responsibilities Between Maintenance and Other Parts of the Organization

Strategic Excellence—Fixing The Process, Not Just the Problem Total Productive Maintenance Reliability Centered Maintenance PM Optimization

Implementation Driving Force Theory of Change General Principles of Large Scale Organizational Change Organizing for Change An Eight-Phase Implementation Model Review—Key Success Factors Where Do We Go From Here? What Do We Focus on Next?

	Dale Blann Mr. Blann is a Professional Engineer whose 30 year professional career has encompassed a broad range of technical endeavor. He has made significant contributions in the fields of: mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, energy and environmental engineering, and mechanical systems design. In the early 80's Mr. Blann was associated with the integration of computer software into the industrial work place both here and abroad. For three years he was the Marketing Director for a major software company promoting the...Read More
	Hank Bardel Mr. Bardel is a maintenance consultant whose thirty plus years in the maintenance field includes a broad range of experience from entry-level electrical technician to maintenance supervision and management. Most recently, Hank served as a TPM Coordinator, where he trained and instituted Equipment Improvement Teams and trained approximately 70 shift crews on the 5S process. Mr. Bardel’s work experience includes an eight-year stint in the United States Air Force, where he gained much experience in electronics, general...Read More

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