Executives such as VPs, Directors, Division Heads, Managers, and Superintendents who are responsible for overall asset management should attend this course to have a thorough understanding of the issues involved in RCM to make the appropriate decisions for their organization. Supervisors, technicians, planners, schedulers, and others who will be involved in performing an RCM analysis should attend so they have the basic information needed to carry out that task.

Session 1: CORE Principles of Planning and Scheduling

• Choreography

• Organization

• Resources

• Execution

Session 2: General Planning and Scheduling Principles

• Vision/ mission

• Have the right jobs ready to go

• The leverage of planning

• Separate departments

• Scheduling principles

• The maintenance culture

Session 3: Work Order, Planning and Scheduling Principles

• The essence of planning and scheduling

• Empowerment

• Quality and productivity

Session 4: Workflow and Integration

• Integrating proactive maintenance

• Integrating with other aspects of plant operation

• Workflow management

• Work order system

• Backlog management

Session 5: The Planning Process Application

• Work orders

• Planning process

• Planning exercises

Session 6: Scheduling Process and Application

• Weekly schedules

• Workforce capabilities

• Work forecasting

• Backlog management

Session 7: Materials Management

• Materials management

• Kitting

• Staging

Session 8: Successful Shutdown Maintenance Planning

• Outage plans

• Controlling scope

• Organizing shutdowns

• Executing shutdowns

• Barriers and aids analysis

The attendee will be better suited to manage, participate in and benefit from a more efficient and effective maintenance program. You will gain knowledge and insight that will enhance your career potential and increase your job effectiveness. These skills transcend the maintenance work order process and can be applied to all aspects of your work and personal life.

After this program you will be able to:

• Explain what planning and scheduling are and what they are not

• Describe the planning and scheduling processes

• Relate how planning and scheduling lead to a highly effective maintenance process

• Organize plant assets to perform the maintenance

• Determine the right planning and scheduling to do to effect maintenance task execution

• Know what needs to be done to implement planning and scheduling for maintenance shutdowns

• Be able to make decisions about how to effectively use planning and scheduling in your organization