05 Organization & People

In an effort to increase equipment reliability and reduce unscheduled downtime, many organizations have taken the proactive step of implementing a Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Program. Unfortunately, only an estimated 20% of these initiatives actually achieve the anticipated results.  This presentation will explore how to avoid the ten most common pitfalls substantially improves PdM results and provide participants with tools they need to implement a best practice preventative maintenance program.

Assessments are used to measure the current state of a program or system against a future or ideal state. A well performed assessment with detailed documented and practical recommendations can have a significant impact on an organisation. Many organisations offer services to perform such measurements; there are likely thousands of companies who solicit and pay for these services every year globally. However for many companies, particularly small to medium sized ones, funding such services can be challenging. With the growing amount of information that is readily available on the internet, best-practices and ‘ideal state’ definitions are no longer the privy of management consultants and industry gurus. This session presents the notion of a ‘self-assessment’ and the case study of one organisation’s decision to develop its own assessment tool and program. The lessons learned and unexpected benefits as a result are also discussed.

After each of its biannual meetings the GFMAM posts a communique on the progress of the various projects. It's a concise way of learning about what work is being done.

In 2011, Cameco's Port Hope conversion facility embarked on a journey towards reliability excellence.  In doing so it attempted to adopt many best practices only to find out that not all practices could work right away, or as designed, or even at all.  Lessons learned covering a number of areas such as materials management, work management, and plant performance measurement will be shared and discussed.

Multi-skilling refers to one's ability to seamlessly transfer knowledge and skills from one area of application to another. This session will offer some insight into this by first identifying generally known barriers to multi-skilling training (time constraints, lack of in-depth theoretical knowledge amongst the candidates, complexity of equipment, and existing social views). Participants will discuss possible solutions, and six previously published papers dealing with related subjects will be reviewed. Participants will learn that cognitive models used in multi-skilling are well within the human capacity. This session will also discuss the results of a major multi-skilling training project in industry. The analysis of results strongly indicated that transfer routinely occurs in between different domains of acquired knowledge and skill, making multi-skilling an important human resource development tool in the skilled trades. 

The evolution of Preventive Maintenance (PM) is based on analyzing equipment operating conditions, its criticality to production and maintenance cost. In this case study, participants will see the journey starts with setting safe PM schedule and parts stock to sustain production. Then root causes of failures are analysed, and plans for improvement are launched. Learn how plans-in-action should be supported by motivating everyone to the expected achievement. Ahmed will share that implementation is not the end of journey - it is where we need to evaluate whether we landed on the right solution from all aspects. He will also show that sometimes, touch ups are needed. Participants will see the real journey of RajhiSteel, started with a greenfield mini mill 8 years ago. See real examples of doing more than PM in the harsh environment of steel melting Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) and its specific equipment as Water Cooled Cables (WCC).

The Asset Management Council, based in Australia, is a non-profit, member network committed to advancing asset management knowledge and capability of members and the broader community. In June 2014, the AMA released an ISO 55001 Companion Guide as a ‘must have how to guide,’ that delivers an instructive approach when implementing ISO 55001. Sally Nugent, the executive director of AMC will share highlights of the guide during this session, and share why it has become an essential document for every asset management professional.

Are your meetings frustrating or unproductive? Do you wish you could draw people out, channel their opinions or assign tasks more effectively? How is your meeting follow through? Meeting facilitation that gets resultsand brings out team talents is a skill that can be learned. In this workshop we will focus specifically on the operational process of facilitating effective meetings. You will learn to effectively manage the meeting process andoutcomes by:• Drawing out participation• Watching for “talent clues” and using them• Dealing effectively with difficult personalities• Encouraging individual expression while building unity of thought• Operationalizing outcomes A strategies handout will accompany   the session, available on paper and for tablet or phone. 

In this session you will learn about faster identification of defects at all stages of the asset life cycle, and about clearer and more effective mechanisms for preventing equipment defects at each stage in cycle. In addition you will discover how organizations implement better triggering mechanisms for initiating root cause analysis and integrate a business process and information linkages model. You will have a better understanding of different root cause analysis techniques, as well as data inputs and outputs for defect elimination.

In today’s climate of steadily increasing energy prices, poor control of motor efficiency has significant costs that are often “invisible” and uncontrolled. A motor management plan that has buy-in from all affected stakeholders will help realize the full value of your motor asset while saving energy, reducing downtime, lowering operating cost and lessening your “anxiety costs”. In this session review the evolution of motor efficiency and discuss why operating cost needs to be the basis for selecting a new motor versus only the initial purchase price. Learn from cases that illustrate the significant benefits of higher efficiency motors and motor selection tools available.