02 Maintenance Program Mgmt

Vibration condition monitoring programs play an important role in an organization's rotating equipment reliability and maintenance strategy.  While organizations may be in different stages of establishing their program, there are some common things to implement in order to get the greatest benefit from any program.  This workshop focusses on starting your program off on the right foot.  The workshop will use case histories to outline reasonable expectations, current vibration technology, and specific vibration standards for various industries.In addition to starting off on the right foot the success of a vibration condition monitoring program will depend on maintaining momentum.  This workshop will finish by addressing areas within the participants program where they can focus on improving the long term reliability of their assets instead of simply finding failures.

How can we be sure that our efforts to correct deficiencies are going to derive value for our organization? Do we fully understand that our area of focus is the right one? In this webcast we discuss how we often deal with symptoms and not the specific problem. We identify the tools that will help point us in the right direction and figure out how we can develop them. We examine the standard approaches to arriving at the root cause, discuss some that don't work, and identify systemic causes that seem to provide the best results. Learn how to understand the links in front of you when it comes to solving your problem.

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).

Nova Scotia Power owns, operates and maintains the majority of its power production. This is in the form of thermal steam units, combustion turbines, hydro, tidal, wind and biomass. The age and complexity of the power production facilities and equipment ranges from 90 years in some hydro stations, 40 years in some steam turbines, 40 for many combustion turbines  and as new as 3 months old in our wind turbines. Like any business, the stakeholders expect cost efficient and reliable electricity supply. Technical people expect to understand the risks, operators and maintainers expect safe and trustworthy equipment.  A need to run leaner and more profitably is a challenge that a strong asset management program can support. This presentation will highlight NSPI's approach to building an asset management program in our power generation fleet. We consciously chose innovative technologies and techniques to get results and avoid the pitfalls when following the process "by the book". Finally participants will discuss what we learned along the way and will discuss how to improve as we move forward in the never ending journey of asset management.

"Uptime - Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management" has been a best-seller since 1995. It's 3rd edition includes a number of significant changes from the earlier editions reflecting changes in successful practices, the emerging field of Asset Management and the new imperative that any changes become sustainable. This workshop will provide an overview of the new Uptime "Model of Excellence," introduce the book's new material, explain how it all works and fits within the broader asset management framework.

Today, leaders of organizations are stretched to do more with less. They are asked to cover more areas with fewer resources, with less time and smaller budgets. Given these constraints, how can we continue to drive improvement and achieve success? We must focus tactically to drive improvement and eliminate issues that impact our ability to perform. In this session participants will see how focused improvement efforts can provide significant bottom line impacts and be sustained after the project. Learn how chronic and persistent reliability issues can be solved using a targeted Process Performance OptimizationSM (PPO) approach that integrates best practices in change management, lean and asset management. In order to effectively drive PPO, organizations should focus on this four-step approach along with weaving in an appropriate level of change management to sustain the gains.

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.

Maintenance performance management through KPIs is often not effective because indicators are not visible or understandable at the floor level. Many companies may also not have financial resources to invest in 'high tech' display monitors in the workplace and if they do, content may not be sufficient for specific crew performance measurement and engagement.In this webcast, J.-P will review how KPIs were introduced to maintenance crews and the entire site as part of the Operational Reliability program launched at Cameco's Port Hope conversion facility through simply tools and how concepts of change management were used. See how KPIs could be used at your own organization and what kind of impact they could have.

Toronto Parking Authority manages the parking lots and on street payment kiosks that belong to Toronto and North York. Their success has led to TPA taking on the management of private parking lots. The ability to monitor all of the workers (sub contractors and direct employees) progress and work status has established this organization as ‘best in class’ in their industry. Be sure to attend this session, where Peter shares the TPA story, and describes how its innovative activities can be transferable across any organization responsible for both maintenance and detailed work projects. Learn how better management of the work process can keep both internal and external resources accountable and allow your organizations work product performance to deliver more value than before.

Asset Management is often stereotyped as being about maintenance and reliability. In truth Asset Management is more than that – Asset Management is about providing guidance and direction through the best and worst of times. This session will explore and explain how the application and adherence of recent PAS55 and ISO55000 principles can provide such guidance and deliver true enlightenment in the face of ever changing financial constraints. Learn how the boundaries of Asset Management have expanded when it comes to establishing and verifying a combined, optimized, and whole-life management system relating to your physical assets. We will discuss ideas for maintaining a focus on best practices, even in a time of cost reduction.