In manufacturing the term “production downtime” is often met with a sense of urgency and concern. It represents periods when production halts, directly impacting a company’s operational efficiency and profitability.
Work Management / Planning and Scheduling
Small Jobs in Maintenance – Top Tips
Every maintenance professional should strive to rise above reactivity. Effective planning and scheduling are critical components to rising out of reactivity, aka the Circle of Despair. If you are reading this, you probably already know why maintenance planning is important. But there’s a certain category of maintenance jobs known as “small jobs” which meet four criteria. This type of job is managed instead of planned and as such they do not need to go through the formal planning process.
Planning and Scheduling Mistakes to Avoid
Owe Forsberg
VP of IDCON Inc., an Independent Subsidiary of TRM.
If you don’t know by now, the maintenance planning and scheduling process is integral to reliability in industrial and facilities management. Over my 30 years in industry, I have seen a lot of mistakes in the managing of these interconnected processes. I’m detailing the most common planning and scheduling mistakes to avoid (of course, there are many more).
What’s The Difference Between Maintenance Planning and Scheduling?
Maintenance planning and scheduling are two key elements of the total “Maintenance Work Management Process”. The planning and scheduling maintenance work is typically broken into three different work processes.
Business Processes Vs Reality – What They Are and How to Improve Them
There’s a difference between business processes and reality but they can become one in the same with some guidance and knowledge of industry best practices. A simple high-level view of any business or work process makes great leaps towards helping the team understand what they’re supposed to be doing and more importantly, why. Diagrams that define who is involved, what the inputs are, what the high-level steps of the process are, and its output are invaluable. A commonly used process tool for this effort is a SIPOC
Risk Based Work Selection for Shutdown or Turnarounds – An Effective Method
Owe Forsberg
CMRP, CAMA, VP of IDCON, Inc.
an Independent Subsidiary of TRM, Inc.
Part 2 introduces you to Risk Based Work Selection for shutdown or turnarounds. This technique ensures that you’re working on the right maintenance jobs.
Graphical Planning and Scheduling Applications Overview
One of the key elements of an efficient maintenance operation is the degree of planning and scheduling that is performed. What this effort looks like may be different from one organization to another, and the impact of not paying attention to this important task...
Asset Management Simplified – Plan, Do, Check, Act
John Q. Todd
Sr Business Consultant/Product Researcher
Total Resource Management, Inc.
Adopting standards that are related to your industry goes a long way towards making business processes more effective, repeatable, error-proof, and perhaps even safer.
Operations’ Role in Shutdown Scheduling
Owe Forsberg
CMRP, CAMA, VP of IDCON, Inc.
an Independent Subsidiary of TRM, Inc.
It is important to integrate Operations and Maintenance teams in shutdown scheduling and planning to keep equipment at peak performance and production high.
What Do I Add to the CMMS? Planner’s Questions Answered
Michael Lippig
Sr Consultant – IDCON, Inc.
an Independent Subsidiary of TRM, Inc.
Do you have questions about your CMMS? Michael Lippig has simple answers to what needs to be recorded in the CMMS and what doesn’t.
Maintenance Planner – The 7 Skills You Need to be Great at Your Job
Allan Barry
Reliability & Maintenance Consultant – IDCON, Inc.
an Independent Subsidiary of TRM, Inc.
In this excerpt from our self-paced training, Allan Barry details the skills and personality traits needed to be a good planner.
Fix your Business Process Workflows for Effective Work Management
Tor Idhammar
President & CEO, IDCON, Inc. Reliability and Maintenance Consultant
IDCON is an Independent Subsidiary of TRM, Inc.
Having business process workflows improves cooperation, morale and cohesion in an organization.