Strategic Maintenance Management 101: An Introduction to What, Why and How
- An understanding of the need for, and a blueprint to create, a strategic maintenance management plan for your employer
- A guide to developing the internal talent necessary to provide the machinery and equipment maintenance necessary for the continued life of the business
If a business exists to produce or deliver some kind of product or service, it is essential that they maximize the production of those goods or services while delivering the highest quality possible at a competitive price. Obviously, this requires equipment and machinery operating at the highest capacity for as long as possible by teams of skilled operators with as little impact on production as possible.
So how can companies maximize their productivity while minimizing the impact of machine and equipment maintenance on that productivity? Is there a way to maintain the equipment with a reliable, steady source of parts and skilled “maintainers”? The best way to do that is by viewing the maintenance function as a full partner in the business and giving them a seat at the executive planning table.
This 6 PDH online course is intended for field engineers, facility managers, maintenance supervisors and others seeking a better understanding of the steps involved in the development and implementation of strategic maintenance management plans.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Integrating your maintenance program into the business plans of the company
- Identifying the four broad generational stages of the evolution of maintenance
- Developing the internal talent necessary to maintain the equipment and machinery of your business
- Identifying several major changes in the external business environment that present an increasing challenge to maintenance professionals today
- Identifying four reasons why people are one of the major changes in the business environment
- Identifying two reasons why processes are one of the major changes in the business environment
- Identifying three reasons why plants are one of the major changes in the business environment
- Listing four reasons for the "WHAT" of strategic maintenance management (SMM)
- Listing six reasons for the "WHY" of strategic maintenance management
- Listing four reasons for the "HOW" of strategic maintenance management
- Asking several relevant questions about talent development issues
- Asking several relevant questions about talent deployment issues
- Analyzing the cost/risk relationship graph beyond the generic responses
- Identifying at least 12 miscellaneous planning issues to consider regarding SMM
- Constructing a three-step model for building a strategic maintenance plan
- Constructing a functional job description that can act as a foundation for internal training
- Identifying common problems to avoid when attempting to develop an internal training program
- Developing a training curriculum for maintenance operators
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the course document titled, “Strategic Maintenance Management 101: An Introduction to What, Why and How”, prepared by Richard Grimes.
Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of thirty (30) questions to earn 6 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
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