Description

In Managing Planning and Scheduling, participants build a work management program based on Reliability Excellence best practices. The course is designed for a Lead Planner or Department Manager to establish a proactive work management program or to transform an existing program into an effective, results-producing department that positively impacts maintenance costs, plant reliability measures and employee morale.

Managing Planning and Scheduling examines topics like designing a work management program strategy, developing standard processes and work, establishing program measures, managing staff development, and planning program improvement. Learners will walk away with a solid foundation for an effective maintenance work management program.

Learning Objectives

• Explain the business case for proactive work management
• Build a work management process flow chart and responsibility matrix
• Draft a work management program strategy: objectives, key performance measures, targets, reporting and monitoring methods
• Develop governing principles and standard procedures for CMMS data entry and use
• Outline a management of change process for job plans
• Describe a disciplined approach to managing work for a planned shutdown
• Develop an implementation plan to establish or transforma planning program, including:
• Establishing program standards and templates
• Incorporating visual management into your program
• Job performance feedback and continuous improvement
• Backlog management
• Managing the people side of change (change management)
• Develop an audit and continuous improvement strategy for the planning program
• How trends in manufacturing and technology impact planning/scheduling
• How the planner interacts with failure data and root cause analysis efforts
• How equipment criticality and risk management influence maintenance strategy
• Build performance management and development strategies for planning personnel

Who Should Attend

People in the following roles should participate in this training:

• Lead and Senior Planners
• Planning Department Managers
• Maintenance Managers
• Reliability Change Agents
• ReliabilityManagers
• ContinuousImprovement Managers

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Course Resources
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Course Information (PDF Document)
Course Catalog 2019-2020 (PDF Document)

May 5-7, 2020