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
  • Scoping and validating work, project management, communication, reviews, lessons learned
• Develop an implementation plan to establish or transform a 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?

• Lead and senior planners
• Planning Department Managers
• Maintenance Managers
• Reliability Change Agents
• Reliability Managers
• Continuous Improvement Managers

Certificate Track

Part of the LCI Maintenance Management Certification Program.

Program Accessibility

Course Resources
Life Cycle Institute Course Schedule 2022-2023 (PDF Document)
Life Cycle Institute Maintenance Management Certification (PDF Document)