Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008

Workshop #5 Maintenance Planning and Scheduling by Tim Kister Approximately one third of all companies have a maintenance planner. Less than 10% of those planners are being utilized efficiently. Inefficient use of the planner position produces higher maintenance material costs, increased overtime and an increase in maintenance repair costs. Developing Effective Work Processes and Solid Equipment Reliability Programs for SAP-PM This workshop provides best practice instruction on the roles and responsibilities of planners and supervisors. Participants work individually and in teams to accomplish the course objectives. Teamwork and communication are emphasized heavily during this training. Participants are encouraged to network and share their personal experiences. Learn How To : • Understand common maintenance problems, delays and inefficiencies • Define the nature of repair (reactive) vs. maintaining (proactive) • Sustain the commitment and support of management • Apply a maintenance assessment and proactive maintenance time line • Coordinate the responsibilities of maintenance supervisors and planners by Neil Waugh, Marius Basson & Michael Gill Workshop #6 SAP Plant Maintenance (now EAM) is popular maintenance software used my many major companies, yet most struggle to tap into the full potential of this Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. After the initial implementation investment, many maintenance organizations resign themselves to using only the minimal functions needed to “get ‘er done” . Win an Alienware Laptop Join experts from Ivara who have helped hundreds of clients develop technically-based maintenance plans in SAP-Plant Maintenance and other EAMs using Each fully paid attendee can be enan effective Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA) process. Participants will be guided tered into a drawing for a free Alienstep-by-step through the MTA process from systems identiﬁcation and risk prioritizaware laptop computer, one of the tion to building reliability-based programs to rolling the resulting work plans into the most reliable computer systems SAP-PM module. available. The drawing for this For more critical assets or assets that require a more thorough understanding, this workshop and other great prizes will also covers the basics of maintenance work process development using RCM2, a rigorous Relibe held on Thursday afterability Centered Maintenance process developed by reliability pioneer, John Moubray, founder of noon during the closing The Aladon Network. ceremony. See the latest technology to determine which failure modes analysis approach is best for an asset and review software tools to enhance SAP-PM in work process development, proactive maintenance planning and performance analytics. If you use SAP Plant Maintenance or EAM or think you will be in the future, this is a “must attend” workshop. Stay Connected In addition to connecting with new and old friends at RCM-2008, EAM-2008 and MTrain-2008, Reliabilityweb.com and other exhibitors will also be sponsoring a fully functional Internet Café with high speed Internet access to keep you in touch with your email and online travel reservations. for more info or to register visit us online - www.maintenanceconference.com http://www.reliabilityweb.com http://www.reliabilityweb.com http://www.maintenanceconference.com

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Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008 Contents Upfront Upclose: Lessons Learned from the Walter Reed Story Information Technology: Parenting and Asset Performance Infrared: It's Alive! Lubrication: A Sense of Change Maintenance Management: PdM, Standardized Motor Testing: Being Well Connected Precision Maintenance: How to be Marketable Reliability: The Voyage of Wells Dairy Ultrasound: Two is Better Than One Vibration: Diagnosing a Cracked Shaft Upgrade: A Different Kind of Journey

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