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
Shutdown/Turnarounds aren’t managed well. Late start-ups make it impossible to complete work on time. Different departments having disparate objectives makes it impossible to work as a team.
We cover a lot of ground in this article. Below is the table of contents to help you navigate. What is maintenance planning and scheduling? 1 The definition of daily and weekly planning and scheduling 2 What is Shutdown planning
Owe Forsberg introduces you to Risk Based Work Selection for shutdown or turnarounds in part 2 of this six part video series. This shutdown technique ensures that you’re working on the right maintenance jobs for your shutdown or turnaround.
From operations point of view, they want to produce. But in order to produce you have to have your equipment running at peak performance and meet regulatory requirements, so that may been equipment may need to be shutdown. Operations’ roles
A key element of an effective Work Management System is to hold weekly planning and scheduling meetings to confirm the the next week’s schedule, what work needs to be planned and what work has to be carried to the next
Articles are great, but videos are also helpful. Our YouTube Channel is regularly updated with short topical videos. These videos are another way to offer free reliability and maintenance resources, designed to help you take steps to improve.
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