Maintenance Auditing & Benchmarking Course

Introduction
Organisations increasingly need to make improvement a key part of the culture in order to remain cost competitive in their operations – Lean Manufacturing is just one approach that is being used in this quest. The same is true of Maintenance Organisations. These are under pressure to improve performance and reduce costs.

This learning event focuses on Maintenance Auditing and Benchmarking as two key tools that can be used as the basis for driving the improvement process in maintenance, by identifying best practices, gaps with current practices and assist with the formulation of strategies to bridge such gaps.

Course Objectives

The objectives of this program are to provide participants with an awareness and working knowledge of how to:

• Audit their maintenance operations;
• Conduct a maintenance benchmarking study;
• Use the results to establish and monitor an effective improvement strategy;
• The program will impart an understanding of how such techniques can be applied as part of a broad systematic approach to proactively managing and improving maintenance.

This course is also available as an on-site customised course

Course Cost: €795	Duration:2 days	Date: TBC
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Who Should Attend?

This program addresses the needs of a diverse audience with an interest in Maintenance Management, Lean Manufacturing, Maintenance improvement and the use of techniques such as Maintenance Auditing and Benchmarking. The program should be of interest to:

• General Managers who have oversight responsibility for Maintenance Management and Maintenance organisational units;
• Operations and Maintenance Managers with direct line responsibility as well as staff support responsibility for Maintenance;
• Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance Planners and Schedulers;

Training Methodology

Maintenance Auditing and Benchmarking is a hands-on, stimulating learning experience. The program will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas. Participation is encouraged in a supportive environment.

Course Outline

Day One: Maintenance Auditing

• The Maintenance Auditing Process
• Maintenance Auditing Methodology
• Conducting a Maintenance Audit
• Interpreting Audit Results
• Using Auditing to Drive Improvement
• Using the Maintenance Audit for internal benchmarking

Day 2 - Maintenance Benchmarking and Performance Measurement

• The Maintenance Benchmarking Process
• Maintenance Benchmarking Methodology
• Conducting a Maintenance Benchmarking Study
• Reporting results of Benchmarking and Auditing Studies
• Developing Key Performance Measures for Maintenance
• The Maintenance Balanced Scorecard

TRAINER PROFILE

Ray O’ Neill holds a Master Degree (Distinction) in Maintenance and Asset Management from the University of Manchester. With over 20 years of Maintenance Management Experience, he is currently MD with ESS Ltd. Ray's previous accomplishments include winner of the Farnell Prize for Best Masters Degree, the MEETA National Maintenance Manager of the Year awards (SME section) and Ray is the former Chairman of MEETA, the Irish Maintenance society.