Gate Keeping the Storeroom: The Key to Sustainable Materials Management

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Speaker: James Kovacevic

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Abstract:

Sustainable storerooms and spare parts programs require the right management and governance to be successful. Without this governance, the storeroom inventory continues to grow and leads to an abundance of spares that will end up being obsolete.

In addition, the excessive inventory causes the business to tie up cash, which it could be used elsewhere. The principle way to govern a number of spares in the storeroom is to implement a policy and procedure in which all new parts requests are evaluated, prioritized and ultimately accepted or rejected for stocking in the storeroom. This management practice can yield significant improvements for not only the maintenance department but also the business.

In order to make this process work, the business needs to establish criteria in which spare parts are evaluated and decisions made. These criteria can be a source of fear for many in the maintenance department and storeroom as it could lead to stock-outs. These criteria need to be based on the individual business performance and needs.

The end result of implementing a process such as this is a storeroom which improves the performance of not only the maintenance department but the business as well.

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The 5 Levels of Effective Maintenance Scheduling

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Speaker: James Kovacevic

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Abstract:

Scheduling ensures the right maintenance is executed at the right time. But many organizations fail to schedule work that improves plant performance.

Instead, the work is scheduled last minute and is often not the most important work, but the work of the person yelling the loudest.

In order to effectively schedule maintenance work, there needs to be a systematic approach which not only takes into account the needs of the maintenance department, but that of the business. This fully integrated schedule ensures the planned downtime is reduced, while maximizing the amount of work which can be completed.

The 5 levels of scheduling enable the full integration of operations and maintenance schedules. Scheduling starts re the 52 week level and cascades into the 16 week, 4 week, 1 week and finally the daily scheduling. The scheduling process depends heavily upon a rigorous prioritization process. The prioritization criteria must be fully aligned with the business risks and agreed upon by the leadership team.

The benefits to the business of proper scheduling are many and include, reduced planned downtime, reduced overtime and reduced unplanned downtime.

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Section 2

Process Control and Capability require a firm understanding of the concept of variation and how it is measured. In this section, we present the fundamental concepts related to variation, quality, process control, process capability, and basic statistics.

This section includes details on:

• The concept of variation
• The normal distribution
• Control Chart concepts and examples
• Specification limits vs. control limits
• Defining quality
• Averages vs. individuals
• Sources of variation (common vs. special)
• Process capability concepts
• Stability vs. Capability
• Basic statistics for central tendency & variation

Introduction to the Course

A little background and motivation for the material in this course.

Training Objectives

The key training objectives are summarized below:

• Understand the importance of reducing variation in key characteristics
• Implement control charting to assess process stability
• Select appropriate control charts for a given application
• Determine appropriate sampling plans and sample sizes
• Interpret control chart signals and implement appropriate reaction plans
• Assess process capability for new processes, relocations, process changes, and continuous improvement
• Apply specialized charts when needed

6 months of access from date of purchse.

Steven Wachs, Course Instructor

Steven Wachs has 25 years of wide-ranging industry experience in both technical and management positions. Steve has worked as a statistician at Ford Motor Company where he has extensive experience in the development of statistical models, reliability analysis, designed experimentation, and statistical process control.

Steve is currently a Principal Statistician at Integral Concepts, Inc. where he assists manufacturers in the application of statistical methods to reduce variation and improve quality and productivity. He also possesses expertise in the application of reliability methods to achieve robust and reliable products as well as estimate and reduce warranty. Steve regularly speaks at industry conferences and provides workshops in industrial statistical methods worldwide.

Select the first lesson, “Coure Introduction” within Module 1 to view a course overview and recommendations to get the most from this course.

Welcome to Your SPC and Process Capability Course

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Your On-demand Course with Instructor Support

Immediate access for 6 months to all course lessons discussing concepts, reviewing procedures and flushing out context and applicability.

Plus, I’m here to support you upon request.

Lessons include text, video lectures, quick quizzes, exercises, and activities. The intent is to encourage you to immediately apply the lessons within your organization such that you can start improving process stability and quality.

How Long Will the Course Take?

This will depend on how many video lectures you view and how many of the sample exam problems you attempt. The course contains 10 modules, with a total of 67 lessons including 16 exercises. There are approximately 14 hours of lectures. You have access to the course for 6 months.

It is recommended that beyond the lectures, you plan on another 10 to 20 hours for reading and working the exercises. Plus, you are encouraged to ‘try this at work/home’ too.

You can always revisit a lesson or check a detail in the supporting student text.

What are the course perquisites?

An interest in statistical process control and process capability Or, more accurately, an interest in improving the stability and consistency of your processes.

Famarility with basic statistical concepts is not necessary for this course.

What is your return policy?

If you are not satisfied with the content, send me an email within 30 days for a full refund.

Reliability Culture

A new book in the works by Adam Bahret

Every company desires to be a leader in achieving high reliability for its products and processes throughout the service life.

This objective can be difficult, given cost and timing pressures experienced by companies around the world today. In order to achieve the highest possible reliability, it is often necessary to develop and implement a Reliability Plan.

Carl Carlson and Fred Schenkelberg have joined together to author a new book on creating and managing effective reliability plans. The book outlines the primary steps to achieving high reliability and follows it up with detailed information about how to implement each of the steps.

We are releasing each chapter as we finish the first draft. The idea is to ask you to read and comment, critic, edit, and make suggestions to improve this new book. Your feedback will help us create the book you need to create effective reliability plans and make significant improvements within your organization.

We first met a few years ago and discovered that our approach to reliability engineering management was very similar. At that time we decided to co-present a tutorial session at the Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (approaching our 6th year).

Based on the tutorial, many conversations with each other and our clients and friends, we decided to write this book. We believe it fills an important need and will help reliability practitioners be successful in their work.

We will post each chapter here and let you know via email when the next chapter is ready for reading.

— Carl Carlson & Fred Schenkelberg

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