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SUMMARY:Strategic Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
DESCRIPTION:STRATEGIC MAINTENANCE\nPLANNING AND SCHEDULING\nImprove your effectiveness\, reduce equipment downtime and optimize overall maintenance cost over time\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Date: October 20-21 2025 | Location: Online via MS Teams\n\n  \n\nCourse Outcomes:\n\nImprove understanding of best practices currently used in Planning and Scheduling to support Maintenance\, Reliable Manufacturing\, and Asset Management.\nIdentify and define opportunities to implement effective planning and scheduling strategies in their workplace. Develop structured work management processes\, including work identification\, prioritization\, scheduling\, and execution to improve efficiency.\nOptimize maintenance investment by aligning maintenance schedules with production needs to reduce downtime and maximize asset performance.\nEnhance workforce productivity by improving job preparation\, material availability\, and coordination between maintenance and production teams.\nApply preventive maintenance and reliability-centered scheduling to improve equipment uptime and extend asset lifespan.\nMeasure and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and improve maintenance planning and scheduling effectiveness.\nUse real-world case studies and interactive exercises to apply best practices and solve practical maintenance challenges.\n\n\nWhy you cannot miss this masterclass\nThe course is an interactive training course aimed at giving trainees the overview of the best practices currently in use for Planning and Scheduling to support Asset Management\, providing Reliability of Manufacturing\, and optimizing maintenance investment. \nPlanning and scheduling is the hub that allows achieving cost effective maintenance organization on a long term basis\, and is the cornerstone to enable excellence in uptime\, preventive maintenance\, materials management\, utilization of craftspeople\, maintenance cost control\, coordination of maintenance schedules with production schedules\, engineering in reliability\, and much more. \nWith the knowledge gained during the training\, you will be able to improve your tradespeople’s effectiveness\, reduce equipment downtime and optimize overall maintenance cost over time. \nEffective planning and scheduling are critical to ensuring seamless maintenance operations\, minimizing unexpected breakdowns\, and maximizing asset reliability. Without a structured approach\, organizations often face inefficiencies\, increased downtime\, and escalating maintenance costs. This course equips participants with practical tools and proven methodologies to develop a robust maintenance planning framework\, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently and maintenance activities align with production goals. \nBy attending this training\, you will gain hands-on experience with real-world case studies and interactive exercises\, allowing you to apply best practices directly to your workplace. Whether you are looking to enhance workforce productivity\, streamline maintenance schedules\, or improve cost control\, this course provides the expertise needed to drive long-term operational success and reliability. \n\nCourse Coverage \n\n\nStrategic Maintenance Planning and Scheduling \nIntroduction and Welcome \nModule 1: The foundation \nModule 2: What and How – Planning \nModule 3: Who and When – Scheduling \nModule 4: Execution \nModule 5: Continuous Improvement \nModule 6: Support Processes \nModule 7: Review and Wrap up \n\n  \n  \nThis course is an active exchange between attendees and the instructor\, using actual examples and exercises that are directly applicable to the body of knowledge. \n\nApproximately 45% of time is spent on the core instructional presentation.\nApproximately 55% of the time is spent on exercises\, discussions and direct application examples.\n\nThe instructor and participants have an ongoing dialogue to ensure that concepts and methods taught are retained and can be put into use by the participants. \n\n\n\nTarget Audience \nThis course is designed for Managers\, Superintendents\, Supervisors\, Engineers\, Planners\, Heads\, Team Leaders\, Inspectors\, Contractors and Coordinators of: \n\n\n\nMechanical\, Electrical\, Production or Project Engineers\nConstruction/Contractor Managers and Supervisors\nMaintenance Managers\, Supervisors\, Planners and Schedulers\nMaterials Management Managers/Supervisors\nMaintenance Engineers (Functional and Reliability)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the following industries: \n\n\n\nPower & Utilities\nMining\nOil & Gas\nExploration and Production\nChemicals\nManufacturing\n\n\n\n\nPharmaceuticals\nPower Generation\nAgriculture\nPetrochemicals\nSupport Services\nConsulting Engineering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now / Request Brochure\nFirst Name *Last Name *Company NameJob Title *Email Address *Phone Number *Country *Request Brochure
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SUMMARY:Plant Shutdown & Start-up Strategies (STO)
DESCRIPTION:PLANT SHUTDOWN & START-UP\nSTRATEGIES (STO)\nDevise strategies to optimize shutdown and outages\nto minimize downtime and cost for a quick and low-cost turnaround\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Date: September 29-30\, 2025   l   Location: Online via MS Teams\n\n  \n\nCourse Outcomes:\n\nLearn the latest best practices and strategy by dissecting the anatomy of a shutdown\nAvoid pitfalls in decision-making and understand the legal side of shutdowns and planning\nIdentify and Overcome bottlenecks through critical path analysis and PERT analysis\nLearn how to perform thorough cost and asset analysis\nEvaluate the effectiveness of your current shutdown effort and measure your shutdown efficiency by benchmarking with world-class shutdown strategies\nAcquire better understanding of the equipment from both an operation and maintenance aspect\nUtilize tools and technology that can smoothen the process and create a backbone for effective plant maintenance and reliability\nReduce unnecessary cost incurred by properly planning\, executing and closing your shutdown\nApply better control systems for contractors on site during the shutdown operations\nEfficiently coordinate contractors and in-house staff to obtain an effective workflow\nMaster the latest best practices in planning\, scheduling and CPM method\n\n\nWhy you cannot miss this masterclass\nAttending a course on Plant Shutdown & Start-Up is crucial for professionals involved in the maintenance and operation of industrial plants. These courses provide comprehensive training on the best practices and methodologies for safely and efficiently shutting down and starting up plant operations. By understanding the intricacies of these processes\, you can minimize downtime\, prevent costly errors\, and ensure the safety of personnel and equipment. This knowledge is particularly valuable during planned maintenance periods or unexpected shutdowns\, where precise execution is critical to maintaining operational integrity and avoiding extended outages. \nMoreover\, a course on Plant Shutdown & Start-Up equips you with the skills to develop detailed shutdown and start-up plans\, conduct risk assessments\, and implement effective communication strategies. These skills are essential for coordinating complex activities across various departments and ensuring that all procedures are followed correctly. By mastering these techniques\, you can enhance your ability to manage large-scale projects\, improve plant reliability\, and contribute to the overall efficiency and safety of your organization. Whether you are a plant manager\, engineer\, or technician\, this training will significantly boost your expertise and career prospects in the industrial sector. \n\nCourse Coverage \n\n\nShutdown Issues Turnaround Outages \nOverview of Processing Plant:  \n\nBrief Overview of gas treatment\nEmergency Shutdown Systems (ESD)\nThe Functional areas of a shutdown and their practical contributions\nThree critical paths of shutdowns and turnarounds\nA greater appreciation of the key role in planning the shutdown process\nRisk management in Shutdown\, Turnaround and Outage\nThe New Standards Institute – Computer based program for Shutdowns\, Turnaround and Outages\n\nIntroduction\nIdentifying the work\nRisk management\nDefining and Limiting the scope\nPlanning the shutdown\nPlanning the work\nTrue PERT Program Evaluation & Review\nOverview of Project Management Software\nThe Execution Phase\nThe Final Report\n\n\n\n\n\nMaintenance Shutdown Turnaround Outages 9 Stages: \n\nStage 1 – Introduction and Overview\nStage 2- Safety Issues\nStage 3- Quality Issues\nStage 4- Designing the Organisation\nStage 5- Planning & Scheduling\nStage 6- Using Contractors\nStage 7- Cost Estimating\, Reporting and Control\nStage 8-  Site  Logistics\nStage 9- Executing the Turnaround\n\n\n\nModern Shutdown Turnaround Outages Management: \n\nStable domains of maintenance\nRole of reliability\nIdentifying critical equipment\nPareto Analysis\nFishbone Bone Charts\nDecision flow diagram\nClassification – table\nDefinition of technical terms\n\n\n\n Guidelines to Shutdown Turnaround Outages Management: \n\nWork planning during shut downs\nScheduling\nDaily schedule\nCoding the jobs\n\nCritical\nUrgent\nPriority\nRoutine\n\n\nCoordination\n\nPlan maintenance job\nSchedule maintenance job\nExecute maintenance job\nExecute post maintenance test\nComplete maintenance job\n\n\nSchedule methods\n\n\n\nTraining Methodology: \n\nComprehensive Manual\nSupporting Power Presentation Decks\nOverview of Equipment types\n\nCompressors overview\nCentrifugal Pumps\nTurbine\nValves during shutdown.\n\n\nVideos HAZOP/HAZID Analysis.\nGroup Studies for HAZOP Analysis.\nSelf- Skill Questions\nGroup Study for FMEA and RCFA Analysis\n\n\n\n\n\nTarget Audience \nThis course is designed for Managers\, Superintendents\, Supervisors\, Engineers\, Planners\, Heads\, Team Leaders\, Inspectors\, Contractors and Coordinators of: \n\n\n\nShutdown/ Turnaround\nMaintenance\nPlanning\nScheduling\nFacilities\nCost Control\n\n\n\n\nReliability\nPlant/Project\nOutage\nAsset Management\nOperations/Audit\nSafety\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom the following industries: \n\n\n\nPower & Utilities\nMining\nOil & Gas\nExploration and Production\nChemicals\nManufacturing\n\n\n\n\nPharmaceuticals\nPower Generation\nAgriculture\nPetrochemicals\nSupport Services\nConsulting Engineering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister now / Request Brochure\nFirst Name *Last Name *Company NameJob Title *Email Address *Phone Number *Country *Request Brochure
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