Achieving Reliable Plant Capacity
One-day world class review to be held at Lake Land College April 24, 2008 <download>

Asset Reliability by Design
MET DEMAND and Marshall Institute has joined forces to present a 3 -day seminar on managing early equipment design to maximize life cycle profit. This brochure provides a detailed description of who should attend, the seminar objectives and the dates of the seminar in for 2007. <download>

Belt Conveyor Case Study
This is a simple case study on how a supervisor can identify skill gaps for critical equipment and use the information to justify a training program. <download>

Centrifugal Fan Bearing Troubleshooting Check List
This is a checklist of potential problems which would lead to high vibration, noise or damaged bearings. <download>

CMMS Implementation Brochure
A brief description of challenges facing organizations implementing a Computerized Maintenance Management System. <download>

MRO Excellence - Buyer Checklist
A MRO buyer has the responsibility to represent the company as an agent to purchase materials or services. This responsibility includes ensuring all information is accurate and purchase agreement is clear. This document is a checklist to assist in meeting these responsibilities. <download>

MRO Excellence Assessment
MET DEMAND has developed this assessment to assist reliability and storeroom professional in determining performance gaps in their storeroom performance. <download>

MRO Excellence Training
This 3-day training is focused on establishing processes to manage the risk of failures and the cost of inventory management. The knowledge from this training will create a positive impact to cost, productivity and customer service. <download>

MRO Negotiation Checklist
This is a checklist of objectives which should be considered by any team negotiation team. <download>

Planning and Scheduling - Schedule Compliance
A case study on how to calculate schedule compliance. <download>

Planning Scheduling and Coordination
Planning and Scheduling is a key foundational element to a proactive maintenance culture. Planners cannot do it alone but must be supported by the organization. MET DEMAND offers a three day training which teaches the planner their job responsibilities and duties as well as, the roles and responsibilities of operation, engineering and storeroom responsibilities <download>

Planning Scheduling Assessment
This is a non-validated self assessment of an Organization's ability to support an effective and efficient Maintenance Planning and Scheduling process <download>

Planning-Scheduling Workshop
This is a hands on work shop working with planners and other site personnel to develop procedures for managing maintenance planning and scheduling function. <download>

Relable Capacity at Start-up Workshop
This workshop is designed to work with your employees to understand the structured approach required to deliver reliable capacity at plant start-up. Tools will be shared to organize and manage the activities to achieve this level of performance. <download>

Reliable Capacity at Start-up Training
The purpose of this training is focus an organization on designing, installing, maintaining and operating new equipment to acheive the lowest possible life cycle cost. This can only occur when organization focuses on the developing and establishing world class business processes. <download>

Reliable Capacity Strategy- Brochure July 2008
Brochure for July 2008 Reliable Capacity Strategy class at Lake Land Community College <download>

Roles of Maintenance
Descriptions of the different roles in Maintenance i.e. Planner, Scheduler, etc. <download>

Steps to Essential Equipment Care
8 steps to equipment care. <download>

Supervisor Effective Response to Skills Gap
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Technical Training Needs Assessment
MET DEMAND offers a two day training course on how to develop an effective technical skills training program. <download>

Technical Training Readiness Assessment
This document decribes an assessment process used to evaluate how efficient and effective local industry and community colleges are working together to develop technical skills for a local work force. <download>

Ten Commandments of Brainstorming
Team norms which should be employed when conducting a brain storming exercise. <download>

MRO

Cycle Count Sheet
This sheet can be used make assignments for cycle counting and record the results to measure inventory accuracy. <download>

Maintenance Storeroom Key Performance Indicators
Measures used to manage a maintenance storeroom. <download>

MRO Excellence Article
Why do companies have MRO Storerooms? Is it to service maintenance? Operation? Support Engineering in Project work? None of the above, companies have MRO storerooms and all the costs associated with them because they are a good investment. A good investment you might ask. Yes a good investment!!! MRO Storerooms are managing spare part inventory to ensure our customer service levels remain high and cost of goods sold are low. This is done by partnering with Commercial, Maintenance and Operation to produce the correct product, at the correct time, in the correct quantity and at the correct location. The objectives of the storeroom are to store parts, which minimize the risk of unplanned downtime at the lowest total cost to the business. This is done by balancing the cost of downtime against inventory carrying cost to ensure the life cycle cost for an asset are minimized. What are the steps to improve your current performance? <download>

MRO Excellence is for the Customer- EAM 2006
A poorly operated maintenance or MRO storeroom can contribute up to 25% of the unplanned downtime in a factory. This downtime and cost can be eliminated with proper management of the storeroom. This short training course will set a foundation of business basics, define the roles and responsibilities of different business functions, explain the MRO supply chain, provide some specific tools to improve storeroom performance and present a plan to implement sustained change in a storeroom. <download>

Surplus Material Decision Tree
This is a simple visual aid to assist in the management of surplus, obsolete or slow turning maintenance stores inventory. <download>

Planning and Scheduling

Backlog Calculation Sheet
An spreadsheet to calculate backlog for a maintenance department. <download>

Job Plan Estimating Sheet
This is a form to be used by a planner scheduler as a pre check list when preparing a job plan. Instructions are for the planner to make a copy of the form fill out the information from work order and take the form to field to review the job and make notes. Please provide your feedback after using the form. This can be done through our website. <download>

Job Planning Process Flow
This slide is shows the thought process of a planner when they are developing a job plan. The key to developing a accurate and complete job plan is to evaluate the needs for each step. <download>

Planner Scheduler Job Description
This is a comprehensive job description which can be used if you are hiring your first planner/ scheduler or to compare to your current job description. <download>

Planning and Scheduling Metrics
Metrics used to measure the performance of the planning and scheduling role. <download>

Planning is the Foundation for Lean Maintenance
How does Maintenance planning and scheduling benefit initiatives, such as, Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Lean Maintenance? This paper will review the development of these philosophies and the role of Maintenance planning and scheduling in achieving them. <download>

Technician Feedback for Job Plans
When a planner prepares a job plan, they do not have the ability to stop the machine, take it apart and inspect it. This limitation will lead to inaccuracy in the job plan. To eliminate these omissions, the professional craft person performing the work must provide feedback on the job plan. This document summarizes the information which should be collected and communicated to the planner. <download>

Weekly Planning and Scheduling Meeting
This is an agenda for a weekly meeting planning and scheduling meeting with Maintenance, Operations and all interested parties. <download>

Work Order Example
This is an example of a paper work order form. The fields demonstrate the data that needs to be managed through the life of work a order. <download>

Start-Up

Equipment Data Sheet
This sheet can be used to record equipment, warranty and technician data to start the equipment Master file. <download>

Lubrication PM Checklist
The purpose of this form is to ensure the proper lubrication program is set up for new equipment. This is a general form which can be easly duplicated and modified to meet your requirements. <download>

Planning for a Start up - EAM 2006
The objective of a reliability program is to maximize availability, performance and output quality of the existing assets. This objective is not met when the equipment is down and not producing. Maintenance planning and scheduling role is to script and choreograph activities during planned downtime so they are minimized. A shutdown is not one simple task but a combination of tasks involving the whole organization working together to complete all of work safely, efficiently and effectively. Why? To ensure the equipment starts-up well, is reliable, has minimal ramp up time, and produces product to meet our customers needs. This paper is intended to help anyone who is involved with organizing, planning, or executing shutdown work at a facility. The topics which will be discussed are the five phases of a planned outage: Preliminary Work and Business Requirements, Final Planning and engineering, Execution of work, Commissioning and Validation and Continuous Improvement. <download>

Spare Part Information Sheet
This document can be used to track and document spare part stocking decisions. <download>

SWI Process Development
An example of a process which can be used to develop Standard Work Instructions. <download>