Guide to Optimal Maintenance & Reliability--Article Index

1 Optimizing via Best Practices

• 1 What Is a Best Practice?
• 2 Terminology
• 3 What do Best Practices have to do with Maintenance and Reliability?
• 4 Examples of Maintenance and Reliability Benchmarks
• 5 Basic Test on Maintenance and Reliability Knowledge
• 6 Summary
• 7 QUIZ

2 Culture and Leadership

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Leadership and Organizational Culture
• 4 Strategic Framework: Vision, Mission, and Goals
• 5 Change Management
• 6 Reliability Culture
• 7 Measures of Performance
• 8 Summary
• 9 QUIZ

3 Understanding Maintenance

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Maintenance Approaches
• 4 Other Maintenance Practices
• 5 Maintenance Management System: CMMS
• 6 Maintenance Quality
• 7 Maintenance Assessment and Improvement
• 8 Summary
• 9 QUIZ

4 Work Management: Planning and Scheduling

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Work Flow and Roles
• 4 Work Classification and Prioritization
• 5 Planning Process
• 6 Scheduling Process
• 7 Turnarounds and Shutdowns
• 8 Measures of Performance
• 9 Summary
• 10 QUIZ

5 Materials, Parts, and Inventory Management

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Types of Inventory
• 4 Physical Layout and Storage Equipment
• 5 Optimizing Tools and Techniques
• 6 Measures of Performance
• 7 Summary
• 8 QUIZ

6 Measuring and Designing for Reliability and Maintainability

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Defining and Measuring Reliability and Other Terms
• 4 Designing and Building for Maintenance and Reliability
• 5 Summary
• 6 QUIZ

7 Operator Driven Reliability

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 The Role of Operations
• 4 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• 5 Workplace Organization: 5S
• 6 Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• 7 Measures of Performance
• 8 Summary
• 9 QUIZ

8 Maintenance Optimization

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Understanding Failures and Maintenance Strategies
• 4 Maintenance Strategy — RCM
• 5 Maintenance Strategy — CBM
• 6 Other Maintenance Strategies
• 7 Summary
• 8 QUIZ

9 Managing Performance

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Identifying Performance Measures
• 4 Data Collection and Data Quality
• 5 Benchmarking and Benchmarks
• 6 Summary
• 7 QUIZ

10 Workforce Management

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Employee Life Cycle
• 4 Understanding the Generation Gap
• 5 Communication Skills
• 6 People Development
• 7 Resource Management and Organization Structure
• 8 Measures of Performance
• 9 Summary
• 10 QUIZ

11 Maintenance Analysis and Improvement Tools

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Maintenance Root Cause Analysis Tools
• 4 Six Sigma and Quality Maintenance Tools
• 5 Lean Maintenance Tools
• 6 Other Analysis and Improvement Tools
• 7 Summary
• 8 QUIZ

12 Current Trends and Practices

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Terminology
• 3 Sustainability, Energy Management, and the Green Initiative
• 4 Personnel, Facility, and Arc Flash Safety
• 5 Risk Management
• 6 Corrosion Control
• 7 Systems Engineering and Configuration Management
• 8 Standards and Standardization
• 9 Summary
• 10 QUIZ

13 Final Exam!!

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