• Developing a powerful vision for maintenance improvement
• How an audit fits in the asset management framework
• Overview and practical application of maintenance audit techniques
• Usage of international benchmark standards PAS 55 & ISO 55000
• How to transfer assessment results into a concrete action plan for improvement

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand the added value of asset & maintenance management to the business process
• Explain how maintenance audits are related to the asset management framework and why they are beneficial
• Understand the basic principles of maintenance audits & site inspections
• Apply assessment techniques to identify performance gaps and improvement potential
• Benchmark their maintenance organization against international world class standards
• Set up a concrete implementation plan based on assessment results

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals involved in the area of asset and maintenance management, but will greatly benefit:

• Operations & Maintenance professionals
• Asset owners & Asset Managers
• Maintenance engineers & business improvement leaders
• All professionals involved in asset & maintenance management auditing
• Quality & compliance managers
• Lead auditors & audit team members
• Anyone who wishes to update themselves on asset & maintenance assessments

This course will utilise a variety of proven-adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes interactive workshop principles, a variance of lectures and practical exercises. Experiences from different areas will be discussed. There will be many opportunities for discussion and sharing experiences.

DAY 1

Asset & Maintenance Management Basics

• Asset & maintenance management as a business process
• Asset management landscape model – The asset management system
• Strategy framework

• • • Line of sight
    • Asset management policy, asset strategy, asset management strategy
    • Asset management objectives (goal setting)
    • Asset management plan (strategic)
    • Measuring performance, feedback & improvement

• International standards on asset & maintenance management: PAS 55 & ISO 55000
• Where the maintenance audit fits in

DAY 2

Best Practices in Asset & Maintenance Management

• Risk management & risk based maintenance concepts
• RAMS – Systems Engineering
• Whole Life Costing principles
• Workflow management
• Organization, people & improvement
• Performance monitoring – (Key) Performance indicators

DAY 3

Maintenance Auditing Principles & Techniques

• Auditing principles – from preparation to reporting

• • • Process audit

• Site inspection
• Asset & Maintenance assessment – gap analysis
• Certification audit for ISO 55000
• Benchmarking

DAY 4

Interpreting Audit Results & Implementing the Improvement

• The performance gap – defining the goals
• Finding improvement potential & actions
• Defining work packages & improvement plan
• Develop the business case – multi criteria analysis
• Implementation aspects and periodic auditing
• How to make it work? - change management

DAY 5

Interactive Workshop: Now We Do It Ourselves

• Analysis of the business – business goals
• Preparing the audit
• Execute the gap analysis
• Define actions, work packages & improvement plan
• The business case – is it worth the money
• Present your results to management
• Evaluate the audit: WWW & WWW

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.