Introduction

• Maintenance systems: Why do many maintenance management systems become reactive?
• What are the elements necessary to change a system to proactive?

Weibull Distribution – what is it?

• Advantages of using data analysis.
• When do I use Weibull?
• Using work order history
• Making decisions from failure curves

Using Computer Simulation

• Why use simulation?
• Making predictions using simulation
• Does the maintenance plan meet production targets?
• Assessing total life cycle costs reliability management objectives
• What are the objectives of reliability management?
• How does the reliability discipline interact with the rest of the organisation?
• What metrics would you use?

Root Cause Analysis

• Defining the problem
• Cause and effect relationships
• Effective solutions
• Implementation
• Practical Weibull Analysis

Maintenance Decisions

• Principles of RCM
• Types of maintenance
• Evaluating maintenance alternatives – repair or replace
• Generating optimum maintenance plans

Problem Reporting Objectives

• Why are problem reports important?
• How are they to be submitted?
• What are the key sections of a problem/failure report form?

Putting it all together - A Case Study