An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices
Lowering Life Cycle Cost of Equipment
Course Overview
Lower revenues due to lower commodity prices have placed equipment life-cycle costs under the management spotlight like never before. Maintainers are faced with the challenge to deliver the same levels of equipment safety, reliability and availability with smaller budgets. This Maintenance Engineering training course on Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices introduces the practical tools and practices that organisations need to adopt to drive down their equipment life-cycle costs in practical ways.
This Maintenance Engineering training course emphasizes the most effective strategies, policies, tactics and practices that are needed to ensure the reliability, integrity and durability of the physical assets through their life-cycle.
This GLOMACS training course will highlight:
- Financial Concepts of Costs, Capital, Profit and Return On Investment
- The Model for Asset Healthcare
- Cost Impact of Equipment Failure and Degradation
- Proactive Practices and Tools to Reduce Maintenance Costs
- Failure Analysis to Focus Cost Reduction Efforts
- Work Management to Improve Resource Efficiency
Training Objectives
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- Understand the concepts of costs, capital, profit and ROI
- Understand the cost impact of unanticipated failure
- Apply proactive policies to reduce future maintenance costs
- Structure and analyse failure data to reduce repetitive failures
- Identify root causes of unanticipated failure costs
- Reduce resource costs through efficient work management practices
Who should Attend?
It is highly recommended that maintenance, reliability, engineering and technical support staff including leadership and management to attend this GLOMACS Maintenance Engineering training course. Also, including:
- Planners
- Supervisors
- Engineers
- Reliability Engineers
- Maintenance Team Leaders and Managers
- Operations Team Leaders and Managers
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
Training Outline
DAY 1: Equipment Life-cycle Cost Introduction
- Definitions of Reliability, Maintenance & Asset Management
- The Concept of Costs, Capital, Profits and Return On Investment
- The Asset Healthcare Model
- Key Areas of Asset Management
- Open Discussion Sessions
DAY 2: Cost Factors and Causes
- The Real Cost of Unanticipated Failure
- Asset Performance Standards
- The Forms of Asset Failure and Degradation
- The Causes and Nature of Asset Failure and Degradation
- The Effects, Cost and Risks of Asset Degradation
DAY 3: Breaking the Cycle of Degradation and Costs
- Programmed Maintenance
- Programmed Maintenance Intervals
- Condition-based Maintenance Intervals
- Implementing Optimised PM Programs
- Optimizing Spares to Support the Maintenance Program
DAY 4: Cost Reduction through Defect Elimination
- Failure Data Collection and Analysis
- The Impact of Chronic Failures vs. Intermittent Failures
- Focus Improvement through Pareto Analysis
- Quantify losses in Life Cycle Terms
- Rigorous Root Cause Analysis Techniques
- Discussion of Software and Templates to Support Analysis
DAY 5: Work Management converts Strategy to Practice
- Work Identification and Defect Reporting
- The Importance of Backlog
- Planning for Quality and Reliability
- Capacity Planning
- Scheduling for Efficiency
- Work Logistics and Preparation
- Checklists and Practical Aspects Work Quality Control
- Final Discussion and Evaluation
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
GLOMACS is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org.
All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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