In Managing Planning and Scheduling, participants build a work management program based on best practices. The course is designed for a Lead Planner or Department Manager to establish a proactive work management program or to transform an existing program into an effective, results-producing department that positively impacts maintenance costs, plant reliability measures, and employee morale.
Managing Planning and Scheduling examines topics like designing a work management program strategy, developing standard processes and work, establishing program measures, managing staff development, and planning program improvement. Learners will walk away with a solid foundation for an effective maintenance work management program.
Learn How To
Develop an implementation plan to establish or transform a planning program, including:
- Establishing program standards and templates
- Incorporating visual management into your program
- Job performance feedback and continuous improvement
- Backlog management
- Managing the people side of change (change management)
Develop an audit and continuous improvement strategy for the planning program
- How trends in manufacturing and technology impact planning/scheduling
- How the planner interacts with failure data and root cause analysis efforts
- How equipment criticality and risk management influence maintenance strategy
Describe a disciplined approach to managing work for a planned shutdown
- Scoping and validating work
- Project management communication
- Reviews, lessons learned
Build performance management and development strategies for planning personnel
Explain the business case for proactive work management
Build a work management process flow chart and responsibility matrix
Draft a work management program strategy: objectives, key performance measures, targets, reporting, and monitoring methods
Develop governing principles and standard procedures for CMMS data entry and use
Outline a management of change process for job plans
Who Should Attend
People in the following roles should participate in this training:
Lead and Senior Planners
Planning Department Managers
Maintenance Managers
Reliability Change Agents
Reliability Managers
Continuous Improvement Managers
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