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Course Outline
Business Management
- Vision and Mission
- Create a compelling business case
- Tracking and analyzing metrics and KPIs
- Managing change
- Communication
- Regulations and EHS
Manufacturing and Process Reliability
- Maintenance process workflows
- Applying process improvement
- Change management
- Keeping processes updated
Equipment Reliability
- Reliability goals and process expectations
- Evaluating equipment reliability
- Ensuring existing equipment operates reliably
- Ensuring new equipment operates reliably
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Appling reliability strategies
- Adjusting reliability strategies
Leadership and Organization
- Organizational structure
- Measuring and evaluating staff skills
- Roles and responsibilities
- Hiring and training for capabilities
- Building leadership skills
Work Management
- Identify and approve work
- Work prioritization
- Planning work
- Scheduling work
- Executing work
- Documenting work
- Analyzing and following-up on work
- Performance metrics
- Project planning and tracking
- Utilizing information technology
- The storeroom
Additional Information
This course is one of the five total courses required for the Maintenance and Reliability (MRM) Certificate. The content outline is based on the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) knowledge base. Extensive research was conducted using today’s leading and latest sources for best practices.
Course Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
9/23/2025 7:30am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 9/23/2025 8:00am - 4:00pm Central Time
- 9/24/2025 8:00am - 4:00pm Central Time
- 9/25/2025 8:00am - 4:00pm Central Time
Location
Venue
Accommodations
Room: rates start at $179
Reserve by: Sep. 1, 2025
Program Director & Instructors
Program Director
Jon Wellik
John Ross
President
John L. Ross, Jr has been a practitioner of maintenance and reliability for almost four decades. He is a former Captain in the United States Air Force, a Distinguished Graduate of both the Aircraft Maintenance Officer School and the Squadron Officer School. John is a Gulf War veteran.
He is a published author of almost two dozen articles and two best-selling books: The Reliability Excellence Workbook, From Ideas to Action; Cover You’re A$$ets, Asset Management at Your Place and at Your Pace.
John is the President of the international reliability consulting company, Maintenance Innovators, Inc., a global thought leader in equipment reliability. John is the co-founder of the American Reliability & Maintenance Institute; creators and administrators of the Certified Storeroom Manager, Certified Storeroom Technician, and the Certified Professional Reliability Engineer certifications.
John is a certified Lean Manufacturing facilitator, Process Safety Management SME, and a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP). John holds a U.S. Patent, an A.S., B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.