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Course Outline
Evaluating your Current Organization and Capability
Where do you stand today with respect to managing assets, including your people?
How to Find
Look for the opportunities and generate quick wins to enforce cultural transformation
Setting a Mission, Vision, and Values Statement
Defining who you are as a maintenance organization and how to impact the business goals
Defining the Future State
Where is your team is going? And what benefits will the company see in return?
Defining the Organizational Needs
What is needed in terms of resources to ensure success?
Developing Processes and Procedures
A roadmap of key activities to drive success
Growing Flat
Build a lean organization with optimal use of labor and resources
Developing an Asset Management Strategy
From systems, defining an asset, developing standards for both engineering and maintenance, and execution
Managing Maintenance
How to ensure your processes and procedures are aligned with company goals and delivering value
Measuring Maintenance
Defining key performance indicators and process metrics that deliver value, validate efforts, and drive continuous improvement
Celebrating
Communication strategies to ensure sustainability, recognition of value delivery, and drive your culture
Keep Your Strategy Alive
How to keep a living process that is flexible and moves with your business
Course Schedule
Registration Date/Time:
5/19/2025 7:30am Central Time
Event Dates/Times:
- 5/19/2025 8:00am - 4:30pm Central Time
- 5/20/2025 8:00am - 4:30pm Central Time
Location
Venue
Accommodations
Room: rates start at 154
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Accommodations include: Concourse rooms are available on a first-come, first-server basis. The link may expire at any time.
Additional Information
This is a HyFlex (in-person and online) taught course. Your registration is for one teaching platform only: in-person or online. Please be prepared to attend all days either in-person or online. Contact us if you have any questions before registering.
This course uses the Canvas course management and Zoom platforms. A UW NetID is required to access the online course site. Both in-person and online students should obtain a NetID and access the Canvas course website. Your registration confirmation email will walk you through the NetID process and how to access Canvas.
All materials for this course are digital and will be available on the Canvas course website. Access to the course materials and the webinar platform will be provided a few days before the course. Please watch the email address you provided during registration for release dates and pre-course information. Check your spam file if you do not see emails from the "wisc.edu" addresses.
Program Director & Instructors
Program Director
Jon Wellik
George Williams
CEO
George is the founder and CEO of ReliabilityX. He has a master’s degree in reliability engineering from Monash University. He began his career working for his father in maintenance – performing PMs on trucks and trailers – while in high school. George spent 16 years with a major pharmaceutical company, where he began as a technician and worked his way up to global asset management. In 2015, George’s global team won the Uptime Award for Best Maintenance and Reliability Program. He is a certified maintenance and reliability professional and certified reliability leader. In 2016, he was recognized by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals as Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional of the Year. He has earned certifications in vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound, motion amplification, and plant maintenance management. George is a published author and a recognized leader in reliability. He’s been teaching maintenance and reliability classes for UW-Madison Interdisciplinary Professional Programs since 2010.