Leading for Sustainability and Profitability

Introduction

• Welcome and orientation
• Philosophy
• Definitions
• Continuous Improvement
• World Class

Organizational objectives translated into reliability goals

• Profitability
• Sustainability
• Assets
• Asset Reference Plan

The science of maintenance and reliability

• How failures happen
• Failure patterns
• Deterioration (P-F) curve
• Failure quadrants
• Blinded me with science
• The payoff

Precision maintenance

• Precision vs. accuracy
• Availability
• Precision tools and methods
• P-F

Proactive maintenance

• Calculating reliability
• Preventive maintenance
• Predictive maintenance
• Growth of reliability

Total Productive Maintenance as it pertains to Profitability and Sustainability

• History/overview
• Maintenance excellence
• Basic Equipment Care (BEC)
• Equipment improvement
• Equipment design excellence
• Knowledge & Skills

Asset management

• Asset management
• Maintenance strategy
• Communication
• Business centered maintenance

• 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.

• 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.

• Program Director

  Jon Wellik

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We reserve the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrollment or unforeseen events. If we cancel a course, participants will be notified via email or phone and will be given the option for a full refund or to transfer their registration and any fees paid to another course. We are not responsible for non-refundable plane tickets, hotel reservations, and other travel related expenses. For enrollee Course Cancellation, refer to notes on course page.

Companies don’t typically manage their way to sustainability and profitability.  That requires leadership.  Through this program and engaged participation in the exercises and discussions, participants will connect the dots to further appreciate the cause and effect of current practices and begin to see the path to sustainable growth with application to any organization.

This course is part of the Technical Leadership Certificate and Maintenance and Reliability Management Certificate. Course may be taken individually as well.