Working Group | Quality Management in Maintenance

This working group will focus on 'Quality Management in Maintenance'

Numerous research studies have shown that over 50% of all equipment fails prematurely after maintenance work has been performed on it. In the most embarrassing cases, the maintenance work performed was intended to prevent the very failures that occurred.

Quality assurance (QA) is an activity designed to ensure that quality is built into the process. Quality control (QC) is an activity designed to ensure that desired quality levels are actually achieved by the process.

It takes both types of activities to reach desirable quality goals.

Precision maintenance is achieved by well-trained people using precision methods and well-written procedures. Quality assurance is achieved by inserting steps in the procedures that require the person doing the work to record a number and the person supervising the work to approve the number. This is not an easy assignment. How do you cover areas of human error, system error, design error, and parts error that can exist in such activities?

In addition to developing such procedures and essential QC follow up, implementation requires a collective shift in behaviours and actions. This requires a robust change management process. Even the best procedure is worthless if people’s belief in it is absent.

This working group event will examine what best practice maintenance quality management should look like and how to embed it into the organisation.

Our events are an excellent forum for networking and engaging in 'peer to peer' learning with other members. To get the most out of the event you need to attend the event with a willingness to contribute to group discussions.


About the host: 

    Visy Pul & Paper - Tumut
    Website

Guest Presenter:    

Andrew Pringle
Reliability Continuous Improvement Manager, Visy Pulp & Paper facility in Tumut, NSW

Andrew has over 30 years of experience in maintenance management and reliability in numerous roles including line management, project leadership and business consultancy roles. Having worked on improvement projects across four countries, he combines his technical knowledge with his passion for engaging his teams to discover new opportunities and implementing strategies to achieve the desired outcomes.

Andrew’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Graduate Diploma in Maintenance Management, and Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

Who should attend?
This event is ideal for reliability engineers, maintenance technicians, and those responsible for the quality of maintenance activities on site.

As a member of IPA you can register up to 2 people, subject to availability, to attend this event. This event is for IPA members only, there will be no public access to this event. 

When do I need to register by?
Registrations close 2 days prior to the event date. 
Registrations are based on a "first-come, first-served" basis. 
There are no allocated seats with membership.

Who can I contact for further information?      

     
     Samantha Jeffrey | NSW
     samantha@industrypartners.com.au 
     0438 058 823