This working group will focus on Maximising Maintenance Efficiency: Strategies for handling unplanned downtime, resource allocation, and conflicting priorities.

Join our working group session to tackle challenges faced by maintenance planners and schedulers. Learn how to minimise disruptions caused by unexpected equipment failures, optimise resource allocation amidst limitations, and strike the right balance between preventive maintenance, reactive requests, and production needs.

Engage in collaborative discussions, share experiences, and gain valuable insights from industry experts. Together, let's explore innovative approaches to maximise efficiency, enhance productivity, and overcome the hurdles of unplanned downtime, resource allocation, and conflicting priorities. Let’s propel your maintenance operations to new heights of success.

We will address and explore solutions to:

Unplanned Equipment Downtime: Maintenance planners and schedulers often face the challenge of dealing with unexpected equipment failures and breakdowns, leading to unplanned downtime and disruption to production schedules.
Resource Allocation: Optimally allocating limited resources, such as skilled technicians, equipment, and spare parts, can be challenging for maintenance planners and schedulers. Balancing competing demands and priorities while ensuring timely completion of scheduled maintenance tasks is crucial.
Conflicting Priorities: Maintenance planners and schedulers may encounter conflicting priorities between preventive maintenance activities, reactive maintenance requests, and production needs. Finding the right balance and prioritising tasks based on criticality and impact becomes a key challenge.

About the guest presenter:

  SIMON MURRAY
Reliability Coach | Your Maintenance Coach
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Simon, with over 25 years of experience, has led high-performance maintenance teams in diverse industries, from family businesses to global multinationals. His expertise spans reliability, project management, operations, and general management, offering a unique perspective on continuous improvement and operational excellence.

In 2012, Simon founded Your Maintenance Coach to help teams achieve Reliability Excellence and eliminate firefighting. He has shared his insights at international conferences like the International Maintenance Conference, National Manufacturing Week, and The African Institute of Maintenance Conference, as well as through webinars for associations like "The Maintenance Community" and "Association for Manufacturing Excellence."

Leading organisations worldwide, including Bega, Boral, Arnott's, and Chobani Yogurt, utilise Simon's tools and processes to enhance maintenance performance.

About the Host:

Agenda:
8:15: Arrival and registration
8:30: Introductions and topic discussions
10:00: Morning Tea
10:30: Presentation
12:00: Lunch
12:45: Final discussions and event wrap
13:30: Event concludes.

Who should attend?
This event is ideal for maintenance planners and schedulers, maintenance managers, maintenance supervisors, operations managers, asset managers, reliability engineers, maintenance technicians, and anyone involved in maintenance planning and scheduling processes.
As a member of IPA you can register up to 2 people, subject to availability, to attend this event.

When do I need to register by?
Registrations close 7 days prior to 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 | National Engagement & Event Manager
samantha@industrypartners.com.au
0438 058 823

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