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How can I make our weekly maintenance scheduling meetings more
productive?
By Tim Kister, CMRP, Life Cycle EngineeringAs appeared in the
June Edition ofRxToday
Q: We have a weekly scheduling meeting to establish our
maintenance schedule for the following week. This meeting doesnt
seem to be as productive as
we feel it should be. How long should this meeting take and who
should attend?
A: There are several factors to consider. First, you need to
clearly define the objective of the meeting. This meeting is for
final schedule negotiations that
consider operations ability to grant access to equipment for
which maintenance has identified ready work and sufficient labor to
complete the work. This
meeting does not address planning issues.
Second, the meeting should last one hour or less, based on all
parties coming to the meeting fully prepared. This meeting is not
to start the scheduling
process but to finalize the schedule.
Third, only those individuals that have specific
responsibilities in the scheduling process should attend the
meeting. They would include Planner/Schedulers,
Maintenance supervision and an Operations representative. The
Operations representative must have knowledge of the production
schedule, the
authorization to grant equipment/process downtime and the
support of Operations management to back his decisions. Typically
this position is called anOperations/Maintenance Coordinator (OMC).
Any additional attendees are only on an as-needed support role
basis .
Tim Kister, CMRP, is a well-recognized leader in the field of
Planning & Scheduling. A dedicated educator, Tim has
facilitated over 100 workshops and
seminars focused on maintenance management and planning &
scheduling and has co-authored the book, Maintenance Planning and
Scheduling
Handbook; Streamlining Your Organization for a Lean Environment.
As Planning & Scheduling Subject Matter Expert for Life Cycle
Engineering (LCE), Tim
helps clients recognize opportunities for improvement that
enable rapid optimization of business processes and long-term
sustainability. You can reach Tim
at [email protected].
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