Begin the journey from reactive to world-class maintenance management. This workshop provides students with an overview of the requisite attributes, methodologies, and tasks required to create, implement and sustain effective world-class maintenance.

The program is aimed at current and aspiring maintenance managers, engineers, supervisors and planners, but is applicable to all who have a direct interest in or are affected by maintenance performance and its impact on the enterprise. While the program is maintenance-centric, the methods, standard processes and logic are applicable for all organizational functions. This comprehensive program is applicable to all industries and facilities, as well as for single-plant or global enterprises.

You Will Learn:

·       To create an effective mission, vision, and value statements that will govern a world-class maintenance organization.

·       To create and implement a maintenance strategy that effectively provides sustaining maintenance assures maximum capacity and reduces capital expenditures.

·       To establish an activity-based budget and cost management process that assures optimal use of human and financial resources.

·       Best practices for MRO procurement, warehousing, and inventory management.

·       Best practices and benefits of effective maintenance planning and scheduling.

·       To seamlessly integrate maintenance with other plan functions.

·       To engage, empower, motivate, and lead the maintenance workforce.

·       To effectively interact with employees, handle conflicts, and sustain trust.

Effective maintenance is essential for all manufacturing, production, process plants and facilities. It is dependent upon well-trained maintenance professionals who have mastered and can apply the requisite skills, knowledge and vision to ensure that effectiveness. The Maintenance Management Certificate Program provides a comprehensive management development program for existing or aspiring maintenance management professionals, as well as others interested in effective maintenance. Consisting of six 2-day sessions, the program provides proven best-in-class processes ranging from strategy, activity-based budget, and organizational development to workforce engagement that can be directly applied in the workplace upon completion of the program. A seventh 2-day session permits specialize learnings for either industrial or facilities application. Upon completion of the seven-part program, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from The University of Alabama, Office of Teaching Innovation and Digital Education.