A one-day conference

 

Tuesday 4 November, 2008, Scarman House Conference Centre, University of Warwick

 

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A message from the Conference Chairman

 

Many companies today are adopting ‘Lean Manufacturing’ techniques in order to compete in the global economy and increase profits. But what does ‘getting lean’ mean exactly and how does it affect maintenance operations? How can maintenance contribute to it and how can a maintenance strategy be derived from it? Many maintenance managers are struggling with these questions on a daily basis.  Is ‘Lean’ just a set of well known maintenance best practices that are now suddenly tagged and hyped as being ‘lean’ or is there actually a maintenance management methodology available that can really link up with lean thinking? Such a methodology is available, it’s Value Driven Maintenance^® (VDM).

 

On Tuesday 4 November, 2008, Conference Communication, in conjunction with Mainnovation, will be organising the ‘Getting Lean through Value Driven Maintenance^® (VDM) conference in the UK. Lean Maintenance is receiving a lot of attention because of the positive results being achieved by using Lean Manufacturing methodologies. It’s all about eliminating waste, and distinguishing between value adding and non-value adding maintenance activities. But in contradiction to the detailed description of how to eliminate non-value adding production activities with Lean Manufacturing, in Lean Maintenance there is no definition yet regarding which activities to eliminate and which to retain. The answer lies in exploring (added) value potential. VDM is the first and, so far, only methodology that shows a maintenance organisation how to unlock its value potential, set clear and realistic improvement targets and give focus to and embed, continuous value creation (or continuous improvement) in the organisation.

 

Many companies in Europe have introduced Lean practices through VDM, with very impressive results. At our conference, speakers from Akzo Nobel, Centocor Pharmaceuticals (a Johnson & Johnson company) Coor Service Management (at Volvo Aero), Kepner Tregoe (with real life case information from Simplot, Cement Australia & Honda) and Royal Boskalis Westminster will describe how they have managed to link up with Lean Thinking and how Value Driven Maintenance^® has assisted them to accelerate the lean benefits.

 

Would you like to discover how your maintenance operations can benefit from Lean Maintenance, and also have the opportunity to network and share knowledge with like-minded maintenance colleagues? If so, we will be delighted to welcome you to Warwick University on 4 November this year.  In the meantime you can find out more about Lean Maintenance, VDM and the Conference by visiting www.maintenanceonline.co.uk

 

 Kind regards,

 

Lord Bill Jordan of Bourneville

 

CONFERENCE PROGRA\MME 

 

08.30-09.00 Registration and coffee

 

09.00-09.25

Keynote address by the Conference Chairman

 

09.25-10.10

GETTING LEAN THROUGH VALUE DRIVEN MAINTENANCE^®

 

· Introducing Lean principles (eg value stream mapping)

· How Value Driven Maintenance® accelerates lean benefits

· Linking up your maintenance process with the value stream

· How to set up a lean reliability program (value-driven RCM)

· What is the value of maintenance and how can you determine the value potential of your maintenance department?

· What are your core competences and how can you design the ‘most valuable maintenance organisation’?

· Monitoring your lean benefits via the VDM Control Panel and stimulating continuous improvement

 

Kamran Gharachorlou, Managing Consultant, Mainnovation

 

10.10-10.55

AKZO NOBEL’S GROWTH TO COST LEADERSHIP VIA LEAN MAINTENANCE PRINCIPLES

 

·   The human factor in Lean Maintenance

·   Changing the focus from ‘asset utilization’ to ‘cost control’ and adapting the organization

   accordingly

·  The way to success - implementation of ‘breakthroughs’

·  Results and achievements

·  Are the improvements sustainable?

·  What is the key to success?

 

Wilco Hekkert, Maintenance & Services Manager, Akzo Nobel Polymer Chemicals

 

10.55-11.15 Mid-morning refreshments

 

11.15-12.00

FAT RESULTS FROM LEAN THINKING

 

· FAT - Financially triangulated results that come at an Accelerated pace, and are Translatable consistently across other parts of the organization

· The people and process connection

· Case study examples from Simplot, Cement Australia and Honda

Kevin Duffy, Global Vice President, Industrial Practice, Kepner-Tregoe

 

 

12.00-12.45

A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO GETTING LEAN

 

· The pharmaceutical market is in rapid change

· How to align your maintenance strategy to new business requirements

· How to balance and reduce redundant capacity

· Applying risk matrices and FMEA to analyze scenario’s

· Results so far

 

Peter van der Linden, Reliability Engineer, Centocor Pharmaceuticals (a Johnson & Johnson company)

 

12.45-13.45 Lunch

 

13.45-14.30

SETTING-UP SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AT VOLVO AERO - A CONTRACTOR’S VIEW

 

· Identifying the win-win situation for asset owners and contractors

· Why change from an hourly rate contract to a performance-based contract

· Evaluate the current situation and performance

· Determine the potential for  improvement

· Formulate a new maintenance strategy

· Set up a new business model and a new contract, including targets and KPI’s

· What have been the lessons learned

 

Berndt Johansson, Coor Service Management

 

14.30-15.15

MONITORING & CONTROLLING MAINTENANCE AND LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE WITH THE VDM CONTROL PANEL

 

•  The importance of performance management and clear KPI's

•  How to set up the right KPI hierarchy and set targets

•  Enabling continuous improvement via the VDM Control Panel

•  Hands on demonstration of the Control Panel

 

Marc Boer, Project Manager VDM, Royal Boskalis Westminster

 

15.15-15.30 Mid-afternoon refreshments

 

15.30-16.30

PANEL DISCUSSION – BENCHMARKING YOUR MAINTENANCE

PERFORMANCE

 

·         Interactive benchmark and value calculations based on real-life case studies

 

Facilitator: Remco Jonker, Partner, Mainnovation

 

16.30-17.00

Conclusions & Closing Remarks

 

17.00 Close

 

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INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

 

Venue:  Scarman House Conference Centre, University of Warwick.  Full details of how to get there will be sent to delegates with the acknowledgement of their bookings.

 

Registration fee:  £450 plus £78.75 VAT = £528.75 and includes lunch, interval refreshments, a copy of the VDM book and a copy of the conference papers on a memory stick.

 

A 10% discount applies to the above rate for two or more delegates attending

 

Hotel Accommodation:  Hotel accommodation is not included.  Details of overnight accommodation at Scarman (or the adjacent Radcliffe House) will be sent with the acknowledgement of delegate registrations.

 

Cancellations: In the event of delegates cancelling acknowledged registrations more than 14 days prior to the event a cancellation charge of 20% will be payable.  Thereafter, the full registration fee is liable to be forfeited.

 

Organised by: Conference Communication, Monks Hill, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2AJ

+44 (0)1252 783111 email:

web: www.maintenanceonline.co.uk 

 

The VDM Book:

As part of the registration fee attendees to the Conference will receive a copy of the Value Driven Maintenance book, "New Faith in Maintenance" written by Mainnovation founders, Mark Haarman and Guy Delahay.  The book defines the VDM Concept, includes several real-life case studies and tells you how to set-up your own value-driven maintenance organisation.  Copies of the book can also be purchased separately from Conference Communication at a cost of £59 (including p&p in the UK and Europe) and £69 for orders from the rest of the world. Go to the books page at www.maintenanceonline.co.uk or telephone + 44 (0)1252 783111.