New TrueWorkShop Series and Courses:

The following provides a summary and the benefits of selected TrueWorkShops available as public sessions in the USA and around the World. Each is also available as in house sessions; customized for you and presented as applicable to your unique maintenance operations. TMEI understands and has experience in almost all maintenance areas where applications can have extreme differences within the "operating context of the assets".

New Topics and New Delivery Methods: Self-paced, self-study learning options, introduced in 2009. This started with the exclusive Certification for The ACE Team Process for Estimating , now only from TMEI. Also in 2009, we introduced a revolutionary series for Reliability & Maintenance Excellence Leadership for Best Practice Applications. This series combines five educational methods across the completion of our six core TrueWorkShops over duration of time chosen and committed to by each participant.

TMEI of course provides its highly valued recognition and certificates of completion.  But we guarantee that each attendee can pass certifications available from the Association for Facilities Engineers (AFE), the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP), and the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA ) and from other international associations. We have a 100% guarantee that you will have a return on investment from all TrueWorkShops you attend and can achieve your chosen certification goals. Find out the tremendous advantages of TMEI's TrueWorkShop approach to training by clicking on this link >> TrueWorkShops now. Complete TrueWorkShop details, content and training objectives are available as PDF downloads by clicking on the TrueWorkShop titles shown below

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The Reliability & Maintenance Excellence Leadership for Best Practice Applications Series

• Advanced Maintenance Practices for Reliability & Maintenance Excellence: - This is our signature course that covers advanced topics plus "the essential basics" for leaders at all levels. You receive technical knowledge to apply practices from all major categories from TMEI's Scoreboard for Maintenance Excellence.  This course requires both pre-course and post-course activities along with pre and post course testing.  And without question, you receive the most extensive set of course references and a copy of McGraw-Hill's Maintenance Benchmarking and Best Practices: A Profit and Customer-Centered Approach. by your instructor, Ralph "Pete" Peters. During this course you will work with and receive all of TMEI's benchmarking tools described in this book, in electronic Excel format. Available as a 3, 4 or 5 day offering.

• Continuous Reliability Improvement for Rotating Equipment - You gain a working knowledge of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and condition-based maintenance (CBM) all integrated with (RBM) risk-based maintenance of critical assets. While focused upon rotating equipment you will gain the knowledge about a wide range of reliability and predictive maintenance technologies and the "mathematics of reliability".  This course covers the six maintenance resources and how they should be covered within a strategic plan, how leadership driven teams work, keys to implementation, measuring results and ROI for investments in maintenance. Extensive reliability references and all of TMEI's benchmarking tools are included with much more. Available as  3, 4 or 5 day offerings.

• Effective Maintenance Leadership for Improved Craft Productivity - We know there is a scarcity of qualified crafts people around the USA and the World. As a result of many factors, craft productivity declines due to "status quo maintenance managers". There is also a shortage of true "Maintenance Leaders". This course focuses upon improving two important things: Maintenance Leadership and Craft Labor Productivity. You will gain renewed capabilities for being a modern day Maintenance Leader. And this is today's only course addressing craft productivity and how to improve Overall Craft Effectiveness (OCE) . Available as 2 or 3 day offerings and as a ½ to 1 day executive level presentation.
  

• Customer Centered Maintenance Planning, Estimating and Scheduling with ACE - This important offering is recognized worldwide as the very best course for this essential best practice. And it applies to small, medium and large operations for all types of maintenance operations; discrete manufacturing, continuous processes, facilities maintenance and fleet maintenance including the "green industry" and golf courses. TMEI staff has helped clients recruit, train, install and follow up on over 300 actual planners around the World. This course is also for all Maintenance Leaders and key Top Leaders that must implement and fully understand the importance benefits from this practice. Click on title above to download the complete course content and topics covered. Many case studies from TMEI along with practical exercises make this course one that can provide a relatively quick ROI from your planner investment. And this course can add life and measured results for a new planning function trying to get off the ground. Available as a 3, 4 or 5 day offering with a "Certification for The ACE Team Process for Estimating" being available which is an exclusive, available only from The Maintenance Excellence Institute.

• Modernizing Maintenance Storerooms and MRO Materials Management - Lack of MRO parts and materials obviously can be the "game breaker". Having them in house but lost is even worse. Of all the opportunities found from over 300 Scoreboard Assessments , this TrueWorkShop title sums it up perfectly. A top improvement opportunity! This course ranges from layout design principles to Strategic Sourcing of MRO items. This is another course from TMEI that is considered the best available. Download the brochure and see how you can make your current storeroom operation one cornerstone for maintenance excellence. But some Maintenance Leaders do not "own" the site storeroom operation. In that bring the storeroom manager, the MRO purchaser or the site materials manager. Available as a 2 or 3 day offering and as a ½ or 1 day executive level presentation.

• Go LEAN for Maintenance Excellence - Lean has been a popular business term. Sometimes lean is viewed as "let's indiscriminately cut maintenance staff". Go LEAN here is about "Working Smarter-Not Harder" a retro phase from the early 1970's used now by Harbard Businss Review (HBR) and other business publications. This course focuses on Value Engineering (VE) and the best from the past and present; now used in modern business literature. Work Simplification, Total Quality, Six Sigma, positive mental attitude essentials, Purpose Driven Life principles and effective "teaming processes" will be crystallized into philosophies and techniques that will help you manage and lead maintenance forward as a true profit and customer-centered maintenance enterprise. Available as 2 or 3 day offerings and as a ½ or 1 day executive level presentation.

• Application of Preventive, Predictive and Condition- Based Maintenance Technologies: A TrueWorkShop that concentrates on Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) technologies to identify equipment problems for earlier and easier prevention of failure. Understanding these old and new technologies will achieve measurable results in more efficient plant and facilities maintenance, increased, productivity, lower operating costs and improved asset availability. Upon the successful completion of this TrueWorkShop, participants will have the knowledge about Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) and monitoring and the know how to optimize reliability with the latest technology. They will understand why a Continuous Reliability Improvement (CRI) strategy is far superior to a pure RCM approach.  Attendees will use The Scoreboard for Maintenance Excellence to audit current use of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance applications and how to improve both areas. They will see how performing maintenance affects reliability and the techniques and control systems for component condition monitoring.This TrueWorkShop is available as a 3, 4 or 5 day offering.
  

Additional TrueWorkShops

• Maximizing the Value of Your CMMS System - Just like many IT systems and program suites, the functionality of CMMS systems (of all types from System Analysis and Program Development (SAP) to MicroMain ) are not fully utilized. Via The CMMS Benchmarking System, an exclusive from TMEI, you will see where you stand. And you will learn techniques to gain full value from an important maintenance investment. For IT staff members needing a better understanding of maintenance processes and true information needs, this course is for you as well. You will understand "why CMMS is not the solution". But you will see that CMMS is the core requirement for a true maintenance business system integrating all maintenance best practices for bottom line, measurable results.  Available as a 2 or 3 day offering and as a ½ day or 1 day executive level presentation.

• Advanced Maintenance Planning, Estimating and Scheduling - Similar to the course above but more in depth coverage of scheduling, planning for project work and project management. This course includes "Certification for The ACE Team Process for Estimating" which is an exclusive certification.  available only from TMEI. Many case studies from TMEI along with practical exercises make this course one that can provide a relatively quick ROI from your planner investment. And this course can add life and measured results for a new planning function trying to get off the ground Available as a 5 day offering that requires extensive pre-course work and post work for The Ace Team Process certification for estimating reliable maintenance times.

•  Certification for The ACE Team Process for Estimating - This is the TMEI stand alone course for certification in The ACE Team Process for Estimating. ACE is an acronym for "A Consensus of Experts"; experts who know and have performed maintenance work. It includes the complete process ranging from selecting and analyzing benchmark jobs for actual wrench time for job tasks up to the development of the planned time for the schedule that includes planned travel and other miscellaneous time not considered wrench time .  The process trains the planner and ACE Team members to analyze job tasks (that also become standard job plans) in terms of repair method, safety, quality and reliability issues. This exclusive certification, available only from TMEI is available in several delivery options.

1. As a supplement to our two planning, estimating and scheduling offerings.
2. As a two day session public session with pre-course and post course work.
3. As a self-paced, self-study, TMEI facilitator led and directed course requiring no travel. Note: This training support is included at no charge as part of The Scoreboard for Maintenance Excellence assessment for the client's existing or new planners.

• Project Management for Maintenance Planner/Schedulers:  Maintenance shutdowns, turnarounds and large retrofits require different skill sets than planner/schedulers require for day –to-day corrective and “small: maintenance repair projects. Project management is a extensive cross-functional process that planner/schedulers must understand because their role is so important. Your course leader for this TrueWorkShop brings over 35 years of real world results to share with you. Alliance Team Member, Lee Peters, PE is recognized as one of the world’s experts on project management while having an extensive background in maintenance operations of all type. Click on title above to download the complete course content and the important topics covered.

• Continuous Reliability Improvement (CRI): Going Well Beyond Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) & Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) - RCM is severely limited in that it focuses upon the physical asset only. CRI is about continuous reliability improvement of all six maintenance resources . TPM processes often create a "we versus them" situation rather than improving the total maintenance process for total operations success. You will gain knowledge to apply TMEI's proven process as part of your Strategic/Tactical Plan for Maintenance Excellence. This course covers the six maintenance resources and how they should be covered within a strategic plan, how leadership driven teams work, keys to implementation, measuring results and ROI for investments in maintenance. Available as a 2 or 3 day offerings

• Maximizing the Value from Contract Maintenance Services - Contracted Maintenance services of all types are here to stay and growing fast around the World. Getting maximum value is the challenge when contractors do not have... nor work at your site with proactive maintenance processes. Currently this is the only course that addresses how to ensure contractor productivity. Download the complete brochure of this important new TrueWorkShop from The Maintenance Excellence Institute (TMEI). Also if you are a maintenance contractor you will find this course very valuable. Contract Maintenance Leaders who will find out how to show clients measured benefits, improve their business proposition for outsourcing maintenance and how to achieve their own profit optimization and customer service. Available as 2 or 3 day offerings and as ½ day or 1 day executive level presentations.

• Safety, Security and Sustainability - People and physical asset protection is required in every aspect of public and private sector operations. New Creed LLC (a long time Alliance Team Member company) has developed a methodology that results in a Risk Profile - for a single facility or a network of operations. Your risks are identified and evaluated - based on a combination of Probability and Criticality. You will establish a framework from which to avoid, reduce and manage areas of risk. Carla and Glenn Reed will lead facilities management and manufacturing attendees through the steps necessary to develop the Risk Profile. You learn how to take into account specific criteria related to your unique operation. This course will help Maintenance Leaders apply a proven process to achieve greater safety and security to ensure sustainability of the total operation. You will learn how to use proven strategies for safety, security & sustainability of all organizational assets. Also you will receive tools necessary for conducting a facilities safety, security and sustainability evaluation that will achieve important results before a disastrous event occurs. Available as 2 or 3 day offerings and as ½ day or 1 day executive level presentations.

• PRIDE-in-Maintenance I: (Craft Leaders and Support Staff Only) - The recognition and celebration of crafts people and support staff is what this session is all about. And it is about getting ideas from them to support improving your maintenance operation. Each attendee get numerous references plus the book PRIDE-in-Maintenance One by TMEI founder. We highly recommend the in house version but public offerings will be scheduled. We make these sessions fun and famously memorable for each attendee. Attendees work in teams to brainstorm ideas, team leaders and team spokesperson are elected and team presentations are video taped. So what are the key course deliverables? Attendees will;

1. Gain greater appreciation of their important roles.
2. Gain greater PRIDE-in-Maintenance for their profession
3. Provide real ideas for improvement across a broad spectrum of activities
4. Gain commitment that their Maintenance Leaders will listen to ideas.

Public sessions will be one day and limited to 30 attendees. In house session will 4 to 8 hours sessions for up to 30; typically 5 teams of 6 people per team.

• PRIDE-in-Maintenance Two: Maintenance Leaders (all levels) - Selling Craft Leaders and Top leaders on taking the journey toward maintenance excellence is what this session is all about. And it is about developing a strategic plan for maintenance excellence that Top Leaders will accept and Craft Leaders and the shop floor will support. Again it is about gaining total support for improving your maintenance operation. Each attendee gets numerous references plus the book PRIDE-in-Maintenance Two by TMEI founder. We highly recommend the in house version but public offerings will be scheduled. We make these sessions fun and famously memorable for each attendee. Public sessions will be one day and limited to 30 attendees. In house session can be scheduled as 4 to 8 hour sessions.

• PRIDE-in-Maintenance Three: Top Leaders - Educating Top Leaders about the "High Cost of Gambling With Maintenance" is what this session is all about. And it is about getting their attention and commitment to maintenance and maintenance strategies with clearly defined return on investment. They will understand how in house maintenance can be profit and customer-centered and some of the cons associated with outsourcing a core business requirement. Each attendee will get numerous references plus the book PRIDE-in-Maintenance Three by TMEI founder. We highly recommend the in house version for large multi site operations in both the public and private sector. Public offerings will be scheduled. We make these sessions fun and famously memorable for each attendee. Examples of the Good, Bad and Ugly Case Studies from TMEI are shared. Public sessions will be one day and limited to 30 attendees. In house sessions can be scheduled as 4 to 8 hour sessions.