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  • MMP Program at Bow Valley College Spring Schedule Available

    Alberta

    The Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) program's Winter schedule is now available for Bow Valley College in Calgary. Registration is open and participants can now enroll for the live online classes that are offered as full days on Fridays and Saturdays. 

  • MMP Program available at Southeast College

    Alberta

    The Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) program is now available at Southeast College in Saskatchewan. Registration is open and practitioners can now enroll for the live online classes that are offered as three hour lessons each week. 

  • Bad MRO Material Master Identities are a Root Cause of Your Business Process Challenges. A Fixable Problem

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    MainTrain 2020
    Original date: 
    Thursday, May 28, 2020
    In a long career implementing and improving SAP SCM business processes in Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Utilities and Transportation companies, the number one consistently observed problem is poorly identified MRO material masters. Material master identity consists of the item descriptions, the manufacturer and manufacturer part number fields and classification data that support material identification. This presentation is meant to raise the profile of the topic without going into detailed solutions. It is aimed at a general level to all practitioners that make use of maintenance or SCM business processes that use materials. The presentation is software agnostic. These challenges are found in shops running SAP, Oracle, JDE, Maximo…Topics: • Introduction (discussion applies to asset intensive industry and the MRO materials records used in their supporting business processes)  • Generalized view of the current state and how we arrived here. • Structured identification taxonomy – standards and why coherence in the structure is important. • Material master lifecycles are often not considered- beginning, middle, end. • Conclusions: This is not an insolvable problem or one that necessarily demands another $$$ system implementation. It exists only because it has been invisible  Originally Presented at AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 1 of 7)  05/28/2020  as "The Story of My Journey With MRO Material Master Identities."  Presented MainTrain 2020  09/15/2020
  • Reliability Engineering Analytics Explained

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    MainTrain 2020
    Original date: 
    Sunday, June 28, 2020
    "Reliability Engineering is an established science with rigorous concepts involving mathematical and statistical methods and those can often appear daunting for some Maintenance or Risk Practitioners. It is the role of the Reliability Engineer to master, explain and apply those concepts as well as work with peers to make the correct decision(s) regarding the maintenance of operating assets or future design capabilities. Those decisions are crucial especially when it comes to the safety of frontline workers, capital investments or the preservation of the environment. This presentation essentially defines the role of the Reliability Engineer mainly in an Owner/Operator environment but also helps non-Reliability practitioners understand some of the basic tools used in this field.The term “Reliability” is often generalized and not fully understood so this presentation helps clarify its definition and intent. Misinterpretation or incorrect calculations involving equipment life characteristics such as mean time to failure, bath tub curves or failure probabilities just to name few are covered in the presentation. Also explained, will be some of the most commonly used concepts in Reliability Engineering calculations as well as potential pitfalls encountered such as oversimplification, applying incorrect analytical approaches or mixing terms such as Availability and Reliability. The presentation will also define the “true” and “value-added” role of Reliability Engineering in an industrial environment and how it productively interfaces with other teams involving Maintenance Engineering, Risk Management or Spare Parts Management.       Originally presented at  AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 2 of 7)    Presented MainTrain 2020  09/15/2020
  • Line Intervention Execution Overview - AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 4 of 7)

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    Thursday, May 28, 2020
    On behalf of TEAM Industrial Services (TISI Canada Inc.), we are pleased to submit this abstract for consideration. Line Intervention is the means of isolating a piping system that has no other means of isolation. TEAM will outline our industry leading methods for keeping critical piping and pressure vessels online during repairs and modifications. We can speak to successful work executed on 600lb steam lines, 84” water lines, and everything in between. + Hot tapping provides a safe, reliable, and effective means to create a branch connection on ”live” piping and pressure vessels while they continue to remain in service. + Successful line stops are the key to continued safe and effective operations of platforms, pipelines, and process facilities. A single line stop can be used to stop and abandon a shutdown. Two or more line stops can be used in tandem to isolate and bypass many intersecting lines at once. Fluid in the line is bypassed, leaving a workable dead section to alter, repair or add a valve while the line remains in service. TEAM is the only global provider of truly integrated digitally enabled asset integrity solutions that result in greater safety, reliability, and operational efficiency across an entire supply chain. Through our unique value drivers, our global TEAM of subject matter experts develop comprehensive solutions, reducing downtime and keeping critical systems up and running.
  • Super-Productivity - AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 5 of 7)

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    Thursday, May 28, 2020
    Organizations have a performance metric for productivity measured as cost per unit produced, or sometimes called unit cost or cost of service. In operations, we recognize we can affect the numerator with how well we manage our costs, and we can affect the denominator with how much we can produce. What is Super-Productivity? We define Super-Productivity as the sum of all the bad over the sum of all the good. As a leader, if you really want agency over all your organization’s activities and you desire operationally excellent results, then you must reflect all the opportunity costs your organization has been blind to in the measure of productivity. Is your organization courageous enough to see yourself in that light? Few are. Here’s what it takes. Join Paul Daoust as we challenge our perceptions on the fascinating relationship between cost, performance and risk. Together we will apply these concepts to asset-intensive organizations to enable more, better decisions, vastly improved business plans and higher value business outcomes from the same assets with fewer resources.
  • Asset Knowledge Primacy - AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 6 of 7)

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    Thursday, May 28, 2020
    Not all asset information is equal. Asset owning organizations benefit from having the right information at the right time. Asset knowledge primacy, an imperative to deliver operational excellence throughout the asset lifecycle. What is asset knowledge primacy? As the asset is developed and matures, stakeholders must calibrate data collection and exchange while curating fit-for-purpose asset information. Consistent thought-in-action leads to precision timing, relevance, and accuracy of information delivery. Successful asset knowledge capture is rarely accomplished efficiently or effectively. This doesn’t have to be so. In this presentation Chris Murphy will share an approach to provide asynchronous asset information delivery to best serve the life of the asset and support the organization to deliver value from the assets.
  • Introducing WPiAM’s Global Certification Scheme - AB Chapter Online Symposium (Part 7 of 7)

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    Thursday, May 28, 2020
    Over the last year, PEMAC has been actively contributing to the development of a Global Certification Scheme (GCS) in asset management through our involvement with the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM). Individuals will be able to use this scheme to guide their individual career progression while organizations can use it to set expectations for the knowledge, skills, application, and proficiency levels of these competencies for AM roles. This presentation will introduce the WPiAM’s Global Credentials Scheme to our PEMAC members. It is on track for roll-out later in 2020.
  • PEMAC's Alberta Chapter Hosted an Ask Me Anything About Asset Management Event with Paul Daoust

    Alberta Chapter hosts AMAAAM with Paul Daoust

    Alberta

    Our Alberta Chapter hosted an Ask Me Anything About Asset Management event with Paul Daoust, on Wednesday, March 4th. Participants emailed Asset Management related questions to Paul beforehand and there was a mic for the attendees to ask any other questions that came to mind.

    It was a great evening of discussion centered around the ever change world of asset management. 

  • Professionals met this month in Calgary to Learn & Connect

    Alberta

    PEMAC's Alberta Chapter hosted an amazing evening of learning and networking this month for maintenance and asset management professionals in the Calgary area. Professionals from across multiple industries met to connect, learn and contribute.