Leader Guide: Breaking Out of Reactive Maintenance

The Break Out Road Map

The Break Out Roadmap is  based on an analysis of successful countermeasures to breakdowns covering over 500 years of line running time.  That analysis identifies 2 areas that contribute to 85% of the causes of breakdowns.  

Fix these issues first to create the time and head space to progress from reactive to proactive maintenance. 

Below is a summary of how to make that happen. 

  • TPM Centre of Excellence Part 1

    The breakout process involves stakeholders working together to surface and deal with the underpinning causes in a model area.  This begins with the creation of a Centre of Excellence in a model area to:

    • Develop an appreciation of the full range of issues to be addressed.
    • Utilise the full knowledge and experience of the team to agree next steps
    • Develop a deeper understanding of causal factors and collate lessons learned
    • Test and refine potential solutions
    • Implement and standardise new ways of working
    • Lock in the gains.

    The outcome is a deeper understanding of cause/effects and the development of countermeasures and standards which can then be transferred across the site. 

    Support Plan Structure

    1: TAKE STOCK AND ENCOURAGE NEW THINKING.

    • Readiness Review: Assess strengths, weaknesses, improvement potential and develop recommended next steps
    • Plan the plan: Develop forward workplace learning projects

    2: RAISE PERFORMANCE AND RELEASE POTENTIAL

    • Training workshop: Asset Improvement Plan process to achieve standard speed
    • Workplace Learning Project Scope:
      • Define/confirm normal conditions and countermeasures to common problems
      • Assess condition, identify and reduce accelerated wear
      • Set and maintain basic equipment conditions
      • Establish repair methods
      • Organise routine production tasks

    CHAPTER 3: BUILD CAPABILITY AND ENGAGEMENT

    • Mid project review, policy development and forward planning
      • Define critical control protocols
      • Review/refine current control philosophy
      • Standardise best practice routines.

    4: DELIVER THE FULL POTENTIAL

    • Capture lessons learned as Policy Standads and roll out to other areas.

    Support Plan Example

    Below is an example of DAK Academy support for practical improvement project around a troublesome asset.  (Follow the links for more details of individual courses.)

    A. Diagnostic Session:

    Reliability for Manufacturing Leaders

    Format: Remote/Online Session

    This 2 hour on-line awareness workshop provides an insight into how award winning and well respected organisations are able to systematically deliver reliable, stable operations.

    Learn how to counter the traditional pressures on output and break out of the reactive manufacturing environment where there is no time to deal with the root causes of unplanned downtime even when they are understood

    B. Mobilisation Training Workshop:

     Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Work Control

    Formats: In House training Workshop or Online

    This training workshop provides a practical insight into best practice maintenance planning, scheduling and work control.  That includes exercises to develop a customised pro-active maintenance planning approach as a driver for year on year improvement in maintenance effectiveness.

    Learn how industry leading performers systematically progress from:

      • Reactive ("fix-it-when-it-breaks") maintenance towards
      • Predictive, productive asset management ("Stabilise and extend component life, predict when to fix-it-before-it-breaks and eliminate the causes of breakdowns").

    C. Remote Implementation Support:

    Drafting and Reviewing Asset Care Plans

    Format: Remote/Online Training

    This course provides participants with an understanding of best practice asset care principles and practical advice on how to achieve high levels of reliability.   That includes the review of existing practices to understand and deal with the underpinning causes of problem hot spots.

    Click on link for more information on Learning to improve Reliability 

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