INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
As global industries shift towards more strategic operational models, the role of maintenance has undergone a significant transformation. Organizations are moving beyond reactive approaches and embracing predictive and preventive maintenance strategies — proactively managing assets to prevent failures before they occur. This shift, rooted in a lifecycle-focused Asset Management framework, is essential for driving efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness across operational functions.
The Advanced Maintenance Management training course empowers professionals to adopt forward-thinking maintenance methodologies that optimize asset performance and reduce operational downtime. Through a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge maintenance tools, risk-based approaches, and performance metrics, this training course equips participants with the insights and techniques needed to support long-term asset value, safety, and return on investment.
This KC Academy Advanced Maintenance Management training course will highlight:
- Asset Management as a structured and strategic foundation for maintenance operations
- Applying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and balanced scorecards for data-driven performance tracking
- Evaluating maintenance maturity levels and developing strategic improvement roadmaps
- Building cost-benefit models to support business cases for asset performance enhancement
- Introducing Risk-Based Maintenance frameworks for effective resource allocation and risk mitigation
- Implementing Life Cycle Management principles, including Systems Engineering and RAMS analysis
- Understanding Life Cycle Costing to support asset investment decisions
- Exploring advanced Predictive and Smart Maintenance concepts and innovations
COURSE DETAILS
Objectives
Upon completion of this Advanced Maintenance Management training course, participants will be able to:
- Apply Asset Management principles to align maintenance strategies with organisational objectives
- Identify, interpret, and use KPIs to monitor and improve maintenance performance
- Assess the maturity of existing maintenance processes and define improvement priorities
- Integrate Risk-Based Maintenance methodologies to enhance equipment reliability and reduce exposure to failure
- Leverage Systems Engineering and RAMS frameworks for effective lifecycle planning
- Calculate and analyse Life Cycle Costs to inform decision-making and resource planning
- Adopt modern predictive tools and smart maintenance technologies for proactive asset care
Training Methodology
This Advanced Maintenance Management training course will be conducted along interactive training principles. There will be a variance of lectures and practical individual and group exercises. Experiences from different areas will be discussed. There will be many opportunities for discussion and sharing experiences. At the end of this training course, we will execute a group wise maintenance assessment resulting in a jointly developed shortlist of improvement actions.
Who should Attend?
This KC Academy training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals involved in the area of Advanced Maintenance Management, but will greatly benefit:
- All Professionals involved in Maintenance Management
- Professionals involved in Work Planning & Control
- Maintenance Supervisors
- Maintenance Engineers
- Maintenance Team Leaders and Managers
- Operations Team Leaders and Managers
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DAILY AGENDA
Day 1: Introduction to Asset Management – A Framework for Managing and Optimizing Maintenance
- Asset Management as a Business Process
- Asset Management Landscape Model
- Strategy Framework
- Line of Sight
- Asset Management Policy, Asset Management Strategy
- (Strategic) Asset Management Plan
- The Position of Maintenance Management
- Asset Management Roles on Strategic, Tactical and Operational Level
- ISO 550000 – The International Standard on Asset Management
Day 2: Assessing Asset Management Maturity as A Basis for Maintenance Improvement
- Measuring Performance
- Leading & Lagging Indicators – KPI – Dashboards
- Assessments & Benchmarking against International Standards
- Asset Management Maturity Assessments
- Asset Management Workbench (ISO 55000 Gap Analysis)
- SAM-assessment (ISO 55000 Self-assessment)
- Determine the Roadmap for Maintenance Improvement
- The Business Case for Asset Management Improvement – Cost / Benefit Thinking
- Implementation Aspects
Day 3: Managing Asset Risks – Risk Based Maintenance (RBM)
- Not every failure is important - the basic principles of risk
- Risk on business level
- Risk matrix, risk register
- Risk on asset level
- Failure behaviour of systems
- Choosing the appropriate maintenance tasks for your assets with a Risk Based approach
Day 4: Life Cycle Management
- Life Cycle Management
- The Life Cycle of An Asset
- Demand Forecasting
- Creation & Acquisition of Assets
- Systems Engineering Approach
- RAMS Requirements – Methodologies
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Disposal and/or Replacement - Life Time Extension (Asset Rationalisation)
Day 5: Smart Maintenance
- Understanding Principles of Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
- What PdM Technologies to Apply? – A short overview of relevant PdM technologies
- Smart Maintenance – Measuring Asset Performance with Modern Data Technology
- Data Analysis Aspects
- Optimization Aspects – Optimizing the Maintenance Strategy
- Using Decision Support Tools
Certificate
- On successful completion of this training course, KC Academy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.