Single Point Lesson - Maintenance Planning and
Single Point Lesson - Maintenance Planning and
Single Point Lesson - Maintenance Planning and
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1. Wrench Time is a measure of craft personnel at work, using tools, in front of jobs
2. Wrench Time does not include obtaining parts, tools, instructions, or travel
associated with those task
3. It does not include travel to and from jobs
4. It does not include time spent obtaining work assignments
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Steps to Success in Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Step 1: Identify External Distracters
• Poor spare parts and inventory controls
• Conflicting ideas of what planning is
• No planner
• Planners taken off job, put on tools, or involved in daily activities (parts
chaser, facilitating daily work)
• Maintenance and Production not acting as a team
• No planning process, unclear expectations, unclear roles and responsibilities
• Maintenance leadership not following the plan
• Emergency / Urgent Work too High
• Lack of Discipline
• The CULTURE
Step 2: Education of the Team - “Coaching is not just for Planners Anymore”
o Plant / Operations Leadership
o Frontline Production Leadership
o Maintenance and Reliability Leadership (all levels)
o Planners
o Maintenance Personnel
o Operators
“If you send a Maintenance Planner to Training be sure you send you best technician or
maintenance supervisor as well, change is never easy”
o The planners focus on future work and maintain at least two weeks of work
backlog that is planned, approved, and ready to schedule / execute.
o Planners Do Not Chase Parts for Jobs in Progress
o Supervisors and Crew Leads Handle the Current Day’s Work and Problems –
Coordination
o Scheduling Does Not Occur Until Parts are Kitted
o We will maintain a stable / nonfluid Criticality Index
Step 7: Prioritize Work to be Planned based on Asset Criticality and Defect Severity