Total Productive Maintenance

SGA Web Conference - DVD available for purchase

• This web conference was conducted November 5, 2007.
• This web conference was recorded (audio and slide presentation)

To purchase a copy of DVD, please contact Pat Turman (pturman@southerngas.org; 972-620-4021).

• $100 - SGA members
• $150 - Non members

Total productive maintenance is applicable to both natural gas transmission and distribution operations. This web conference explored key concepts and principles followed by a specific example from an operator's perspective. The example presented was applicable to many other natural gas operating maintenance programs.

Handouts from this Web Conference

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Web Conference Outline

• What is Total Productive Maintenance?
• Case study - AGL Resources
  • Application of TPM principles to an LNG facility
  • Understanding current workflow
  • Necessary technology to support
  • Establishing the appropriate maintenance categories and measurements
  • Implementing effective continuous improvement processes

• What a structured program looks like
  • 4 basic phases

Total Productive Maintenance Principles

1.Use Overall Plant Effectiveness (OPE) as a compass for success

2.Involve everybody to build an organization that maximizes the life of the production systems

3.Work towards zero losses

4.Apply everything in phases: stabilize equipment failures, lengthen equipment life, reverse equipment deterioration,  predict equipment life

5.Continuously improve employee maintenance skills

Core Total Productive Maintenance Areas

1.  Focused improvement

2.  Autonomous maintenance

3.   Planned maintenance

4.  Education and training

5.  Early management

6.  Quality maintenance

7.  Administrative and support departments

8.  Safety and environmental management

About Our Presenters

Dr. Reinhold Gerbsch, Partner, LeanEdge

(reinhold@leanedge.net)

Dr. Reinhold Gerbsch has worked in manufacturing since 1984, including nine years with engineering giant McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Corporation). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Illinois and Both Masters and Doctor of Science degrees in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. A Former university professor, Dr. Gerbsch applies his teaching and curriculum development experience in the creation of the interactive workshops and training programs offered by LeanEdge. He specializes in helping companies develop and implement transformational strategies to achieve quantum improvements in performance.

Richard Rogers, Director of LNG Operations, AGL Resources

(rrogers@aglresources.com)