Engineering and Maintenance
Power Plant Performance Measurement and Optimization
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Power Plant Performance Measurement and Optimization Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
Participants attending the program will:
- Understand how to become a 'Top Gun' Trouble-Shooter
- Develop a structured approach to Troubleshooting and Problem Solving which uses common terminology and shared understanding
- Point the way to Continuous Improvement in the way you run your processes and make incremental efficiency gains
- Understand the difference between having techniques manual on the bookshelf – and actually making it work
- Identify the "motivated" people who should be the champions of Troubleshooting and Problem Solving – and who should just follow
Who Should Attend?
This program is directed at:
- Supervisors who are involved in the Operations / Maintenance function
- Employees who are responsible for leading and directing people to achieve and improve productivity levels
- Planners and Coordinators
- Engineers and Technologists
- Those faced with the challenge of actually using the various techniques of Troubleshooting and Problem Solving to reduce downtime and waste and improve run efficiencies will benefit
Course Outlines:
Introductory Concepts
- The nature of problems
- A Common Terminology
- Context – Asset-based or Business Process-based
- Structured approaches – 6 Big Losses, 7 Wastes
- Techniques introduction
- Tools introduction
- A Six Level Performance Standard
- Critical Relationships
Tools & Techniques – Practical Experience
- Decision Logic
- Maturity Indexing
- Relationships Analysis
- Problem Analysis and Synthesis
- Practical Use of Tools and Techniques
- Case Studies
- Project selection methods
- Tools & Techniques – selecting the right one
People Issues
- Working practices – empowerment or impairment?
- Group dynamics
- Individual motivators
- External vs. Internal Motivation
- Developing Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving skills
- Managing change
- Transition Matrix
- Fraction
Operator, Maintainer, Designer Interface
- Cross-functional working
- Effect of Maintenance strategy
- Functional Contribution analysis
- Life Cycle Analysis, Design for Operation, Design for Maintenance
- Variability Analysis
- Strategies; Planning; and Protocols
- Effect of improved “Fit” between critical parameters in Operations
- Continuous Improvement
Open Forum
- Review of Concepts, Tools, and Techniques
- Your Problems – Your Case Studies
- Your Action Plan
- Configuration Management
- Commercial Programs
- Application of “Standard Questions”
- The Four critical stages of Data Maturity