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XXVI Specialization Program in Maintenance Engineering and Asset Management

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The Asset Management System
  • Asset management and cultural change.
  • Fundamentals of Asset Management. Strategic Planning.
  • ISO 55K standards.
  • Maintenance within Asset Management (EN 16646).
  • Economic Impact of Asset Management.
Lubrication/corrosion
  • Tribology and asset management.
  • Lubrication and contamination control. Lubricant selection.
  • Oil analysis.
  • Cost/benefit analysis of lubrication.
Asset management and timing of maintenance interventions
  • Maintenance value chain. Maintenance timing.
  • Corrective Maintenance. Reticular Techniques.
  • Preventive Maintenance, Economic Justification.
  • Modification Maintenance.
Reliability, Maintainability, Availability, Safety (RAMS)
  • Reliability of assets.
  • Maintainability of assets.
  • Availability of assets.
  • Availability and economy.
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • Asset management and TPM.
  • Pillars of TPM.
  • The six big losses.
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
  • Case Studies.
Risk-based asset management
  • Risk Management (ISO 31000).
  • IBR methodology. Probab/Consec of Failure. API RP 580.
  • Optimization of inspection intervals.
  • HAZOP/HAZID methodologies.
  • Case studies.
Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM)
  • Natural Work Team.
  • Function of the assets.
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis/Risk Priority Number.
  • RCM Workshop
Selection of Maintenance Strategies Quality Tools
  • Pareto, Jack Knife, Root Cause Analysis.
  • Application case of quality tools in asset maintenance.
  • Selection of the reliability-based maintenance strategy.
Logistics Management and Asset Management
  • The supply chain and GA optimization.
  • Spare parts supply management.
  • Warehouse management.
Human Resources in Asset Management
  • Own staff/outsourcing.
  • Maintenance crew sizing.
  • Human reliability/Human error.
Energy efficiency
  • Asset Management and Energy Efficiency.
Computer-assisted maintenance management
  • CMMS. Structure of a CMMS.
  • Qualitative and quantitative factors for selecting a CMMS.
Maintenance diagnosis / Maintenance trends
  • Maintenance Diagnostics. Diagnostic Tools.
  • Artificial Intelligence and Maintenance 4.0
Maintenance Balanced Scorecard
  • Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in Maintenance.
  • Functional performance indicators.
Asset Management and Sustainability
  • Sustainability focused on energy efficiency.
Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM)
  • The MBC organization. Technologies.
  • Predictive Maintenance. PF Curve. Inspections.
  • Vibrational analysis. Fundamental concepts. Frequency spectra.
  • Infrared thermography. Conduction, Convection, Radiation. Thermographic analysis.
Lubrication/corrosion
  • Corrosion and Asset Life Cycle.
  • Asset Integrity Management through Coatings.
  • Economic impact of corrosion protection.
Global Costs in Asset Management
  • Global Cost (Ownership, Operation, Maintenance).
  • Costs of asset failures.
  • LCC, Financial Evaluation.
  • Asset selection, Renewal, Repair.
Maintenance projects – PMI approach. Decision-making in maintenance
  • Optimization of maintenance decisions.
  • Projects under the PMI approach.
Ethics
  • Ethics in maintenance management.