Recently the UK Operational Excellence team delivered the first ‘Green Belt’ two day training course on Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) as part of Operational Excellence Academy.
The event took place at the ConSpare head office in Sutton in Ashfield. ConSpare are a Cemex supplier of spare parts and equipment.
The first day consisted of understanding different maintenance types, and when best to use them, and the benefits of Reliability Centered Maintenance and how to calculate equipment downtime and understand the effects it has on our business.
ConSpare also provided us with a very interesting tour of their warehouse and product showroom. They also gave us an interesting presentation, explaining how they believe maintenance can have a considerable impact in reducing CO2.
Day two started by visiting the Cemex Mansfield warehouse where the delegates could see how the warehouse operates and what items are available to order. After the tour we returned to the ConSpare office, where we introduced the concept of the ‘FMEA’ methodology, a risk-based maintenance plan.
The course was well supported from Aggregates, Readymix and Engineering, with attendees from all departments giving very positive feedback.
Now, our first Operational Excellence ‘Green Belts’ will start working on delivering their RCM projects and we are looking forward to seeing the benefits!