Every hour a production line stops unexpectedly costs money, missed deadlines, and frustrated clients — and in most factories, the root cause traces back to how maintenance is planned, not how the machines were built. This Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy puts maintenance management at the center of production reliability, showing participants how a well-run maintenance function directly protects output, equipment life, and cost control.

Rather than treating maintenance as a back-office task, the course positions it as a core driver of competitiveness. Participants explore how planning, preventive and predictive approaches, and disciplined scheduling combine to keep production lines running, extend asset life, and give management the confidence to commit to delivery timelines.

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance managers, engineers, and technicians responsible for equipment reliability
• Production and operations supervisors whose output depends on equipment uptime
• Asset and spare-parts coordinators in industrial or manufacturing environments
• Anyone preparing to take on maintenance planning or reliability responsibilities

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:

• Link maintenance decisions directly to downtime reduction and cost control
• Build and schedule a maintenance plan that combines preventive and predictive techniques
• Select and apply the right computerized maintenance tools for the organization's scale
• Manage maintenance budgets and spare-part resources without compromising reliability
• Turn maintenance data into decisions that improve overall production performance

Module 1: Why Maintenance Decisions Move the Production Needle

• Reactive, preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance: what each approach costs and delivers
• How maintenance decisions ripple into production output, delivery reliability, and cost
• The shift from firefighting breakdowns to a managed maintenance function

Module 2: Building a Maintenance Strategy and Asset Management Plan

• Core components of an effective maintenance strategy
• Linking maintenance planning to asset management and equipment lifecycle
• Setting performance standards and defining accountability across teams

Module 3: Planning, Scheduling, and Resource Allocation

• Fundamentals of maintenance planning and workload forecasting
• Scheduling techniques that minimize disruption to production
• Allocating manpower, spare parts, and budget efficiently

Module 4: Preventive and Predictive Maintenance in Practice

• Designing and rolling out a preventive maintenance program
• Predictive maintenance techniques and condition-monitoring technologies
• Choosing the right mix of preventive versus predictive maintenance for different asset types

Module 5: Maintenance Systems, Safety, and Compliance

• Overview of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and how to select one
• Turning maintenance data into actionable decisions
• Safety procedures, regulatory compliance, and environmental considerations during maintenance work

Module 6: People, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement

• The human side of maintenance success: training, culture, and leadership
• Case examples of maintenance driving measurable production gains
• Building a continuous-improvement cycle to keep reducing downtime