PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
8:00am - 2:00pm
Hilton New Orleans

Workshop Registration fee: $125*
*Does not include registration as a conference delegate.  The $125 fee permits attendee into the Workshop only.

Register by July 16th for the Workshop and as a Full Conference Delegate for only $950 
This registration will allow access to the Workshop, access to all conference sessions (Tuesday - Thursday), entry into the exhibit hall, lunch tickets for the Delegate lunch on Wednesday and Thursday and access to the online Conference Proceedings.

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Workshop provided by:

Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Execution 
for the Oil & Gas Industry
Key Strategies for Work Management

In today’s uncertain economic conditions oil and gas production facilities are challenged with trying to do more work with fewer resources more so than ever. Most oil and gas facilities achieve 25% to 30% labor productivity while world class is greater than 50%. A modest 30% improvement is like adding 3 men to a 10 man work force free.

Although Maintenance planning and scheduling has proven to be a challenge for most industries, and specifically oil and gas, it remains one of the most powerful ways to maximize productivity of resources, reduce costs, and improve safety and integrity of personnel and plant. This workshop will build on tried and proven approaches that have been refined in onshore and offshore installations around the world.

The workshop will cover the life cycle of a work order from the time it’s raised to the time it’s closed. Focus will be applied to the preparation of a work order including the creation of the "job pack," the scheduling process, and execution and job close out. Some of the benefits the participants will receive:

• Understand why maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution is key to world class performance
• Recognize the symptoms of a broken work management process
• Learn the importance of creating an accurate work request
• Learn the roles and responsibilities of the maintenance planner/scheduler
• Find out different strategies and approaches for non-traditionally staffed facilities
• Learn the key steps of field-based work preparation and planning
• Discover two key elements of an effective job package
• Understand the importance of capacity scheduling
• Learn how to build weekly and daily schedules
• Identify the key stakeholders and how to develop partnerships to maximize success
• Find out the key metrics for measuring maintenance planning and scheduling effectiveness
• Learn the importance of data quality and its significance to analyze and improve processes

These and many more proven concepts will be discussed during this highly interactive and informative 6 hour workshop. Reserve you place today.

About the Presenter:

Tracy T. Strawn is a maintenance and reliability management consultant with over 30 year’s experience. Tracy spent 21 years in the E&P side of the oil and gas industry managing surface and subsurface maintenance activities in engineering and operations. During the past 10 years Tracy has worked as a management consultant providing solutions for clients around the world including acting as project director for a global maintenance and reliability improvement effort for a major international oil and gas producer. As an experienced consultant to Fortune 500 firms he understands both management expectations and plant-floor realities. Tracy is a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) through American Society of Quality (ASQ) and a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) through the Society of maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). Contact Tracy at 1.919.834.3722