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Bringing the Power of Lean to Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul
What Will You Learn?
- Why lean in an MRO operation is not the same as lean in manufacturing.
- How to reduce turnaround times without increasing
capital or headcount.
- How to forecast and schedule high variability
demand in complex operations.
- How to track down and manage your bottlenecks
to free up capacity.
- Problem solving through hands-on work with
real-world problems and data sets.
- How to lead people in transforming your organization
for lowered costs, improved throughput, and increased competitiveness.
Who Should Attend?
| MRO
Management Teams |
Acquisition and Supply
Managers |
| Lean
or Six Sigma Directors |
Transformation
Managers |
| Facility
Managers |
Blackbelts
and Other SMEs |
| Lean
Cell Members |
Bidding
and Contracting Officers |
Why the University of
Tennessee?
About
This Program
This course targets managers, engineers, lean
change agents, and others involved in implementing lean concepts
in Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organizations.
The course will address eliminating waste, improving quality,
creating flow, and enhancing responsiveness to customer needs in
the MRO environment. The
participants will gain insight on how to apply lean principles in
the MRO world.
Special problems addressed that relate to implementing
lean principles in MRO organizations include:
- High Variability in Demand Uncertainty in
Workscope and Material Requirements
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Unpredictable Response Times from Support
Operations and External Suppliers
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Difficulty in Managing Shared Resources
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Physical Restrictions on Movement of Work
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Restrictions Requiring Repaired Parts to
be Returned to the Original Assembly
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Implications of the Diagnosis-Scheduling/Dispersal/Backshop/Assembly/Test
sequence
The course will cover the tools of lean applied
to the MRO environment. It
will also address the rules governing flow in an MRO operation:
1) PUSH versus PULL, 2) Balancing Flow, 3) Flex Capacity, and 4)
Managing Bottlenecks and Shared Resources.
In addition, lean principles such as the visual workplace,
point of use material storage, one piece flow, takt time, and standard
work will be addressed.
Other topics will include selling the strategic
importance of MRO to the enterprise, implementing measurement systems
which are aligned with strategic goals as well as managing customer
and supplier interfaces.
The course integrates presentations with extensive
participant discussion. The
learning environment will facilitate sharing of ideas and provide
an opportunity for collaboration with other colleagues in the MRO
industry. Hands-on simulations
will be used to illustrate lean principles, specifically in the
MRO world.
Download the program brochure here
What, When, Where, Who?
- Five-day program
- Schedule of programs and enrollment form
- $4,500 tuition covers all materials, meals, and hotel
- Classes meet at the Center for Executive Education, Located on the beautiful University of Tennessee campus , Knoxville
Facilities
Classes are held in the executive classrooms at the University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education. These facilities are designed to promote group interaction in an environment conducive to applied discussions, feedback, and the development of relational networks that frequently continue well beyond the on-campus experience.
The Faculty
The faculty are Dr. Melissa Bowers, Dr. Ken Gilbert Dr. Ken Kirby and Dr. Mandyam Srinivasan.
Congratulations to Dr. Srinivasan for winning the prestigious Edelman Award!
Click here to read more about the honor bestowed on Dr. Srinivasan.
Collectively, the faculty have many years of experience working with manufacturing companies to improve productivity and are members of the University of Tennessee Aerospace MBA program. The faculty also work with the University of Tennessee Lean Enterprise Systems Design Institute. This one week program has been attended by hundreds of executives from various manufacturing companies, including many in the aerospace industry such as Boeing, Honeywell, Hughes, Lockheed-Martin, and many others.
Dr. Ken Gilbert is also on the faculty of the Lean Aerospace Initiative's Lean Academy .
Learn about our other lean programs and certifications:
Want
more information...?
For more information please contact:
Rhonda Barton, Associate Director
Center for Executive Education
College of Business Administration
The University of Tennessee
702 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-0575
rbarton@utk.edu
Kitty Cornett, Program Coordinator
kpcornett@utk.edu
Phone: (865) 974-5001
Fax: (865) 974-498
Let us be your Real-World Solution
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