Maintenance Auditing and Continuous Improvement (Maintenance Auditing Specialist) - SMRP Certification

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
05 Jul 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
11 Oct 2026 Abha, KSA $ 4,500 Register

Maintenance Auditing and Continuous Improvement (Maintenance Auditing Specialist) - SMRP Certification

Introduction

This highly participative Maintenance Auditing and Continuous Improvement training course introduce candidates to the auditor’s role, how to prepare, undertake and report an audit as well as some of the ones to one interview skills necessary to the role.  The training course includes guidance on identifying Best Practices and gaps against the current practice (using benchmarking as appropriate) and through example and exercises how an audit report might highlight and recommend Performance Improvement.  General Performance Improvement drivers, tools and techniques, in line with Lean Six Sigma practices are discussed and demonstrated, including specific maintenance performance measures, key performance indicators, and objective setting.

Participants will be assisted in developing the following competencies:

  • An understanding of the purpose of auditing and the role of the auditor
  • The ability to scope, prepare, undertake and report an audit review
  • An appreciation of international maintenance organization models and standards
  • Experience in audit interviewing techniques
  • The ability to prepare a case for improvement initiatives
  • An appreciation of a range of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques

Objectives

    • Audit their maintenance operations
    • Use the results to establish and monitor an effective improvement strategy
    • Establish Auditing  as a key element of their maintenance management strategy
    • Make a business case for improvement initiatives
    • Use/reference benchmarking and a range of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques to drive improvement initiatives

Training Methodology

Maintenance Auditing and Continuous Improvement is a highly interactive training course with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas. Participation is encouraged in a supportive environment. To ensure the concepts introduced during the program are understood, they will be reinforced through a mix of learning methods, including lecture-style presentations, open discussion, case studies, simulations, and group work.

Who Should Attend?

The program should be of interest to:

  • General Managers who have oversight responsibility for Maintenance Management and Maintenance organizational units
  • Operations Engineering and Maintenance Managers with direct line responsibility as well as staff support responsibility for Maintenance
  • Those with responsibility for standards and/or continuous improvement
  • Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers and Maintenance Planners and Schedulers

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction and Foundation Concepts 

  • Introduction to Auditing
  • Introduction to Benchmarking
  • Maintenance Management models for different operations
  • International standards models
  • Performance Measures

Day 2: Maintenance Auditing

  • The Maintenance Auditing Process
  • Maintenance Auditing Methodology
  • Conducting a Maintenance Audit
  • Maintenance Audit Simulation Case Study

Day 3: Maintenance Auditing and Benchmarking 

  • Maintenance Audit Simulation Case Study
  • Using Maintenance Audit Results to Plan Improvement Strategies
  • The Maintenance Benchmarking Process
  • Maintenance Benchmarking Methodology
  • Benchmarking Tools and Techniques

Day 4: Maintenance Benchmarking and Performance Measurement

  • Maintenance Performance Measures and Metrics
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Integrating Benchmarking resulting into improvement and objective setting processes
  • Integrating Maintenance Auditing and Benchmarking into the Performance Measurement System to establish improvement objectives and strategies

Day 5: Auditing, Benchmarking and Maintenance Improvement 

  • Case study
  • Identifying Improvement Opportunities
  • Making the Business Case
  • Standards and Lean 6S

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