Multi site assessment and deployment to increase OEE through asset management

Asset Improvement Mapping
MaxGrip first performed an assessment, an Asset Improvement Mapping, at
seven sites across Europe and Asia. The assessment is based on fourteen APM
competencies which belong to three dimensions: asset reliability, management
and maintenance execution. MaxGrip’s AIM scoped the improvement potential per
site and delivered a set of tailored recommendations per location. The below graph
shows a high-level impression of the different asset management maturity scores
per dimension for each site. The goal here is not to score a certain mark but to have
a starting point from which sites can measure the progress of their improvements
as the end goal for all sites is to contribute to a better Overall Equipment
Effectiveness through decreasing APM-related loss factors.

Site-led improvement plan
The improvement program continued with the sites then having to create a tailored
improvement plan for their location based on their AIM recommendations. MaxGrip
consultants facilitated a workshop in which three to four improvement topics were
selected based on what would add the most value to increase OEE and improve
Total Cost of Ownership. Additionally, the sites determined the scope of the first
step of the deployment, keeping it limited to one specific production line, one asset
type or another limited scope. In this stage, all site teams also set targets to be
able to measure progress.

Asset Improvement Deployment
Once the improvement plans were created and agreed on, the sites could start with
the deployment of the changes. This Asset Improvement Deployment is the second
stage of MaxGrip’s Asset Improvement Program. While the site teams are in the
lead to deploy the improvements, MaxGrip is closely involved as a coach and guide
and to represent the global excellence program. MaxGrip consultants coach the site teams in regular progress meetings, connect sites to share best practices and develop standards and templates to improve cross-site alignment. In the area of asset reliability, for example, site 1 was clearly the most mature of all participating sites. Their asset reliability approach was finetuned and shared as a global best practice and standard for other sites. With he help of MaxGrip, this promoted internal knowledge sharing with site 1 also helping site 6 with setting up their OEE measurement tool correctly, demonstrating use and coaching them.

MaxGrip is also working on a deep dive of the EAM system to maximize use and
effectiveness across the organization.

Global training program
The experienced MaxGrip consultants further inspire Maintenance and Engineering
employees to bring their knowledge and expertise to the next level by giving
training sessions to all (400 people are invited each month). Each monthly session
has a different topic in alignment with the recommendations and improvement
topics that the sites are working on, e.g. asset criticality ranking and maintenance
workflow optimizations. The sessions are of a practical nature and include the
sharing of standards, templates, tips and tricks by senior MaxGrip consultants.
The sessions always include a presentation by one site project team which shares
their way of working regarding the theme of that month.