MCP's Maintenance Assessment - AMIS
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Operational Excellence in Process Manufacturing
David McMullan, Change Programme Manager at Diageo Ireland, recently sat on the Expert Speaker Panel at the Operational Excellence in Process Manufacturing Conference in Berlin. The theme of the conference was Reassessing Production Processes to Reduce Costs, Waste and Energy.
David’s presentation was entitled Changing our manufacturing business to respond to consumer trends, and hi-lighted how MCP’s AMIS Improvement Programme helps Diageo respond to market changes.
To see the presentation slide which ilustrate the progress for all 10 Diageo Beer sites in Europe, please email MCP. 4 sites are already at the AMIS World Class status - “Exceptional Performance through High Performing Teams”. Diageo has now extended the AMIS programme to all sites globally (50+) with similar benefits being achieved; six Diageo sites have already achieved World Class status globally.
AMIS Audits - Maintenance Benchmarking
Do you know if your Maintenance in being carried out properly and safely?
MCP created AMIS (Asset Management Improvement Service), the maintenance benchmarking tool in response to the DTI announcing that the UK should save £1.3 Billion p.a. through better Maintenance Management and asset management Best Practice. By 1997 the DTI estimated that the AMIS process had potentially saved UK industry £300 Million - a quality benchmarking tool.
MCP has conducted AMIS Maintenance Assessments for over 1500 sites worldwide, and they have helped in over 4000 Operational Improvement Programmes and Lean Manufacturing strategies, in industries ranging from food and drink to pharmaceuticals. (Read about MCP's AMIS research has highlighted how you can improve plant performance.) AMIS measures the effectiveness and efficiency of your maintenance, energy useage, operations, computer systems and people development.
“We have adopted the AMIS framework as the principle in which we deliver a consistent methodology across all our worldwide manufacturing operations to drive improvement in plant reliability and performance.” Diageo
Maintenance Benchmarking benefits:
- Access to data covering all industry sectors
- Comparison with your competitors in the same industry sector
- Benchmarks of current performance against a World Class Standard
- Indications of the potential financial improvements that can be achieved
Diageo achieve world class performance at their St James’s Gate Brewery by implementing the AMIS programme throughout the world
AMIS Masterclass - Details about our maintenance masterclasses run with our customers
Why you need MCP's Maintenance Assessment
Reviewing your maintenance
MCP's helpful check list will help you to ensure you are covering all aspects of maintenance and asset management activity. If you answer no to more than two of the questions you are missing an opportunity to reduce your maintenance costs and improve your plant performance, which typically results in lower cost of goods sold.
What a maintenance assessment involves:
A MCP Consultant will visit your site and undertake a detailed 3 day analysis and assessment of your maintenance practices, followed by a formal feedback session.
Analysis of:
- Strategy
- Organisation
- Workload
- Costs
- Systems
Cross-functional team assessment of:
- Maintenance Performance
- Organisation
- Work Management
- Costs and Budgeting
- Information Systems
- People & Culture
- Spare Parts Management
- Skills and Training
Calculation of
- Performance scores
- Key performance measures
- Assessment of benefits
- Development of action plans and service sectors
Timescales
Benefits of a Maintenance Assessment
- Increased Labour Utilisation
- Increased OEE - Essential to any Lean Manufacturing strategy
- Reduced Costs of Maintenance
- Focused Plan for Improvement
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