Maintenance Management: Strategies & Best Practices

Master preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance planning and scheduling to boost asset reliability and optimize

What you'll learn

Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance strategies to optimize equipment uptime and reliability.

Use risk and criticality assessment techniques to prioritize assets and allocate maintenance resources effectively.

Plan, schedule, and manage work orders using CMMS tools, optimize workforce and spare parts inventory for efficiency.

Analyze maintenance KPIs like MTTR, MTBF, OEE, and backlog to monitor performance and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of industrial maintenance processes, familiarity with Excel or other spreadsheet tools, and access to a computer with Internet. No specialized equipment required.

Description

Welcome to 'Maintenance Management: Strategies & Best Practices', a comprehensive course designed to equip you with the proven frameworks, tools, and techniques to drive effective maintenance operations. Whether you are a maintenance supervisor, planner, reliability engineer, or operations manager, this course will help you master the strategies, planning methods, and best practices that underlie world-class maintenance programs.In this course, you'll begin with an overview of maintenance management fundamentals, exploring the history, core concepts, and organizational roles that shape successful maintenance teams. You'll learn to define clear maintenance objectives around reliability, availability, safety, and cost control, and to align maintenance functions like inspection, repair, and overhaul with strategic goals.Next, you'll deep-dive into maintenance strategies—reactive, preventive, predictive, and condition-based—and discover how to apply each approach to minimize unplanned downtime and optimize asset performance. Using risk and criticality assessment techniques, you'll practice prioritizing equipment and allocating resources where they matter most. You will also master cost management, budgeting principles, and key performance metrics such as MTTR, MTBF, OEE, and backlog, empowering you to monitor performance and advocate for maintenance investments.In the planning and scheduling module, you'll learn the step-by-step maintenance planning process, from work breakdown structures to scope definition and Gantt chart scheduling. Through hands-on examples, you'll gain proficiency in creating and managing work orders, developing skill matrices, optimizing labor and spare parts inventory, and leveraging Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) for workflow automation.The advanced practices and technologies section introduces cutting-edge frameworks like Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and FMEA for root cause analysis, as well as predictive maintenance tools spanning vibration analysis, thermography, and IoT-enabled sensors. You'll explore lean maintenance principles—5S, Kaizen, value stream mapping—to eliminate waste, and learn to integrate digital solutions into Industry 4.0 maintenance strategies for data-driven decision-making.Finally, you'll review environmental, health, and safety compliance considerations, sustainability and green maintenance practices, and gain actionable next steps for implementing best practices in your organization. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped to design robust maintenance plans, justify budgets, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and drive measurable performance gains in your facility.Throughout the course, interactive quizzes, real-world case studies, and hands-on assignments will solidify your skills and help you create a portfolio of maintenance plans and risk assessments. This practical approach ensures you can immediately apply concepts to your own facility and demonstrate measurable improvements in uptime, safety, and cost savings.Enroll now and transform your maintenance operations with a strategic approach rooted in proven theory and real-world applications. Let's get started!

Overview

Section 1: Intro

Lecture 1 Hello

Section 2: Maintenance Management Fundamentals and Strategy

Lecture 2 Introduction to Maintenance Management Theory

Lecture 3 Maintenance Objectives and Functions

Lecture 4 Organizational Roles and Structures

Lecture 5 Maintenance Strategies Reactive, Preventive, Predictive

Lecture 6 Risk and Criticality Assessment

Lecture 7 Cost Management and Budgeting Basics

Lecture 8 Key Performance Metrics (KPIs)

Section 3: Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Lecture 9 Maintenance Planning Process and Best Practices

Lecture 10 Work Order Creation and Management

Lecture 11 Resource and Workforce Planning

Lecture 12 Spare Parts and Inventory Management

Lecture 13 Scheduling Techniques and Tools

Lecture 14 Budgeting for Maintenance Operations

Lecture 15 Utilizing CMMS Effectively

Lecture 16 Vendor and Contractor Coordination

Section 4: Advanced Maintenance Practices and Technologies

Lecture 17 Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Lecture 18 Predictive and Condition-Based Maintenance

Lecture 19 Condition Monitoring Technologies

Lecture 20 Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode Effects (FMEA)

Lecture 21 Lean Maintenance and Continuous Improvement

Lecture 22 Health, Safety, Environment Compliance

Lecture 23 Digitalization, IoT, and Industry 4.0

Lecture 24 Sustainability and Green Maintenance

Section 5: Summary and Next Steps

Lecture 25 Course Summary and Next Steps

This course is designed for maintenance supervisors, planners, reliability engineers, and plant managers who want to improve asset reliability, reduce downtime, and excel in maintenance strategy, planning, and execution.