An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Advanced Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization
Optimizing Shutdowns: Advanced Planning and Cost-Control Strategies
INTRODUCTION
This highly participative EuroMaTech training course will equip you with advanced strategies and practical techniques for effective Advanced Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization in industrial settings. You will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meticulously plan, efficiently execute, and strategically control the costs associated with plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages.
This training course in Advanced Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization seeks to provide you with skills such as proactive planning, risk management, resource optimization, and cost control to enhance your capabilities in turnaround management. By applying these advanced planning and optimization principles to the tasks and challenges you face in your work, you will be able to significantly improve turnaround efficiency, reduce downtime, and achieve substantial cost savings.
Participants attending the Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization training course will develop the following competencies:
- Developing comprehensive and integrated turnaround plans.
- Implementing effective risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
- Optimizing resource allocation and scheduling for turnaround activities.
- Applying advanced cost control and tracking methodologies.
- Utilizing key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve turnaround performance.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES
This Advanced Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:
- Master advanced techniques for scope definition and work package development.
- Develop the skill to create realistic and efficient turnaround schedules.
- Understand the principles of effective risk management in turnaround planning.
- Gain flexibility to adapt to unforeseen challenges and implement contingency plans.
- Enhance self-awareness of potential cost overruns and implement proactive control measures.
- Develop your ability to optimize resource utilization and minimize downtime costs.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Turnaround Managers, Maintenance Managers, Project Managers, Plant Engineers, Operations Managers, Planners, Schedulers, Cost Controllers, and other professionals involved in the planning, execution, and cost management of plant shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages in industries such as oil & gas, petrochemical, power generation, and manufacturing.
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
The EuroMaTech training course will combine presentations with interactive practical exercises, supported by real-world case studies, group discussions, planning workshops, and cost analysis simulations. Delegates will be encouraged to participate actively in applying the principles of advanced turnaround planning and cost optimization to scenarios relevant to their own industrial experiences. (View More Facilities & Asset Management Training Courses)
TRAINING SUMMARY
The Advanced Turnaround Planning & Cost Optimization training course covers essential skills such as advanced planning methodologies, risk management, resource optimization, scheduling techniques, and cost control strategies specific to plant turnarounds. This allows you to develop the expertise needed to minimize downtime, improve efficiency, and achieve significant cost savings during critical maintenance events. This is crucial towards ensuring asset integrity, maximizing production uptime, and contributing to the overall profitability of the organization.
TRAINING OUTLINE
Day 1: Strategic Turnaround Framework and Advanced Scope Management
- Introduction and Strategic Importance: Course overview, objectives, participant introductions, the strategic role of turnarounds in organizational goals, defining success criteria, stakeholder management, and developing a turnaround philosophy.
- Advanced Scope Definition: Detailed scope identification and prioritization, developing a comprehensive Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for complex turnarounds, creating clear and concise work packages, integrating multi-disciplinary scopes, and applying risk-based scope selection.
- Interactive Activity: Group exercise on developing a preliminary WBS for a provided turnaround scenario.
- Wrap-up: Review of key concepts and Q&A.
Day 2: Mastering Advanced Turnaround Scheduling and Resource Optimization
- Advanced Scheduling Techniques: In-depth exploration of the Critical Path Method (CPM), resource leveling and optimization, incorporating dependencies and constraints, developing contingency schedules, and an introduction to scenario planning.
- Integrated Resource Management: Comprehensive planning and forecasting of personnel, equipment, and material requirements, optimizing resource allocation, effective contractor management strategies, logistics planning, and performance monitoring of resource utilization.
- Practical Application: Hands-on session using scheduling software to create a basic turnaround schedule and perform resource leveling.
- Wrap-up: Review of key concepts and Q&A.
Day 3: Comprehensive Cost Control and Budgeting Strategies for Turnarounds
- Developing a Robust Turnaround Budget: Detailed principles of cost estimation, building a comprehensive budget structure, incorporating contingency and escalation, understanding budget approval processes, and an overview of cost tracking systems.
- Advanced Cost Control and Forecasting: In-depth analysis of Earned Value Management (EVM), cost variance analysis, forecasting final costs, implementing change management for cost control, and strategies for minimizing scope creep's financial impact.
- Case Study Analysis: Examining a real-world turnaround cost overrun and discussing potential preventative measures.
- Wrap-up: Review of key concepts and Q&A.
Day 4: Proactive Risk Management and Achieving Turnaround Execution Excellence
- Advanced Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Comprehensive identification and analysis of turnaround risks, developing a detailed risk register and mitigation plans, applying qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, implementing risk response strategies, and developing contingency and emergency preparedness plans.
- Achieving Excellence in Execution: Focus on effective communication and coordination, permit-to-work systems and safety protocols, progress monitoring and reporting, quality assurance and control, managing changes during execution, and capturing lessons learned.
- Interactive Workshop: Group activity on conducting a risk assessment and developing mitigation strategies for a specific turnaround phase.
- Wrap-up: Review of key concepts and Q&A.
Day 5: Post-Turnaround Analysis, Cost Optimization, and Future Trends
- Post-Turnaround Performance Analysis: Detailed methods for collecting and analyzing post-turnaround data, calculating key performance indicators (KPIs), conducting thorough post-turnaround reviews, and identifying areas for continuous improvement.
- Strategic Cost Optimization: Identifying opportunities for cost optimization throughout the entire turnaround lifecycle, applying value engineering principles, leveraging technology and digitalization for efficiency and cost control, and considering sustainability aspects.
- The Future of Turnarounds: Discussion on emerging trends, technological advancements, and evolving best practices in turnaround management and cost optimization.
- Final Discussion: Open forum for questions, experience sharing, and concluding remarks.
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ACCREDITATION
EuroMaTech is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org.
Euromatech is a Knowledge & Human Development Authority (KHDA) approved training institute in Dubai, licensed and approved to deliver training courses in the UAE.
The KHDA is the regulatory authority in the UAE, that oversees administering, approving, supervising, and controlling the activities of various education providers in the UAE. We are proud of our commitment to ensuring quality training courses and status as a KHDA-approved training provider.
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- Partnering with globally recognized accrediting bodies such as ILM, CPD, PMI, NEBOSH, and HRCI.
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