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Posted On: 09/23/2004

VAM workshop kicks off MPact fall schedule

MPact Learning Center LLC extends an open invitation to plant-service personnel to attend a workshop on value added maintenance on October 5, 2004. Registration is free for anyone who registers before Sept. 30., after that date the cost is $300 per person. The workshop will be held at center headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., and run from 7:45 am to 4 pm.

Guest keynote speakers will be Gerald Hagen, past president of the Association for Facilities Engineering (www.afe.org), and David Brady, president of the International Facilities Management Association (www.ifma.org).

The workshop will cover a range of topics, including how to:

  • Defend and expand maintenance headcount and resources
  • Fulfill extremely high performance expectations
  • Accurately calculate downtime costs and maintenance backlog
  • Thrive in either a growing or aging business culture
  • Prepare and anticipate future maintenance issues and requirements.

 

For more details on this workshop, contact Joel Leonard at leonard.joel@mpactlearning.com or (336) 379-1444 x102, or visit www.mpactlearning.com.

 

  MPact Learning Center headquarters
in Greensboro, N.C.

Other MPact events this fall

 

“NASCAR Racing: A Model for Equipment Reliability & Teamwork,” will be presented by Robert Williamson of Strategic Work Systems, Inc., in December. This presentation will look behind the scenes in NASCAR racing to find the secrets of equipment reliability and teamwork. NASCAR's Nextel/Winston Cup series provides an easy-to-understand model for world-class manufacturing, equipment maintenance and reliability. Williamson has spent nearly 10 years studying the relationship of NASCAR Winston Cup racing to improvements in manufacturing and maintenance.

 

“Systematic Troubleshooting,” October 26 – 28. Students in this course will learn how to reduce downtime by reducing the time required to solve problems.

                       

“Industrial Mathematics,” November 16 – 19. The course enables technicians to better understand the mathematics required while working in an industrial or facilities environment. Also helps students refresh their math skills prior to taking other MPact courses.

 

Also planned are courses on OSHA (participants will receive the OSHA 30-hour card), CFCs and ultrasound.

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