Most of our businesses have either started, or are on the journey, to bring the work force forward with strategic improvement and digitisation – seeking to drive efficiencies by better use of data and streamlined workflows. However, three key challenges need to be addressed:

Data and master documentation are not yet fit for purpose – housekeeping must be sorted out so that continual improvement is in place before making the strategic jump with technology.

Experienced management are not fully cognisant of the challenges and constraints on the work force. Often, they’re not aware where the actual value is generated because the work force enables the assets which makes the money. The lens of experienced people (who are the very source of our forward thinking for improvement), can miss the significance of fundamental issues.

Stakeholders are not embraced in verticals from the shop floor to the board room and then in the layers across the various sites of the business in a common vision. This alignment must happen to drive consistency and alignment.

Join Asset Management thought leader and educator, Peter Durrant, for 90-minutes of facilitated discussion and debate. Peter has a broad, balanced view of the maintenance craft. He has significant experience in work management and the behavioural aspects of sustainable organisational change with operators and maintainers. From electrical fitter to technician, he worked his way up through the ranks in the Navy to hold senior engineering roles both at sea and ashore with the submarine arm. Peter then transitioned through facilities maintenance in the service sector to senior management and executive roles in the mining and resource sector. Peter is a master trainer and facilitator of the Asset Schools Maintenance & Reliability Training Courses.