A Maintenance Miracle

An Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen Event

Hosted by:  Rockline Industries
Springdale, Arkansas

November 11-14, 2008

• Event Overview

• Agenda

• Who Should Attend

• Registration Fees

• About the Host

• Accomodations

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Event Overview
Autonomous maintenance is a team-based approach to maintenance activities and part of a total productive maintenance (TPM) process.  The process is a partnership between operators, maintenance technicians, engineers and leaders in the operating and maintaining of the equipment.  The goal of autonomous maintenance is to prepare operators to do some equipment care independently of the maintenance staff.  This Maintenance Miracle Kaizen Event is not an awareness course, but a hands-on training in a proven methodology for the successful implementation of an autonomous maintenance (AM) effort.  Learn the steps necessary to involve operators in maintaining their own equipment through daily inspections, lubrications, detecting abnormalities, and precision checks.  The result is restoration of equipment to its ideal state, establishment of basic conditions for maintaining it, and preventing equipment deterioration.  Properly implemented AM eliminates the causes of 40-60% of unplanned downtime, freeing skilled trades for more specialized activities, like major overhauls, upgrades, predictive programs and new equipment planning and design. 

In this 3 and ½ day event, participants will learn how AM developed to support lean manufacturing and how it maximizes equipment effectiveness.   During the classroom training participants will gain exposure to Total Productive Maintenance, a 5 pillar team based approach to total equipment care, and learn about its vital role in a successful Lean implementation.  Participants will deep dive the seven step autonomous maintenance process that is the focus of the event. 

Then working in teams along side associates from the host facility, participants will apply the methods learned as they work to transform current state to future state and increase equipment effectiveness and availability.  At the end of the program, teams will report results to the group.

At the conclusion of the event, you will understand the techniques and have the skills necessary to begin an autonomous maintenance effort in your own facility. 

About the Host

The Maintenance Miracle will be held at Rockline Industries in Springdale, Arkansas.

Family-owned since 1976, Rockline Industries has a long history of leading the converted paper product industry using the latest technology to manufacture innovative, high-quality, low-cost products for consumer and commercial use.

By concentrating on quality, service, innovation and dedicating itself to keeping product costs low, Rockline is now the largest producer of private label coffee filters and baby wipes in North America. The company has also positioned itself within the industry as a leading manufacturer of baking cups, moist towelettes, and household cleaning wipes.

Rockline Industries' quality control is unsurpassed in every area through the use of state-of-the-art equipment and its five-tier quality control approach. This enables Rockline to consistently offer a high-quality product and help its customers to generate higher margins in an increasingly competitive and ever-changing marketplace.

Rockline Industries uses the latest in technology to manufacture innovative, high-quality, low-cost private-label and control-label paper products. Headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Rockline Industries has manufacturing facilities in Arkansas, New Jersey, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, Wisconsin, the United Kingdom, and South China and supplies products to over 50 countries worldwide. All manufacturing facilities run around-the-clock to provide the flexibility of shorter lead times, quicker turn-around times and on-time deliveries. The Arkansas facility, which is the host site of the Maintenance Miracle event, has been the Rockline's leader in its Lean Initiatives and in the development of High Performance Operating Teams.

"Informative, knowledgeable, thought provoking"
Ken Gildow, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Diamond Innovations

"Great event! Immediately useful in my job!"
Tim Patterson, Staff Engineering, Schneider Electric

"The event was beneficial and informative. The combination of class time and shop floor time is a great way to begin the process of autonomous maintenance."
Ken Kays, Plant Facilities Manager, PING, Inc.

"Well organized, excellent presentation of material."
Gary DeCorte, Maintenance Supervisor, KIK Custom Products

"This has been one of my most unbelieveable growing experiences in 30 years!"
Dan Volkomener, Plant Manager, Rockline Industries

Who Should Attend: 
Senior and mid-Level Managers, facilitators, engineers, production and maintenance team members interested in increasing overall equipment effectiveness.

MAINTENANCE MIRACLE KAIZEN EVENT AGENDA

Tentative Agenda

*transportation to and from Rockline Industries provided by Productivity

Registration Fee
$2150 per person
Groups: 3-5 people from same site take $50 off each registration
(larger groups please call for special rates)

Accommodations: 
Portions of the Maintenance Miracle event will be held at the Holiday Inn NW Arkansas (www.holidayinnnwa.com), 1500 South 48th Street, Springdale, AR 72762. Attendees will travel to the host plant facility from this hotel. Transportation will be provided by Productivity Inc.

A block of rooms is being held for Productivity Inc. attendees at the Holiday Inn. Productivity attendees have been given a reduced rate of $99 per night single or double occupancy plus tax. Please call (479) 751-8300, ask for Reservations and identify yourself as a Productivity attendee. This special rate is available until Monday, October 20, 2008. After this date the hotel cannot guarantee availability.

Cancellation Policy
Maintenance Miracle registrations may be transferred to another colleague without charge. To be considered for a refund, we must receive notification of cancellation in writing no later than 21 days prior to the event. Cancellations received within 21 days are subject to the full registration fee and money will be held on account for up to one year for use at a future workshop or conference. There is a $200.00 processing fee for all cancellations. Consultants will not be permitted to attend The Maintenance Miracle.