5011 – Work Management Simulation
Course Content
Learn to apply reliability methods at work and build strategies that take any maintenance program a step further.
You’ll discover how to:
- Cut down reactive maintenance by more than 80%
- Break the cycle where every issue turns into a crisis
- Build solid equipment history through proper documentation practices
- Improve backlog control to better plan and prioritize maintenance tasks
- Align spare parts inventory with actual maintenance requirements
- Get production teams on board to release assets for PM when OEE drops
- Use recovered time to establish a focused reliability team
- Shift from reactive fixes to strategic planning based on the P-F curve
Who should take this course
Built for maintenance teams, the Reliability Simulator drives awareness and motivates a shift toward more effective practices.
Prerequisite
None.
Detailed Course Overview
5011 – Work Management Simulation
The Work Management Simulation is a hands-on, immersive experience designed to help maintenance teams transition from a reactive to a proactive maintenance approach.
As part of a broader reliability training program, this simulation allows participants to apply real-world reliability methods, improve planning and scheduling practices, and understand the strategic value of the P-F curve in anticipating and mitigating equipment failures.
By replicating common challenges in maintenance environments and demonstrating the impact of better decision-making, this course empowers teams to transform their day-to-day operations into more efficient, reliable, and results-driven maintenance activities.
Participants will learn to cut down reactive maintenance by more than 80% by identifying failure modes early, implementing preventive strategies and corrective maintenance, and improving team coordination. The simulation highlights how reactive habits form, how they affect performance metrics, and most importantly, how to break that cycle by adopting structured reliability practices. This shift from short-term fixes to long-term strategies represents a key milestone for organizations striving to improve asset availability, plant efficiency and start a journey to predictive maintenance.
Through guided exercises and scenario-based learning, participants will experience the direct benefits of maintenance planning and scheduling (reduce downtime, detect potential failure, better asset condition, etc.).
The simulation emphasizes the importance of building accurate equipment history and using documentation as a tool for smarter decision-making. With reliable data in place, maintenance teams can better manage backlogs, prioritize work based on asset criticality, and forecast labor and parts requirements.
The course introduces practical backlog control techniques that give planners the visibility they need to prepare work orders in advance, allocate resources wisely, and increase cost effectiveness.
The simulation also addresses a frequent pain point: misalignment between maintenance execution and spare parts inventory. Participants will learn how to align inventory with actual asset needs, avoid overstocking or stockouts, and support maintenance planning with the right materials at the right time. This coordination between parts management and work execution is essential for ensuring smooth operations, especially in asset-intensive environments.
Another key lesson from the Work Management Simulation is how to engage production teams and get buy-in for proactive maintenance. Participants will explore strategies for collaborating with operations to release piece of equipment for preventive maintenance when OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) indicators show a drop in performance. By identifying these moments and using them strategically, teams can gain the time and access they need to execute critical PM tasks before issues escalate.
The simulation culminates in the creation of a focused reliability team, built using the time and resources recovered through better planning. By analyzing patterns of failure using the P-F Curve Strategy, participants will understand how to design interventions at the earliest possible point, well before functional failure occurs. This proactive model of asset care not only extends the life of critical equipment but also builds a culture of ownership and strategic thinking across the maintenance management function.
Designed for all levels of maintenance personnel, technicians to supervisors and planners, this course is particularly effective for organizations looking to drive cultural change.
By showing, not just telling, how reactive maintenance erodes performance, the Work Management Simulation creates a strong sense of urgency and provides a clear path forward. It also serves as a team-building tool, aligning maintenance, planning, and operations around shared goals of uptime, reliability, and continuous improvement.
No prior experience is required to participate. Whether you’re just beginning to explore structured maintenance strategies or looking to reinforce and refresh your current practices, this simulation offers actionable insights and proven methods that deliver results.
If your team is ready to evolve from firefighting mode to a truly strategic, high-performance maintenance culture, this reliability training program is the perfect starting point.
