Registration AMPEAK 2014

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

Asset Management Conference,
Perth 2014, 2 – 5 June

Click here for the Preliminary Program Brochure outlining 2014 prices.

Registering Yourself?

Click here to register online today.

PLEASE NOTE: Only individual participants can register themselves online.  

Registering for Someone Else?

Please click here for the registration form ensuring to complete a form for each individual you are registering.

Registering as a Student?

 Proof of full time study in asset management related subject with your student identity will be required upon registration. Please click here to download and complete a registration form and return with the required proof of  study.

Full Conference Registration 2014 includes:

> Entry to the 3-day Conference, Exhibition Hall, Innovator’s Platform and Practitioner Forum

> Welcome Cocktail Reception on Monday evening

> YAMP Networking Evening on Tuesday 

> Annual Dinner and Awards Night, Fraser’s, Kings Park on Wednesday night

> Farewell Drinks Function on Thursday evening

> Lunches, morning & afternoon teas with refreshments during conference

> USB of Conference Proceedings 2014

> Access to network with industry peers, speakers and AM Council representatives 

Remember to choose your Friday Workshop or Site Visit early as places are limited.

Individual days and Social Function tickets can be bought seperately.  

Program Overview AMPEAK 2014

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

Asset Management Conference, Perth 2014

Program Overview & Social Events 

Monday 2 June

• Registration and Exhibition open, 1.30pm
• Practitioner Forum, 2pm
• Welcome Reception Cocktail, 5pm – Sponsored by Institute of Quality Asset Management

Tuesday 3 June

• Welcome and Opening Keynote
• RAMS
• Business Management
• Whole Life Planning and Costing
• Young Asset Management Practitioners (YAMP) session
• Risk Management
• Maturity
• Tutorial
• Exhibition/Innovator’s Platform
• YAMP Networking Evening

Wednesday 4 June

• Keynotes
• Risk Management
• Forum
• Condition Monitoring
• Risk Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Benchmarking and Monitoring
• Tutorial
• Business Performance
• ISO 5500X
• Exhibition/Innovator’s Platform
• Annual Dinner and Awards Night, Fraser’s, Kings Park

Thursday 5 June

• Closing Keynotes
• Maintenance Planning and Strategy
• Leadership and Culture
• Asset Data
• Maintenance Planning and Strategy
• Forum
• Configuration Management
• Exhibition/Innovator’s Platform
• Farewell Function and Exhibition close

Friday 6 June

Workshops & Site Visits. Please click here for full details.

All social events are included in a Full Conference Registration. Individual function tickets can be bought separately should you wish to invite local contacts.

Please click here to download the Preliminary Program Brochure 2014, including full details about registration.

Keynote Speakers

Talking to Boards – Danny Elia, Danny Elia,Investment Director, IFM Investors, VIC

Danny drives the asset management strategy of the Australian and global infrastructure funds. Danny has wide industry and senior management experience across a range of infrastructure sectors. He previously worked as the Director of the SA Health Partnership, the single purpose vehicle established by Leighton Contractors, Spotless and Hansen Yuncken to deliver the New Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP. Prior to this, Danny held a number of senior management roles including General Manager, CityLink and Victoria for Transurban Group; CFO, COO and Company Secretary for Axiom Energy Limited; Finance Director of Logistics for Linfox Asia Pacific; and Finance Director and Company Secretary for General Mills.

Maintainers of the Future – Professor Melinda Hodkiewicz, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia, WA

Melinda is the head of the Engineering Asset Management (EAM) Program at the UWA and sits on the ISO (International Standards Organisation) committee for Asset Management Standards. After working for a decade in operations and maintenance roles, Melinda joined the academic staff at UWA but retains close contact with her industry roots. In 2011 she was a finalist in the CME (Chamber of Minerals and Energy) Outstanding Women in Resources award and in 2012 won the UWA Safety Leadership Award. She is currently leading teaching in risk, reliability and safety in the Faculty of Engineering and also delivers a number of Open and In-company programs in Asset Management for Government and Industry.

How IT/OT Integration and the Cyber-Physical World is Changing our Lives and the Way We Are Doing Business – Achim Krüger, Vice President, EAM Solutions, SAP, Germany

Dr.-Ing. Achim Krüger started his career as an officer with the German Air Force holding several positions in the areas of maintenance of helicopters and transport aircraft as well as systems engineering, before working in higher commands as a logistics general staff officer. Joining SAP Germany in 2002 Dr. Krüger first served as a consultant before establishing the SAP for Defense & Security industry portfolio at SAP AG. After several other duties in Solution Management and Development Dr. Krüger is now responsible as a Vice President for SAP’s solutions in the area of Enterprise Asset Management.

Changing Definitions of Asset Management – Thomas W. Smith MS, Program Director in the Department of Engineering Professional Development, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Mr. Smith served as a U.S. Delegate and Task Group Leader for the International Standards Organization (ISO) Program Committee on Asset Management and for AMPEAK 2014 will lead the presentations on ISO Implementation. Mr. Smith has published a number of papers and articles on asset management and is the author of the summary chapter on ISO 55000 for the Handbook of Asset Management.

Asset Management Effectiveness in the Mining and Resources Sector – Joe Sofra, Chief Executive, Resources & Energy ANZ Transfield Services, Australia

Joe has more than 21 years’ experience in the resource, energy and infrastructure sectors having worked in Australia, South Eastern and Central Asia, South America, Europe and the former Soviet Union. Joe was appointed Chief Executive Resources and Energy Australia and New Zealand in August 2012. He is responsible for leading the acceleration of growth in this business and ongoing service delivery improvement, and continues the strategic shift towards providing high value technical services.

Tutorials

Tutorials are a valuable part the conference program, enhancing and diversifying the learning opportunities available at AMPEAK.

1. Measuring Reliability; Tips and Tricks for a Reliability Practitioner, by Mark Mackenzie, Strategic Consulting Manager

This Tutorial will cover:

• Why measure reliability and what are the benefits?
• How should reliability be demonstrated/tested?
• How to specify reliability requirements
• How to use reliability to focus effort

2.Strategic Asset Management Plans, by Nick Hastings, Principal Consultant, Albany Interactive VIC 

The tutorial will cover:

• The business operational plan and level of service
• Knowledge of existing assets
• Analysis of activities, resources and timescales for assets required to meet the business plan
• New asset acquisitions
• Asset fleet maintenance and renewal plan
• The financial plan, CAPEX and OPEX
• Closing the loop with the Strategic Asset Management Plan

Please click here to download the Preliminary Program Brochure 2014, including full details about registration.

Conference Technical Team

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

Asset Management Conference, Sydney 2015

Conference Chair and Technical Team 

The Conference Chair, Greg Williams, in collaboration with the Asset Management Council CEO, Sally Nugent, forms the strategic overview for AMPEAK.

The Conference Technical Team ensure the relevance and quality of the conference technical content.  

	Greg Williams (Conference Chair)	Head of Network Business, Citipower & Powercor
	Steve Berquist	Manager of Performance Technology, Fluor
	Nikola Borovac	Senior Engineer, Electrical Design – Standards, Western Power
	Glen Kerr	ILS Capability Manager, ASC Pty Ltd
	Bob Sloan	AM Council Chapter Chair, Sydney
	Tom Birdseye	AM Council Chapter Chair, Adelaide

 Ongoing consultation and feedback from various stakeholder groups including conference participants, AM Council members, AM Council Chapters and the AMBoK Team, is also conduscted as part of the program development.

Accepted Abstracts AMPEAK 2014

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

Asset Management Conference, Perth 2014

Accepted Abstracts

These accepted Abstracts give you a preview of some the topics to be explored at AMPEAK 2014.  All Abstracts listed below are subject to the final paper review.

Please click here for the Preliminary Registration Brochure and program overview 2014.

Workshops

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

ICOMS 2011 WORKSHOPS

The Workshops are a “Hands-On” day for Asset Managers to sharpen their skills, to focus on critical, professional competence and to benchmark through a full day of workshops and networking.

Each workshop is presented by a renowned asset manager and offers an opportunity to hone your skills in an interactive group of limited size.

Workshops will run 9.00am to 4.30pm on the last day of the conference. Notes and other necessary material will be provided by the Workshop leader.

The following workshops and training intensives are scheduled for Friday 20 May, 2011:

• Integrated Asset Management Using SAP
• Asset Management Plans
• Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Management
• Engineering Spare Parts – managing risk and cost

Integrated Asset Management Using SAP

Presented by Hemant Rathod, Johann Schachtner, Brindusa Radulescu and Hanneke Raap, SAP

Increased cost and non-compliance as a result of poor maintenance management present a major risk to organizations.   Organizations commit substantial resources to review these risks and plans for its mitigation. Planning corrective measures to avoid or reduce impact of these operational risks can be a challenging and daunting task. These risks can be reduced through the identification of various root causes and follow standardized processes to manage the risks across life cycle of the assets.

In this two part workshop we will review solutions offered by SAP to manage safe, efficient and reliable assets. The workshop will also give a view on how improved analytical solutions from SAP can help monitor asset performance and provide visibility with regards to process compliance. Practical application will be demonstrated by presenting selected use cases.

Part 1: Managing safety, operational risk and compliance using SAP solution

The session will give an overview of operational risk management using harmonized set of solutions from SAP.  It will give a perspective on how to manage and reduce risks that arise in the course of daily operations, improve safety and confirm compliance with focus on :

• Enterprise Safety and Risk Management
• How to move from Risk Assessment to a Pro-Active Risk Management Approach
• How to increase safety performance of the company’s operations, while increasing operational reliability.
• Integrate Compliance of Safety management Processes utilizing SAP GRC and SAP Audit Management
• How to  set up processes to review effective usage of standards across the organization

Part 2: Solution for managing performance of assets

High performance, as it relates to assets, is achieved when safety and performance are  managed together across an asset’s life  cycle, This is a  multi- dimensional  challenge. Technology is a key enabler. SAP provides the functionality and technology platform to improve asset performance.  Capable asset analytics and performance management is a key to drive high performing assets.

Maintenance improvement Initiatives, like any other initiative, is subjected to more aggressive return on investment (ROI) hurdles. Asset analytics and performance management initiatives, if executed properly, are  capable of delivering rapid payback.

In this session will focus on the following:

• Modern trends in analytics
• The business case for asset analytics and performance management
• Framework for Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety

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Asset Management Plans

Instructor: Gary Winsor

This training intensive will:

• Identify what content should be addressed by a typical Asset Management Plan
• Identify the benefits able to be realised by a properly constructed Asset Management Plan
• Develop the benefits of adopting and implementing efficient Asset Management Plans
• Assist participants initiate the development of Asset Management Plans in their enterprise

The AM Council’s definition of asset management is – “The life cycle management of physical assets to achieve the stated outputs of the enterprise.”

As a result, an Asset Management Plan (AMP) should directly support the requirements of the Business Plan.  The content of the AMP should both articulate the required asset outputs and support the achievement of those outputs.  The AMP does this through the development & delivery of an effective management approach supported by effective processes.

This asset management planning training intensive is suitable for:

• All business activity types including mining, Defence, oil and gas, power generation and transmission, state and local government and chemical industry

• Any person who wishes to realise the benefits from the effective use of assets within their organisation.

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Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Management

Instructor: Dr Ali Zuashkiani, University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies

Engineering Organizations adopting Life Cycle Costing are rapidly increasing in number, as more of them recognize its role in making optimal long-term decisions. The idea of “buying the cheapest” is losing its appeal as more managers realize that, in the long run, the cheapest acquisition costs rarely coincide with the least expensive buy. This session combines Life Cycle Costing decisions with many real-world examples in an interactive and hands-on forum. It will help those responsible for LCC-related decisions to learn when to buy a new asset, how to determine the best time to replace an existing asset, and how to forecast the future life cycle costs of their fixed and mobile machinery and equipment.

The application of the models discussed in the workshop will be demonstrated by means of real case studies. We will introduce software packages called AGE/CON (for mobile equipment replacement decisions) and PERDEC (for fixed capital equipment decisions) and demonstrate how to use them to solve LCC problems. We will also display a software package that can be used to predict future operation and maintenance costs.

Life cycle costing management and why it is important

• Definition of life cycle and its implications
• Life cycle costs categories
• Solving inter-departmental conflicts in asset replacement/acquisition decisions
• The size of the prize

Choosing the best buy in the long term

• The concept of the time value of money
• Defining cash flow diagram
• Calculating net present value of a decision
• Estimating the time value of money in practice

Calculating the economic life of an asset

• The trade-off between O & M costs and capital expenditures: establishing the economic life of fixed equipment such as an internal combustion engine
• South American case study: establishing the economic life of mobile equipment, including fleet vehicles and fork lift trucks
• North American case study: establishing the economic life of manufacturing equipment that is highly utilized when new, but used for peak demands as it ages
• North American case studies: transportation
• Turbo expander case study: how to calculate the best time to replace the current asset with a more technologically-improved asset Repairing an existing asset versus buying a new one
• South American case study: repair or replace a loader
• North American case study: repair a leak or replace the damaged section of an underground pipe

Predicting future life cycle costs of a fleet

• North American case study: a fleet of transformers of a major electricity distribution company

Carrying out LCC analysis when there is limited (or no) data available

• North American case study: establishing the economic life of linear assets such as the steel mains of a major gas distribution company
• North American case study: estimating the distribution of end of life of transformers based on experts’ opinions

The case studies referred to above include internal combustion engines, fleet vehicles, forklift trucks, a turbo expander, a loader repair-or-replace decision and a fleet of transformers. They represent real-world examples where companies saved hundreds of millions of dollars by applying LCC management principles.

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• AGE/CON software for the optimization of the economic life of mobile equipment
• PERDEC software for the optimization of the economic life of plant equipment

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Engineering Spare Parts – managing risk and cost

Presented by Jagdish Shinde, Oniqua Pty Ltd

This one day workshop covers the fundamental elements of managing spare parts inventory from a cost and risk perspective. The workshop highlights the expectations of key stakeholders (maintenance, supply and finance) and, through practical examples, provides a sustainable process to achieve the best business outcome. The process takes into account stakeholder objectives for:

• initial holding estimates; and
• changes over time due to aging plant and re-supply performance.

The workshop provides the delegate with an appreciation of the business issues and practical solutions to manage the issues. The workshop covers the following key areas:

• Master Data and its importance
• Economic spare parts holdings based upon asset risk and resupply performance (cost & time)
• Spare parts profiling
• Optimizing working capital – how many spares should be held
• Measuring resupply performance – both cost and risk
• Systematic processes to ensure sustained results
• Some best practice techniques that are used by 8 of the top 10 mining companies.

Key points are supported with exercises that provide the delegate with an appreciation of how to calculate initial spare parts holdings and understand the influences likely to impact the model over time and how to manage these influences.

For information, please contact the Secretariat on 03 9819 2515 or training@amcouncil.com.au

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Asset Management Council – About Sydney

by Kai | Feb 16, 2009 | Uncategorised

ABOUT SYDNEY

Bursting with character, Sydney is a vibrant city with spectacular landmarks including the Harbour and its Harbour bridge, the Opera House, the historic Rocks area, Circular Quay, Darling Harbour and popular Bondi Beach – one of the many fabulous beaches that Sydney is famous for.Climate : Sydney’s oceanic climate means warm summers and mild winters, with a temperature range between nine and sixteen degrees Celsius in winter and up to an average peak of 26 degrees Celsius in summer.  May 11-19, June 9-16 Celsius °C

To and From Airport

Located in Mascot NSW, Sydney Airport is approximately 8km from the central CBD. Sydney Airport is easily accessible by all modes of transport including car, train, taxi or bus.

Travel to the City

There are rail stations located at both the International and Domestic Terminals. Airport Link is a fast and convenient way to reach the centre of Sydney. Trains run approximately every 10 minutes and the journey into the city takes only 13 minutes. The international and domestic rail stations link directly to the City Circle which means most city destinations are within a short walk of stations.For more information on fares, maps and travel planners visit the Airport Link website or phone +61 2 8337 8417.

Join the Partner Program and see Sydney

• Monday:

Pre Conference Tour of NSW Art Gallery and Botanic Gardens walk to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair. The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the leading museum of art in New South Wales and Sydney, and one of Australia’s foremost cultural institutions.
Back to the SMC for the Cocktail reception function.

• Tuesday:

A visit to the Sydney Aquarium, followed by a Cruise of Sydney Harbour with a delicious Seafood lunch. After the cruise a visit to Sydney Wildlife World, followed by free shopping time. Sydney Aquarium is a must-see, and one of the best things to do in Sydney. Walk under water and explore Australia’s rich and
diverse aquatic life and habitats. Sydney Harbour Cruise aboard Sydney’s flagship MV Sydney
2000. Enjoy stunning harbour views a comprehensive commentary and a delicious seafood buffet lunch.
Wednesday:
Opera House tour at Circular Quay, then to the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a view of the Harbour at Pylon Lookout. A visit to the Rocks, Susannah Place Museum and Kendall Place discovery museum.
Back to your hotel to rest up for the Gala Dinner.

• Thursday:

Sydney Tower Lookout, then to the Town Hall to visit the Queen Victoria Building followed by a Darling Harbour Sightseeing Cruise. Centre Point Tower viewing deck takes you 250 metres above Sydney, commanding breathtaking views over one of the most beautiful cities in the world, including the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
Back to the SMC for the Farewell function.
 

After Conference attractions:

·  Harbour Cruises

·  Museum of Contemporary Art

·  Museum of Sydney

·  The Sydney Explorer Bus

The bright red Sydney Explorer buses take you to Sydney sightseeing attractions all over the city on a designated route. This is a hop-on, hop-off service on one ticket. There is also a Bondi Explorer bus, which is painted blue and takes in some of Sydney’s best-known beaches. You can buy tickets at the Sydney Visitor Centre, the Sydney Ferries ticket office at Circular Quay or on the bus itself. A one day combined ticket for both buses is A$39.

Check out the following links for further information & explore Sydney

Sydney Guide – www.sydneyguide.net.au
Visitors Guide – www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au