Asset Management Council

Webinar - Spares Management through Project Transition Phase
2026-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
The webinar focuses on some of the typical challenges faced by Asset Engineers, Reliability & Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Managers and Maintenance staff associated with Spares Management during the project transition phase into the project operation and maintenance phase.
The webinar will explore some of the key elements during this phase of a project and highlight a number of pivotal activities and drivers for successful spares management through the project transition phase including;

Contract Type – Understanding the framework and type of service contract as it will impact your Spares Management strategy i.e., PPP, Comprehensive, Pass- Through etc.
Risk Based Methodology – ensuring that there is an integrated approach to contract risk such as KPI’s, Financial, Reputation, WHS&E.
Project Phase – Which stage of the project lifecycle are you at?
Stakeholders – have you identified who the key stakeholders are for spares management,
Spares Selection – What level of maturity has been undertaken in relation to Spares requirements and associated analysis using FMECA, RAMS or other process?
Type of Site – Different spares management strategies for Greenfield Sites v Brownfield Sites
Multiple Storage Locations – How do you optimize effective Spares Storage with multiple storage facilities and multiple work sites?
Inventory Management – Selection of suitable process i.e., part of the CMMS?

Spares Procurement Lead Time – challenges with alignment to Asset Performance requirements.
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Craig is the principle of Casmat Engineering a Facility & Asset Management Company providing a range of inspection, maintenance, auditing and technical consultancy services to companies in Australia and New Zealand over the last 32 years. He has multidisciplined skills across a variety of industries including Defence, Water & Sewage Treatment, Power Stations, Prisons, Construction, Health Sector, Educational Sector and the built environment. The services he provides to industry include asset management strategy; inspection, auditing and reporting; management of performance tests; asset lifecycle strategy; development of operation and maintenance strategy and cost modeling; and industrial maintenance services. Craig has a trade background and is a Charted Professional Engineer with areas of practice in Mechanical Engineering and Asset Management. He is a member of the Asset Management Council and a CAMA to ISO55001 and a member of the AMC special interest group, MRiAM.

This session forms the fourth and final in a webinar series presented by MRiAM – Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase – Webinar Series. In 2024, MRiAM presented a webinar series on managing spares, including guidance on quantities and related considerations. Since then, several forums have raised questions and prompted discussion about how to manage spares once they have been identified in the maintenance system and warehoused during the operational phase of a project. There has also been growing interest in related topics such as managing obsolete spares, “squirrel stores”, and maintaining spares holdings. The objective of this series is to address these topics and provide practical solutions from speakers who have identified these issues and can share proven approaches. Registering for this session will register you for all four sessions in the series.

Webinar - Managing Spares for Corrective Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance and End-of-Life
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00
Spare parts play a pivotal role in sustaining equipment reliability and availability, a fact that becomes obvious during both corrective and preventative maintenance activities. When spares are well‑managed and strategically utilised, maintenance work becomes faster, more effective, and more predictable — delivering measurable improvements in reliability, availability, and overall cost performance.
This session will explore the practical foundations of effective spare parts management across key focus areas:

Spares procurement and supplier engagement
Storage and preservation practices
Inventory holdings, control, and issuing processes
Access and availability during maintenance windows

Strong practices in these areas ensure maintenance can be completed within the shortest possible time, at optimum cost, and with minimal waste or rework.
We will also examine the challenges associated with spare parts discontinuation (obsolescence) and component end‑of‑life, which can create significant cost, risk, and engineering impacts for many facilities. The webinar will outline practical strategies to mitigate these issues to help maintain equipment availability while organisations navigate the risks of obsolescence.
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Alex Jarufe is a senior Asset Management engineer with 30 years of hands‑on experience across Australia’s heavy industries, including mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, chemical processing, water treatment, power generation, food production and agriculture. Throughout his career, Alex has held key roles spanning Strategic Asset Management, Maintenance Management, Shutdown and Turnaround Management, Maintenance and Reliability Engineering, Spare Parts Optimisation, Root Cause Failure Analysis and Defect Elimination, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Master Data development and Equipment Design. Alex has extensive practical experience in the identification, management and optimisation of spare parts for complex assets. His work includes developing and deploying strategies to manage obsolescence risk in critical applications, ensuring continued equipment availability and preventing major operational disruptions.

Following the conclusion of our Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase webinar series, we are delighted to present one additional session for those who would like to continue the discussion. This special webinar builds on the themes of the series and offers further practical insights for attendees.

Virtual Event - Research and Industry Day 2026 (RAID)
2026-06-09 10:00 - 14:30
In collaboration with Federation University, this free for all guests event is where Academia meets Industry to share the latest research in maintenance and asset management. Consisting of a series of virtual presentations by final year students undertaking maintenance and asset management research projects, it’s an opportunity for students to share their research and findings with Industry and for Industry to find out what is happening with the latest research and how this can be applied to your organisation. A number of students will present their research in rapid fire presentations with an opportunity for participants to ask questions after each presentation. Tune in for the whole day or just the presentations that are of interest.
It’s a good chance to discover:

Findings from latest research and studies
How it applies to what you do
What skills and experience can contribute to your success
How to stay ahead of your competition to remain viable

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Program:

10.00am

Introductions (AMCouncil Anne Gibbs, and Professors Gopi Chattopadhay, Ivan Mareels and Joarder Kamruzzaman)

10.30am

Reliability Improvement and Fire Risk Mitigation on Conveyor Belts in Mining (Vipu John Mathew)

10.50am

Enhancing Train Software Reliability in Maintenance Stage – A Case Study on Train Stopping-Aid Function Failures (Haocheng Shi)

11.10am

Power system monitoring of Control Systems Assets for the Alumina production plant (Amr Hegab)

11.30am

Risk-based Decision Making in Maintenance Intervals of Light Rails in Australia (Muhammad Hussain)

11.40am

A Modified Total Cost of Ownership Framework for Fatigue Testing Equipment in Academic Laboratories (Adewale (Moses) Oyeku)

12.00pm

LUNCH

12.30pm

Reliability-Centred Digital Modernisation Framework for CNC and Metal-Forming Assets in Australian SME (Srinivas Polisetti)

12.50pm

Risk-Informed Life Extension Decisions Using Unstructured Maintenance Data (Venkata Sai Prashanth Sudula)

13.10pm

A Bayesian Decision-Making Framework for Life Extension of Long-Life Complex Assets under Data Scarcity (Ravi Welandge Don)

13.30pm

A Comparative Analysis of Key Performance Indicators for monitoring and preventive interventions in the Rail Sector (Dennis Noble)

13.50pm

Risk-Based Overall Equipment Effectiveness to Total Productive Maintenance: Translating Measurement into Action in Meat Manufacturing (Vickram Chundhoo)

14.20pm

Closing Words

Webinar - Systems Thinking for Land Maintenance: Integrating Digital Engineering, Analytics and Machine Learning for Sustainment Optimisation
2026-06-10 12:00 - 13:00
Modern sustainment environments are becoming increasingly complex, requiring organisations to move beyond siloed maintenance approaches toward integrated, enterprise-wide systems thinking. This webinar explores how Systems Thinking principles, combined with Digital Engineering (DE), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics, can support smarter and more effective land maintenance and sustainment outcomes.
The session will present a high-level model-based approach to maintenance optimisation, demonstrating how data-driven decision-making and integrated digital ecosystems can improve operational effectiveness while maintaining technical integrity and assurance.
Key themes will include:

Applying Systems Thinking to maintenance and sustainment environments
Leveraging Digital Engineering and Machine Learning to improve maintenance decision-making
Reducing inefficiencies, delays, and wastage across sustainment processes
Enhancing visibility, governance, and enterprise integration through data and analytics
Balancing cost optimisation with technical integrity and capability assurance

The webinar will also discuss the growing importance of integrated engineering ecosystems, enterprise data alignment, and advanced analytics in shaping the future of Defence and complex asset sustainment.
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Presenters:

Manas Dhiman is a Systems Engineer with a biomedical engineering background and experience across defence health capability, vehicle sustainment, and enterprise systems. She holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering and has developed her career working across complex, integrated Defence programs. She spent three years in Land Division supporting JP2060 Phase 3 – Deployable Health Facilities, contributing to the delivery and sustainment of deployable health capability. She also worked within PMSPO Bushmaster, supporting sustainment activities for a critical land capability. She subsequently moved into Engineering Technology and Materiel Logistics (ETML) Division, where she works as a Systems Engineer on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs, with responsibilities including standards management, systems integration, and assurance across enterprise-level capabilities. Her experience spans across systems engineering, standards governance, sustainment support, and capability integration across multidisciplinary teams, with a focus on delivering reliable and scalable solutions in complex operational environments.

Sandeep (Sunny) Jadhav is an accomplished Electrical Engineer and senior Defence leader with extensive experience in Army project delivery, through-life support, Defence reform, and continuous improvement. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, with multiple master’s degrees and a strong publication record in systems engineering, organisational excellence, and data analytics. He is also an active educator, mentor, and advocate for STEM, agile thinking, and digital transformation across Defence, industry, and academia. Currently, he serves as Director Systems Engineering – CASG (ETML), having also led Digital Twins, IoT, and Defence analytics initiatives within Defence ERP.
