Smart Operations and Maintenance (IAM510)

In today's rapidly evolving industrial landscape, where technology and innovation are reshaping the way we manage and maintain industrial assets, our Smart Operations and Maintenance course stands at the forefront of transformative education. This course is designed to equip individuals with the cutting-edge knowledge and skills necessary to navigate the Industry 4.0 era. It offers a comprehensive understanding of how to engineer and manage assets in a smart and efficient manner, emphasizing safety, performance optimization, cost savings, and sustainability. This course is not only prepares professionals to meet the present challenges but also positions them as forward-thinking leaders, capable of maximizing asset performance and ensuring the reliability of critical industrial infrastructure. Join us on a journey towards a smarter, more efficient future in operations and maintenance


Course description for study year 2024-2025. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

IAM510

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Spring

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Spring

Language of instruction

English

Offered by
Time table

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Content

This course covers operations and maintenance management in the Industry 4.0 era where a new set of principles and technologies have enabled and revolutionized the classical operations and maintenance field. Throughout the course, we will explore various facets, including:

  • Operations & Maintenance Management Fundamentals
  • Operations strategy capacity planning, and manning philosophies
  • Operations & Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
  • Spare Parts and Inventory Management
  • Operations and Maintenance Logistics Management
  • Industry 4.0 Technologies and Smart Operations & maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Strategies, Philosophies and Techniques
  • Reliability-Availability-Maintainability (RAM) Analysis.
  • Managing Risk-based Maintenance Program, strategies, plans and procedures
  • Life Cycle Costing and Lifetime Benefit Analysis.
  • Maintenance management systems as a tool for smart operations
  • Engineering for Risk-based Maintenance Program: Technical hierarchy, Consequence classification, Maintenance and test concept selection, Failure mode and effect analysis, Manning study, Spare parts evaluation, and Safety integrity studies.
  • Continuous improvement & optimization of maintenance performance
  • Sustainability in Operations and Maintenance management, trends, and future directions

Learning outcome

By completing this course, the students shall gain the following knowledge, skills and competencies:

Knowledge

  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of risk-based maintenance and model-based maintenance engineering, and its four elements: requirements, functional, physical, and parametric elements.
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the well-known project execution model used in the industry, and its project stages and decision gates.
  • Gain a theoretical and practical understanding of Maintenance Engineering methods: technical hierarchy, functional hierarchy, consequence classification, failure mode analysis, system reliability, availability and maintainability evaluation, maintenance task selection, manning study, and spare parts evaluation.
  • Gain a theoretical and practical understanding of capital expenditures (CAPEX), operating expenditures (OPEX), Lifecycle costing (LCC), and potential lifetime benefits (LTB).
  • Gain a theoretical and practical understanding of Strategic Maintenance Planning and Digital\Cloud maintenance management systems

Skills

  • Be able to build a model-based maintenance and test concept, covering its four elements: requirements, functional, physical, and parametric elements.
  • Be able to apply the project execution model considering the project stages and decision gates.
  • Be able to perform the Maintenance Engineering methods: technical hierarchy, functional hierarchy, consequence classification, failure mode analysis, system reliability, availability and maintainability evaluation, maintenance task selection, manning study, and spare parts evaluation.
  • Be able to model and estimate capital expenditures (CAPEX), operating expenditures (OPEX), Lifecycle costing (LCC), and potential lifetime benefits (LTB).
  • Be able to set up Strategic Maintenance Plan and handle Digital\Cloud maintenance management systems

General competence

  • Can analyze relevant academic, professional, and research ethical problems.
  • Can work in teams and plan and manage projects.
  • Can apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out assignments and projects.
  • Can communicate about academic issues, analyses and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Exam

Portfolio

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Portfolio 1/1 1 Semesters Letter grades All

The learning is assessed through four assignments: Concept assignment 20%, Lab assignment 20%, Course project assignment 30% and Reflection assignment 30%. All assignments are individualContinuation options are not offered. Students who do not pass can carry out a new assessment the next time the subject is taught.

Coursework requirements

Obligatory requirements
Laboratory exercises, company visits, and guest lectures.

Course teacher(s)

Course teacher:

Jawad Raza

Course coordinator:

Idriss El-Thalji

Head of Department:

Mona Wetrhus Minde

Method of work

Lectures, assignment, laboratory exercises, company visits, guest lectures.

Overlapping courses

Course Reduction (SP)
Operations and Maintenance Management (OFF510_1) 5

Open for

Admission to Single Courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology
Industrial Asset Management - Master of Science Degree Programme Marine and Offshore Technology - Master of Science Degree Programme
Exchange programme at Faculty of Science and Technology

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

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