Preventive Maintenance

In the sphere of preventive maintenance (PM), there is a cost for doing nothing. You are gambling with time and money, increasing the likelihood of higher costs in lost production and repairs when equipment eventually breaks down. 

This course introduces fundamentals of PM and its reason for being: providing safe, reliable equipment and support by reducing the need for maintenance services.

Topics include: 

• The evolution of maintenance 
• Five-level spectrum of PM, from firefighting to maintenance reduction
• Characteristics of world-class maintenance
  • Equipment strategy
  • PM (misconceptions, machine loss categories, types of failure)
• Creating a maintenance task list 

Learners will participate in group discussions, as well as share best practices and struggles.

Hours: 8

• Understand the goal of maintenance
• Evaluate current stage of maintenance efforts vs. world-class maintenance organizations
• Determine the “best” equipment strategy for your organization
• Identify whether a failure is functional or potential
• Evaluate the PM task list most ideal for your organization

Technicians, engineering supervisors and operators whose roles work with or have oversight management of equipment operations; beneficial for individuals working in any sector that utilizes machinery or equipment, like medical devices or computers

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8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Baird Incubator, Room 206/208

1576 Sweet Home Road

Amherst, NY 14228

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As UB TCIE’s Operational Excellence Director, Peter is a resident expert in the Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools who has delivered substantial, validated hard and soft savings across a variety of projects in finance, medical devices, insurance, food services, building materials, publishing, and other service-related industries, as well as manufacturing. He has nearly 10 years of experience with a global company in serving as the lead on a multitude of process improvement project teams that have delivered record performance in yields, cost reduction, quality and safety. With an M.S. in statistics, Peter has an advanced understanding and application of statistics, and develops the potential in others through helping them understand Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.

$395

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