Call For Papers- Abstracts Due by March 21, 2011
Selected presenters will be notified by April 8, 2011

Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
19th Annual Conference
October 17-20, 2011
Greensboro, NC

Speakers who submit their papers and presentation on time receive complimentary attendance to the conference!

After around 800 people attended the conference in 2010, SMRP is now searching for presenters for the 19th Annual Conference taking place October 17-20, 2011 in Greensboro, NC. The SMRP Annual conference is one of the largest pure Maintenance & Reliability conferences in North America, making it the ideal opportunity to present your knowledge and network with industry peers.

BENEFITS OF PRESENTING:

• Recognition from your industry peers.
• Complimentary attendance to the conference for primary presenter and one (1) co-presenter when submitting papers and presentation on time.
• Presentation will be published in electronic proceedings.

CRITERIA:

The SMRP Annual Conference Tracks are formatted around the SMRPCO Body of Knowledge that contains five validated pillars of information essential to the success of maintenance and reliability professionals.

• All presenters must be SMRP members
• Presentations must be non-commercial
• Supplier papers must be co-presented with a practitioner
• Abstract can be no longer than 300 words
• No more than two presenters per presentation is recommended
• The track categories below are used as guidelines
• SMRP is willing to consider all topics related to maintenance and reliability. If you feel that your topic does not fit well into one of the track categories below, please submit your abstract using the general category in which you would like to present. Accepted presenters must submit a written paper and their PowerPoint presentation approximately 8 weeks prior to the conference so that these items can be included in the conference proceedings.
• Download the "How to Write an Abstract" tutorial

SUBMISSION:

• Submission must be done through the on-line portal only. Do not email your abstracts as they will not be accepted. Please review the abstract writing tutorial before submitting your abstract. Upon submission, a confirmation email will be sent to you.
• Online submission FOR ABSTRACTS will close on March 21, 2011.
• Notification of acceptance will be sent to each submitter after Friday, April 8, 2011
• When submitting your abstract, please indicate the topic(s) your presentation is best categorized within.
• Please rank your presentation as Fundamentals or Advanced (see below).
• Please select 5 keywords to help identitfy your paper in the serachable conference proceedings database.
• Selected speakers who submit their papers and presentation on time receive complimentary attendance to the conference

Maintenance & Reliability-Fundamentals & Advanced

Based on feedback from the attendees, there is a desire to have this additional distinction to better select presentations and content of interest. Classification of papers within the five tracks will continue. To help guide you in the classification of your paper, refer to the Fundamentals and Advanced guidelines below. The key is to match the content of your paper with the interests and needs of the attendee. Given the broad diversity of our members, there is a need for both fundamental and advanced topics within all five tracks.

• If your abstract does not fit one of the tracks, select the “General” Category.
• All of the required information must be filled in on the online form for your submission to be considered.
• SMRP will adjust your category selection, if required.

Fundamentals – Asset Management Basics – Key Performance Indicators – MRO Material Management – Planning & Scheduling – Preventative & Predictive Technologies – Machinery Repair Techniques/Strategies – Benchmarking Best Practices – Change Management Tactical

Advanced– Safety & Reliability – OEE – Strategic Industry Trends – Shutdown, Turnarounds and Outage Management – Project Management – TPM – Lean – Six Sigma – ERP/CMMS EAM Optimizations – Strategic Business Objectives – competitive advantage, growth, staffing – Change Management Strategic – Reliability/Maintenance Leadership – ROI Determination/Financial Optimization – Weibull/Monte Carlo Simulations, Crow/AMSAA – RCM

Track #1 - “Business and Management”

Papers in this track should describe the skills used to translate an organization’s business goals into appropriate maintenance and reliability goals that support and contribute to the organization’s business results.

Examples of other topics that might fit into this track are:

• Contract maintenance
• Custodial maintenance
• Maintenance management
• Total productive maintenance
• Autonomous maintenance
• Benchmarking

Subjects would include:

• Creating strategic direction and plan
• Selling programs and change to stakeholders
• Creating measurement and performance evaluation systems
• Managing risk
• Business case preparation
• Communicate to stakeholders
• How to plan and budget resources
• Maintenance/operations performance agreements & specifications

Track #2 - “Manufacturing Process Reliability”

Papers in this track should cover subject areas that relate to maintenance and reliability activities to the manufacturing process of the organization to ensure that maintenance and reliability activities improve the manufacturing process.

Examples of topics that might fit into this area also include:

• Equipment replacement
• Six Sigma programs
• Quality management

Subjects would include:

• Maintain process and industry standards and specifications
• Understand the manufacturing process
• Manufacturing effectiveness techniques
• Safety, health, and environmental issues
• Manage effects of changes to processes and equipment

Track #3 - “Equipment Reliability”

Papers in this track describe should cover activities used to assess the current capabilities of the equipment and processes in terms of their reliability, availability, maintainability, and criticality. This may include activities used to select and apply the most appropriate maintenance practices, so that the equipment and processes continue to deliver their intended capabilities in the safest and most cost-effective manner.

Subjects would include:

• Determine equipment and process performance expectations from the business plan
• Establish current performance levels and analyze gaps
• Establish a maintenance strategy to assure performance
• Cost-justify (budget) tactics selected for implementation
• Execute a maintenance strategy
• Review performance and adjust maintenance strategy.

Examples of topics that might fit into this area also include:

• Applied technology
• Preventive maintenance
• Reliability-centered maintenance
• Lubricant analysis
• Vibration analysis
• Infrared thermography
• Ultrasonics
• Alignment
• Balancing

Track #4 - “Organization & Leadership”

Papers in this track should describe the processes for assuring that the maintenance and reliability staff is the most qualified and best assigned to achieve the maintenance and reliability organization’s goals.

Examples of topics that might fit in this area are:

• General communication
• Writing
• Speaking
• The human side of maintenance
• People development/training
• Making presentations
• Leadership
• Influencing people
• Handling conflict
• Meeting management
• Performance management

Subjects would include:

• Assess organizational competence and direction
• Develop the maintenance and reliability organization structure
• Develop the maintenance and reliability staff
• Communicate maintenance and reliability to the organization.

Track #5 - “Work Management”

Papers in this track should focus on skills used to get the maintenance and reliability work done. These include scheduling and planning activities, quality assurance of maintenance activities, and stores and inventory management.

Examples of topics that might fit into this area are:

• Planning and scheduling
• Materials management, including warehouse
• Backlog management
• CMMS improvements, implementations, or usage

Subjects would include:

• Comprehensive work identification
• Plant-wide formal prioritization system
• Effective work planning prior to scheduling
• Effective, cooperative work scheduling and backlog management
• Effective resource management (people, materials, financial)
• Document work execution and update records / history
• Equipment history review and failure identification
• Effective performance measures and follow-up
• Capital project planning
• Effective use of information technologies (CMMS, etc).

WORKSHOPS

SMRP will also be holding several pre-conference and post-conference one-day and two-day workshops. If you are interested in presenting one of these workshops please contact Jayme Washam at jwasham@mmgevents.com.

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

SMRP may convene panel discussions during the conference. If you are willing to serve as a panelist on a particular discussion topic or topics, please complete the following form and check off the panelist radio button. You will need to submit separate forms for abstracts and panel discussion topics.

CASE STUDIES

Case studies are welcome on any of the above.

SMRP conferences are geared to the educational needs of Maintenance & Reliability practitioners. Take advantage of this opportunity to promote your knowledge to your industry peers at the 2011 SMRP Annual Conference!

Questions?

If you have any questions about your submission, please contact Jayme Washam at jwasham@mmgevents.com.

Thank you again for speaking – we look forward to seeing you in Greensboro!

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