First Level Inspection Introduction

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Patrollers’ inspections

Patrollers’ inspections 

Inspection process

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Different types of inspection

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Risk in case of bad inspection

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Patrollers’ strong points

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What is a process? 

Do you know what a process is?

Controls

INPUTS

ACTIVITY

OUTPUTS

Means: Resources, tools, etc…

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Controls

Patrollers’ inspection process 

Inputs 

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OUTPUTS

Means

What is the information required to do your activity?

What are the objectives & the results of your activity?

Controls 

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ACTIVITY

Outputs 

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INPUTS

How do you control the performance of your activity?

Means 

What do you need to perform your activity (resources, tools…)?

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Controls

Patrollers’ inspection process

INPUTS

ACTIVITY

OUTPUTS

Means

Can you define, for the inspections done by patrollers 

What are the inputs? Origins?

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What are the outputs? Destination?

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What are the means?

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What are the controls?

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Patrollers’ inspection process •Equipment stoppages •Work requests’ creation Controls

•Inspection roads & checklists (daily, weekly, monthly etc.)

INPUTS

ACTIVITY

OUTPUTS

Means: Resources, tools, etc…

•Work Requests •Emergency calls •Adjustments •Documentation improvement

•Training •Equipment & process understanding •Work request software

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P1 = 1st level inspection Flow chart

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How to build a 1st level inspection route? 

Cross functional process -> see POM

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On the job

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Let’s practice with P&M

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Few reminders about POM 

To be added

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What are the different inspection types?

Specific inspections

First level inspections

Running inspections Safety inspections Process inspections

Inspections on stopped equipment

Equipment inspections Production inspections

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Patrollers’ inspections 

On equipments 

Only to check if equipment can play its role regarding production

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Level one Inspections • essentially involve the four senses (sight, hearing, touch, and smell), • without any special tools and without recording any values or measurements.

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Production conditions 

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In running conditions

Stocks’ levels

Process point of view 

Few process parameters linked with production

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What are the risks in case of badly done inspections? 

Loss in performance

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Bad products’ quality

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Equipment stoppages

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Patrollers’ strong points 

Can perform structured running inspections 24h a day

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Maintains control of the process within defined ranges

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Corrects with his colleagues process adjustments before damage occurs

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Help to determine WO priorities

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Provide feedback to Inspectors 

Process abnormalities

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Equipment abnormalities

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Loss in Performance

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Patroller KPI,s 

Three KPI,s are there by which a patroller is tracking.

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Inspections done by Patroller Vs Inspection in schedule

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% of jobs completed as identified in first level inspection

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Stoppages due those faults which are not Identified in inspection

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