Course Length:  2 days
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

• Data Source Configuration
• Entity Families
• Managing Physical Structure
• Managing Relationships
• Managing Field Behaviors
• Understanding Metadata
• The Import/Export Utility

Course Length:  3 days
Prerequisite:  Configuration Manager, VSA Knowledge

This course is designed to provide Meridium rule designers with the skills and knowledge needed to design company specific customization and process flow controls to the baseline functionality of APM.

Topics include:

• Using the VSA Editor
• Build and use Field Behaviors to set required fields, validate data, provide field pick-lists, set default values, disable fields, etc.
• Use Family level rules to create and maintain data relationships
• Handle exceptions in rules
• Use the Rule Debugger to review run-time behavior for troubleshooting rule problems
• Creating and editing macros

Course Length:  2 days
Prerequisite:  None

APM Framework - User is the foundation course for understanding Meridium APM core functionality.  This course provides the user with the basic tools necessary to exploit the further capabilities of Meridium software modules.  Users learn how to personalize their Meridium Home Page to efficiently organize links to data look-ups, queries and searches, reports, graphing capabilities and more.

Course Length:  1.5 days
Prerequisite:  None

Topics Include:

• Creating, Implementing and Managing  Asset Strategies
• Working with Existing Asset Strategies
• Creating System and Unit Strategies
• Integrating RCM/FMEA Recommendations into ASM
• Creating and implementing Work Management Items

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

• Defining Calibration Tasks
• Calibration Templates
• Calibration Event Types
• Automated Calibrations
• Event Renewal and Approval
• Standard Gas Cylinder Records
• Asset Performance Management Stages
• Calibration Assessment Workflow
• Condition Assessment
• Managing Calibration Recommendations

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

This course provides users with the skills needed to perform FMEA analysis within Meridium.

Topics include:

• Creating and managing FMEA analyses
• Creating Recommendations 
• Working with FMEA templates 

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

This course will provide Inspectors the skills and knowledge needed to utilize the Meridium Inspection tools to document inspections and findings and summarize information about their requests and make the appropriate recommendations.

Course Length:  2 days
Prerequisite:  APM Configuration Manager

This course is designed to provide Administrators the skills and knowledge they need to build and maintain interfaces from external data sources to Meridium. 

Topics include:

• Designing jobs
• Manipulating data
• Loading relationship data
• Enforcing business logic
• Running and scheduling jobs
• Viewing job logs and troubleshooting

Course Length:  2 Days        

Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

The course teaches the knowledge and skills needed to cnfigure and use Metrics tools to deliver Key Performance Indicatiors (KPI's) across your enterprise.

PLEASE NOTE:  This course is intended only as an introduction to the use of metrics cubes in Meridium.  If an in depth knowledge of designing and building cubes is required we highly recommend that third party training on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services be obtained.

Course Length:  2 days
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

In this course you will learn how to utilize various applications to design, build and secure OLAP cubes based on Meridium data.  In addition, you will use Metrics Manager tools to build and explore Scorecards, Key Performance Indicators, as well as Metric Views.

This class is for companies using SQL Server 2005 or later. 

PLEASE NOTE:  This course is intended only as an introduction to the use of metrics cubes in Meridium.  If an in depth knowledge of designing and building cubes is required we highly recommend that third party training on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services be obtained.

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

This course is designed to provide the skills and knowledge needed to use the Meridium Metric tools to access Reliability and Maintenance Key Performance Indicators and Scorecards across the enterprise.  Users will be trained to easily create and modify Metric Views to graphically analyze data using multiple measures and dimensions using OLAP cube data.

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  Operator Rounds - Mobile User

• Measurement Locations
• Route Definition
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Asset Health Indicators
• Administrative Tasks

Course Length:  1/2 day
Prerequisite:  None
This course provides users with the skills needed to perform rounds using a hand-held device with Meridium APM.

Topics include:

• Data Collection
• Uploading and viewing data in Meridium APM
• Using barcodes

Course Length:  1 day

• Production Planning Workflow
• Documenting Production Events
• Production Loss Accounting
• Documenting Actual Production
• Creating a Production Analysis

Course Length:  1/2 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User and Reliability Analytics User

Overview:  The course is designed to teach you about data and tools you can use to improve the outcomes of your Reliability Initiative.  You will learn the concepts underlying Reliability Analysis of assets and how you can apply the available tools to answer questions such as:

• Is reliability improving, staying the same, or getting worse?
• What maintenance intervention might help reduce failures?
• What is the impact of changes made to our reliability strategy and execution?
• Is our chosen analysis method the best to use with the available data?
• Is it possible mixed failure modes are involved?
• How much opportunity is there for increased production?

Class exercises and examples will be used to demonstrate concepts, and the results will be plotted on diagrams or graphs.

Course Length:  1/2 day
Prerequisite:  Reliability Analytics - User

Overview:  This course will teach you how to use Reliability Automation Rules to auto-generate a Reliability Distribution, Growth Analysis, or Cost of Unreliability Analysis for an asset or population of assets

Course Length:  3 days
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User and Reliability Analytics - User

This course is designed to teach participants which data and tools are required to make the most out of a reliability initiative.

Topics include:

• Defining Failures
• Defining Reliability
• Data Collection
• Reliability Data Analysis
• Distribution Characteristics & Functions
• Goodness of Fit Tests
• Preventative Maintenance Strategy
• Working with Weibull analysis
• Data Censoring and Suspension

Course Length:  1/2 day
Prerequisite:  Reliability Analytics - User

Overview:  You will learn the key to a successful Spares program by utilizing the Spares Analysis tool in Meridium.  You will learn how to calculate an optimal level of spare parts based on Delivery Time and Cost, Downtime, Lost Production Costs and Failure and Repair Data.  You will also simulate the potential savings or losses associated with changing the spares level.

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite: APM Framework - User

This course provides hands-on lessons that teach the functional knowledge and skills required to take full advantage of the powerful new tools of Meridium.

Topics include:

• Managing plant asset operation and maintenance strategies
• Proactively identifying assets BEFORE FAILURE
• Modeling true operational costs and performance of both existing and proposed systems

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

This course provides users with the skills needed to capture the RCM Analysis information.

Topics include:

• Creating and managing analyses
• Grouping and approving actions derived from an analysis
• Integrating analyses with other Meridium functions
• Reporting across analyses

Course Length:  1/2 day
Prerequisite:  None

This course is designed to teach you how to configure RCMO for your Organization.  Topics include:  Application, Matrix, List and Field Configuration.

Course Length:  2 days
Prerequisite:  None

This course provides users with the skills needed to utilize the RCMO functionality.

Topics include:

• Creating and managing analyses
• Implementing a RCMO analysis 
• RCMO Reporting
• Importing and exporting analyses

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

You will learn how to apply the PROACT methodology for Root Cause Analysis of failure events.

Topics include:

• PROACT® for Meridium Overview
• Create a new Root Cause Analysis
• Determine needed information
• Assign Team Members
• Analyze the data
• Communicate and Track analysis results
• Publish analyses
• Ongoing administration

Course Length:  1 day
Prerequisite:  APM Framework - User

Learn how Meridium TM allows you to manage your equipment reliability by collecting and evaluation equipment data from preventative or repair maintenance events.