AltaSteel is a steel plant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada seeking to improve equipment performance and reduce costs through a Proactive Maintenance Initiative (PMI) focusing on reliability culture change and continuous improvement. The PMI involves a joint effort between management and the union to implement reliability best practices through focus groups, new roles, training, and asset management software. Initial results include improved skills, collaboration, processes, and overall equipment effectiveness, with an estimated $15 million return on investment over time.

1. Reliability Excellence Culture Change and Continuous Improvement

4. AltaSteel

5. Seeking Improvement

6. Seeking Improvement

8. External Practices Assessment IVARA Corporation Practices & Technologies Adoption

15. PMI Organizational Structure Life-Cycle Engineering

16. PMI Organizational Structure Life-Cycle Engineering Work Management Focus Group Materials Management Focus Group Reliability Focus Group

18. Process Development

19. Process Development

20. Key Performance Indicators

22. Training and Communication

24. Celebrating Successes

30. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Availability x Efficiency x Quality

31. Asset Optimization Commitment Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Year Actual OEE OEE Targets Best In Class OEE = 80%

32. Return on Investment Estimated Net Present Value $15M XXXXXXXXXXXX Annual Operational Profit Benefit (USD Million) Year

33. Conclusion