Overview
Drawing upon the author's many years of shop floor and management experience in a variety of industries, this bestseller is designed to provide a basic yet thorough understanding of Maintenance and Reliability "Best Practices." This book recognizes that to implement best practices requires a workforce with a thorough understanding and knowledge of Maintenance and Reliability principles and the available technologies. But implementation is not as simple as just putting something new into effect. To truly implement a best practice requires learning, relearning, benchmarking, and realizing better ways of ensuring high reliability and availability of equipment and systems. This book explains and supports this ongoing process, and is an essential guide and reference for everyone who wants to ensure that their company's assets are operating as and when needed and at reasonable cost. It is ideal for designers who design the equipment; operators who operate; and maintainers who maintain, as well as warehouse and store personnel who procure and supply materials; engineers who improve the reliability; and human resource professionals who provide and arrange for a work force. Students specializing in the M&R field will also benefit, and a special student workbook (ISBN 9780831134358) will be published for the first time.
Features
- Includes a list of questions and answers in most chapters which provide possible real-world scenarios.
- Answers the what, why, or how of the topic being presented.
- Provides a list of key terms and reference material within each chapter to enhance further knowledge.
- Presents contents in an easy-to-understand style and format.
- Helpful to both the novice and seasoned professional alike
Introducing Best Practices
- What Is a Best Practice
- Understanding Maintenance and Reliability
- Examples of Maintenance and Reliability Benchmarks
- Basic Test on Maintenance and Reliability Knowledge
- Key Terms and Definitions
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Culture and Leadership
- Introduction
- Leadership and Organizational Culture
- Strategic Framework: Vision, Mission, and Goals
- Reliability Culture
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Understanding Maintenance
- Introduction
- Maintenance Work Tasks
- Other Maintenance Practices
- Maintenance Quality and Tasks Optimization
- Measuring Maintenance Performance
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Work Management: Planning and Scheduling
- Introduction
- Work Flow and Roles
- Planning Process
- Scheduling Process
- Turnaround and Shutdowns
- Measures of Performance
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Materials, Parts, and Inventory Management
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- Types of Inventory
- Physical Layout and Storage Equipment
- Optimizing Tools and Techniques
- Performance Measures and Indicators
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Measuring and Designing for Reliability and Maintainability
- Introduction
- Defining and Measuring Reliability and Other Terms
- Designing and Building for Maintenance and Reliability
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
The Role of Operations
- Introduction
- The Role of Operations
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- Workplace Organization: 5 S
- Performance Measures: Metrics
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
PM Optimization
- Introduction
- Understanding Failure
- PM Optimizing Tools
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Managing Performance
- Introduction
- Identifying Performance Measures
- Benchmarking and Benchmarks
- Data Collection and Data Quality
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Workforce Management
- Introduction
- Employee Life Cycle
- Understanding the Generation Gap
- People Development
- Workforce Management
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
M & R Analysis Tools
- Introduction
- Analysis Tools
- Computerized Maintenance Management System
- Summary
- References and Suggested Reading
Current Trends and Practices
- Arc Flash Hazards and Prevention
- Communication and Problem Solving Skills
- Energy Conservation and Green Initiative
- Lean Management and Maintenance
- Safety and Reliability
- Systems Engineering and Configuration Management
- References and Suggested Reading
Answer Key and Explanations
Supplemental Glossary
Index