In this book the authors describe 42 on-the-job events or situations - case studies, if you will - taken from their own work experience and from which they gained invaluable insights into a wealth of best practices in maintenance and reliability. In many instances they did not know the underlying academic theories that would have applied, and found solutions often more by intuition and teamwork. The case studies are real stories, told by real people, who were physically and emotionally involved. The events are captured warts and all, and the authors have resisted the temptation to offer a set of recipes for all occasions. Rather, the approach is all about ''how we did it'' rather than ''how you must do it''. Stories are a great way to communicate, and that is the medium the authors have adopted, packing their book with common sense practical ideas on how to improve maintenance and reliability performance. Operations and maintenance technicians, supervisors, managers, planners, schedulers, and support engineering teams, as well as designers and project managers will find these stories dynamic illustrations of real-life situations that they will recognize in their own work. Students, meanwhile, will find the true stories in this book a refreshing change from their usual steady diet of books emphasizing theory.  FEATURES  Provides a logical organization with chapters grouped into six broad headings, enabling readers to choose the order in which they wish to absorb the lessons, which are based on the Shewhart-Deming Continuous Improvement cycle. In addition to the Plan-Schedule-Execute-Analyze elements, the authors have added Leadership and People to complete the suite. Each chapter has broadly similar sections, beginning with a Background to the events, going on to describe the key elements of the approach, and ending with Lessons and Principles. Underlying theories, philosophies or even detailed descriptions of methods are stripped out of the main chapters and described in Appendices, so that only those readers who wish to delve into details may do so. Contains a Book Summary which draws all the principles and lessons together, and gives references to the relevant chapters. Copiously illustrated, with charts, diagrams and tables which relate closely to the text.

Case Studies in Maintenance & Reliability: A Wealth of Best Practices

Business & Money

Narayan, V.

Wardhaugh, J. W.

Das, M. C.

Management & Leadership

Industrial Pr

... this book has the depth and content to really help maintenance organizations change and improve reliability. This is a book with true content, without having to own numerous other books to provide information one might need. Great book...Ricky Smith, Executive Director, Maintenance Solutions. Providing a clear explanation of the value and benefits of maintenance, this unique guide is written in a language and style that practicing engineers and managers can understand and apply easily. Effective Maintenance Management examines the role of maintenance in minimizing the risk of safety or environmental incidents, adverse publicity, and loss of profitability. In addition to discussing risk reduction tools, it explains their applicability to specific situations, thereby enabling you to select the tool that best fits your requirements. Intended to bridge the gap between designers/maintainers and reliability engineers, this guide is sure to help businesses utilize their assets more effectively, safely, and profitably.
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<li>Addresses the philosophical question of why we need to do maintenance and what is the value added by doing it.</li>
<li>Shows readers how to determine what tasks are required and when they need to be done to achieve optimum performance.</li>
<li>Provides a risk reduction model which links maintenance to these risks.</li>
<li>Enables readers to make the link between maintenance on one hand and safety, profitability, and asset life on the other.</li>
<li>Examines risks faced during the life cycle of a process plant.</li>
<li>Discusses how to manage risks faced during a high cost, high downtime maintenance activity, namely plant shutdowns.</li>
<li>Provides an in-depth look at qualitative and quantitative risks.</li>
<li>Includes a table of fixed format codes that can be used directly or adapted for use in most maintenance management systems.</li>
<li>Keeps mathematics to a minimum.</li>
<li>Includes chapter previews and summaries, a list of acronyms, and a glossary of terms.</li>
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Effective Maintenance Management

Industrial Press, Inc.

<div>This is the CD Only version of this book. ... this book has the depth and content to really help maintenance organizations change and improve reliability. This is a book with true content, without having to own numerous other books to provide information one might need. Great book...Ricky Smith, Executive Director, Maintenance Solutions. Providing a clear explanation of the value and benefits of maintenance, this unique guide is written in a language and style that practicing engineers and managers can understand and apply easily. Effective Maintenance Management examines the role of maintenance in minimizing the risk of safety or environmental incidents, adverse publicity, and loss of profitability. In addition to discussing risk reduction tools, it explains their applicability to specific situations, thereby enabling you to select the tool that best fits your requirements. Intended to bridge the gap between designers/maintainers and reliability engineers, this guide is sure to help businesses utilize their assets more effectively, safely, and profitably. <ul> <li>Addresses the philosophical question of why we need to do maintenance and what is the value added by doing it. </li> <li>Shows readers how to determine what tasks are required and when they need to be done to achieve optimum performance. </li> <li>Provides a risk reduction model which links maintenance to these risks. </li> <li>Enables readers to make the link between maintenance on one hand and safety, profitability, and asset life on the other. </li> <li>Examines risks faced during the life cycle of a process plant. </li> <li>Discusses how to manage risks faced during a high cost, high downtime maintenance activity, namely plant shutdowns. </li> <li>Provides an in-depth look at qualitative and quantitative risks. </li> <li>Includes a table of fixed format codes that can be used directly or adapted for use in most maintenance management systems. </li> <li>Keeps mathematics to a minimum. </li> <li>Includes chapter previews and summaries, a list of acronyms, and a glossary of terms.</li> </ul> </div>

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Case Studies in Maintenance & Reliability: A Wealth of Best Practices

Effective Maintenance Management

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