Comprehensive Maintenance Management : Policies, Strategies And Options

Contents Foreword Preface 1 Introduction 2 Effective Maintenance Management: An Overview 3 Policies, Strategies and Options: Maintenance Management Perspectives 4 Comprehensive Maintenance Management: The Chart 5 Contracted Out Maintenance 6 Unplanned Maintenance 7 Planned Maintenance 8 Common Planned Maintenance 9 Special Planned Maintenance: Stage I 10 Special Planned Maintenance: Stage II 11 Special Planned Maintenance: Stage III 12 Quality of Maintenance: Improvements and Reengineering 13 Life Cycle and Maintenance 14 Selection of Maintenance Management System Index 
 
Maintenance has become one of the most important aspects of industrial activities. It directly affects quality, productivity, profit, safety and environment. This compact yet comprehensive book deals with almost all the maintenance systems available in literature. These systems are divided into groups and subgroups, and the text gives, for better understanding, a comparison of these on the basis of their advantages and disadvantages. Besides, the text discusses the methods of selecting a maintenance system for industrial plants as well as for individual equipment. It focuses on the policies, strategies and options that can be adopted for selecting a proper maintenance system.