Edited by an expert in the maintenance field, and with in-depth contributions from professionals in asset maintenance management, as well as consultants, university instructors, and experts in specific maintenance techniques, Asset Maintenance Management contains a wealth of information never before gathered in one package! Providing companies with the methods, strategies, and practices that will help efficiently and effectively direct and shape their asset management operations, this comprehensive reference is sure to be found useful by supervisors, plant managers, and directors who own, manage, or service physical plants. 

• Reviews the eight major policy sectorsActivities Development, People Development, Planning, Contracting, Control, Computer System Solutions, Asset Management Tools, and Auditing.
• Demonstrates the necessity of and a methodology for developing asset maintenance management strategies to meet defined targets and commitments.
• Describes proven best practices based on actual experience.
• Provides options for how asset maintenance managers can implement their strategies and obtain the involvement and support of other key players in their organizations.
• Assists managers in determining how the implementation of new maintenance strategies will bring performance improvements to the company overall and the specific individuals affected.

Part I: Developing Asset Maintenance Management Strategies

• The Issues: Introduction to Part I
• Introduction to Maintenance
• Aims and Objectives
• The Development of Maintenance Practices
• Benchmarking and Maintenance Trend Analysis
• Asset Strategy
• Maintenance Management Strategy
• Maintenance Targets
• Setting Coordinated Maintenance Policies

Part II: Implementation

• Policy Sectors: Introduction to Part II
• Development of the Maintenance Activities-A Foreword
• Aim for Machine Quality
• Structure the Machine Failure Information
• Justify and Audit the Maintenance Tasks
• Condition Monitoring Technology
• Equate the Planned Work with People
• Development of the Maintenance Activities-Concluding Remarks
• People Development-A Foreward
• The Maintenance Workforce and its Future Development
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Multi-Skilling-A Way Forward
• What About Management?
• People Development-Concluding Remarks
• Planning-A Foreword
• Planning the Service
• People Structure and Organization
• Provisioning Spares and Materials. Budgeting
• Planning-Concluding Remarks
• Contracting-A Foreword
• Planning for Contractors
• The Employment of Contractors
• Development Profiles
• Contracting-Concluding Remarks
• Standard Control Systems-A Foreword
• Quality Assurance
• Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and Maintenance Strategy
• Documentation Control
• Maintenance Work Control
• Control of Active Material Resources in Maintenance
• Maintenance Projects-Shutdown Planning
• Standard Control Systems-Concluding Remarks
• Computer System Solutions-A Foreword
• Asset Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Condition Monitoring Systems
• Condition-Based Asset Management (Expert) Systems
• Computer Systems Solutions-Concluding Remarks
• Asset Management Decision Support-Life Cycle Costing
• Maintenance Audits

Appendix

Index