Maintenance planning and scheduling handbook / Richard D. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Doc, author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Product life cycle.

Production management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Internet resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 electronic text) : illustrations.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012.

Contents:

Prologue: a day in the life, May 10, 2020

The business case for the benefit of planning (why do planning?)

Planning principles (what makes planning so frustrating and what makes it work?)

Scheduling principles (why do we have to do scheduling and what makes it work?)

Success only after dealing with reactive maintenance (what if something breaks?)

Basic planning (let's plan a work order)

Advance scheduling (let's create a schedule)

Daily scheduling and supervision (what should the supervisor be doing?)

Forms and resources overview (tools that planners use)

The computer in maintenance (how a computer can help and hinder planning)

How planning interacts with preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and project work

Control (how do we control planning itself and what are associated KPIs for planning and overall maintenance?)

Shutdown, turnaround, overhaul, and outage management

Conclusion: start planning

Epilogue: an alternative day in the life, May 10, 2020

Planning is just one tool; what are the other tools needed?

The people side of planning

What to buy and where

Sample forms and work orders

Overview of duties for planners and others

DIY (do it yourself) wrench time study, quick and easy in-house

Sample work sampling (wrench time) study: "ministudy"

Sample work sampling (wrench time) study: full-blown study

Special factors affecting productivity

Work order system and codes

Equipment schematics and tagging

Computerized maintenance management systems and scheduling with excel spreadsheets

Establishing and supporting a planning group (barriers and aids to success)

Example formal job description for planners

Example training tests

Questions for managers to ask to improve maintenance planning

Contracting out work

Concise text of missions, principles, and guidelines.

Notes:

Print version c2013.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on Dec. 6, 2012.

ISBN:

9780071784115

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.