Maintenance planning and scheduling handbook /

Palmer, Doc.

Maintenance planning and scheduling handbook / Doc Palmer. - 3rd ed. - New York : The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., c.2013. - xxxix, 861 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Index : p. 845-861. Glossary : p. 835-838.

Bibliography : p. 839-841.

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.

Fully updated and revised throughout, this is a new edition of the bestselling blockbuster that set the industry standard for maintenance planning.


9780071784115 (hbk. : alk. paper) 007178411X (hbk. : alk. paper)

2012027968


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