The Little Black Book of Maintenance Excellence »

• Provides the reader with a concise yet informative description of all the various forms of maintenance.
• Highlights the important elements of each of the various forms of maintenance and how to go about organizing those elements in his plant or facility.
• Offers the reader with the tools needed to integrate initiatives leading to improved reliability with each kind of maintenance.
• Provides the reader with tools needed to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in each kind of maintenance.
• Gives both new and more experienced plant and shop personnel with a tool they can use to develop a consistent understanding of maintenance excellence so they can identify common goals and consistent objectives.
• Includes forms and formats that can be used for the following: Job Delay Survey, Accountability-Responsibility Matrix, Role Description, Project Control Document, and Work Scoping Form.

Introduction

1 Defining Maintenance Excellence 1

2 What Makes a Work Management Process Work? 17

3 Operating in Different Time Frames 49

4 The Routine Maintenance Process 59

5 The Turnaround Process 101

6 The Program Management Process 151

7 The Project Process 169

8 The Reliability Process 179

9 Reliability-Centered Maintenance 193

10 Predictive Maintenance 209

11 Preventive Maintenance 225

12 Precision Maintenance 233

13 Operators Role in Maintenance Excellence 239

14 Maintenance Measures 249

Appendix 263

References for Further Reading 265

Index 267