Informative and easy to use, the Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook has
reached "classic" status in professional maintenance circles. This
nuts-and-bolts guide goes beyond theory to clearly show how routine maintenance planning
techniques can decrease equipment failure and maximize equipment effectiveness.This new
Second Edition is enhanced with new sections on position planning with Lean and Six Sigma
concepts,Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), standard control scheduling, protecting the
schedule against false emergencies, and new "cause maps" illustrating problems
with priority systems and schedule compliance.
- Equipment and manufacturing processes
- Training and supervising mechanics, electricians, plumbers, and other
skilled trades
- Advice for facilities performance improvement
- Positioning Planning with Lean concepts. Lean concepts leverage
Just-In-Time strategies.
- Planning with Six Sigma techniques
Richard D. Palmer, PE, MBA, better known as Doc Palmer, with this
handbook bridges the significant gap between the well-publicized benefits of maintenance
planning and the achievement of the benefits in actual practice. Doc Palmer has more than
23 years of industrial experience with the past 17 directly in a maintenance role. He also
has a master's degree in business from the University of North Florida and a degree in
engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, he holds a professional
engineering license in the State of Florida. This maintenance background with a technical
and business education gives him a unique perspective on the maintenance environment and
challenges. As an actual practitioner within a company's maintenance organization, he
recognized and developed the necessary principles, and then led the grassroots'
establishment of a successful planning program. Doc Palmer is the author of numerous
well-received articles and presentations and is a recognized authority on the
establishment of successful maintenance planning. He is also a Certified Maintenance and
Reliability Professional.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue: A Day in the Life - May 10, 2000.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Planning Is Just One Tool; What Other Tools Are Needed?
Chapter 2: Planning Principles
Chapter 3: Scheduling Principles
Chapter 4: What Makes the Difference and Pulls It All Together
Chapter 5: Basic Planning
Chapter 6: Basic Scheduling
Chapter 7: Forms and Resources Overview
Chapter 8: The Computer in Maintenance
Chapter 9: Consideration of Preventive Maintenance, and Project
Work
Chapter 10: Control
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Start Planning
Epilogue: An Alternative Day in the Life - May 10, 2000.
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Hardback, 544 pages