Providing a clear explanation of the value and benefits of maintenance, this unique guide is written in a language and style that practicing engineers and managers can understand and apply easily. Effective Maintenance Management examines the role of maintenance in minimizing the risk of safety or environmental incidents, adverse publicity, and loss of profitability. In addition to discussing risk reduction tools, it explains their applicability to specific situations, thereby enabling you to select the tool that best fits your requirements. Intended to bridge the gap between designers/maintainers and reliability engineers, this guide is sure to help businesses utilize their assets more effectively, safely, and profitably.
Preface
Chapter 1: The Production and Distribution Process
Chapter 2: Process Functions
Chapter 3: Reliability Engineering for the Maintenance Practitioner
Chapter 4: Failure, its Nature and Characteristics
Chapter 5: Life Cycle Aspects of Risks in Process Plants
Chapter 6: Process Plant Shutdowns
Chapter 7: Facets of Risk
Chapter 8: The Escalation of Events
Chapter 9: Maintenance
Chapter 10: Risk Reduction
Chapter 11: Information for Decision Making
Chapter 12: Improving System Effectiveness
Index
