Managing Factory Maintenance, 2nd Edition

Tap into Joel Levitt's vast array of experience and learn how to improve almost any aspect of your maintenance organization (including your own abilities)! This new edition of a classic first educates readers about the globalization of production and the changing of the guard of maintenance leadership, and then gives them real usable ideas to aid in these areas. Completely reorganized so that material is presented within the context of major sections, the second edition tells the story of maintenance management in factory settings. It provides coverage of potential problems and new opportunities, what bosses really want, specifics for improvement of maintenance and production, World Class Maintenance Management revisited and revised, quality improvement, complete coverage of current maintenance practices, processes, process aids, interfaces and strategies, as well as personal and personnel development strategies.

How the Second Edition is Organized
Introduction to the Second Edition
List of Figures
Short Glossary to Help Understand the Use of Language in This Edition

What is The Context for Managing Maintenance?
Chapter 1 : What do Bosses Really Want from the Maintenance Activity?
Chapter 2 : How to Improve Maintenance
Chapter 3 : World Class Maintenance Management

Evaluating Current Maintenance Practices
Chapter 4 : Evaluate Your Maintenance Department

Maintenance Processes
Chapter 5 : Maintenance Quality Improvement
Chapter 6 : Maintenance Information Flow
Chapter 7 : Managing Maintenance through Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 8 : Maintenance Work Order

Maintenance Process Aids
Chapter 9 : Computerization of Maintenance CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)
Chapter 10 : Maintenance Technical Library

Maintenance Strategies : Approaches to Deterioration
Chapter 11 : RCM and PMO (Reliability Centered Maintenance, PM Optimization)
Chapter 12 : PM (Preventive Maintenance)
Chapter 13 : Understanding PM
Chapter 14 : TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
Chapter 15 : Introducing and Managing Predictive Maintenance Technology

Maintenance Interfaces : Where does Maintenance Fit In?
Chapter 16 : Understanding the Interfaces with Other Departments
Chapter 17 : Zero Based Maintenance Budgeting
Chapter 18 : Shutdowns, Outages, and Project Management

Personal and Personnel Development
Chapter 19 : Craft Training
Chapter 20 : Supervisor Evaluation Clinic
Chapter 21 : Delegation and Communication
Chapter 22 : Time Management in the Maintenance Pressure Cooker

Notes
Index