Based on real-world experience, this invaluable guide and reference tells the whole story of maintenance planning from beginning to end in a concise and easy-to-follow manner. Written by well-known professionals, this new edition focuses specifically on the preparatory tasks that lead to effective utilization and application of maintenance resources in the interest of the reliability essential to business objectives. It comprehensively examines the job preparation process from job scoping and planning, to determination of material requirements, estimation of labor requirements and job duration, coordination of all involved parties, and job scheduling. Included, are essential metrics for measuring performance of all contributing functions. It is a vital training document for planners, an educational document for those to whom planners are responsible, and a valuable guide for those who interface with the planning and scheduling function and are dependent upon the many contributions of planning and scheduling operational excellence.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
Introduction
• Table of Contents
1. Selling Planning, Coordination, and Scheduling to Management and Operations
2. Prerequisites to Success Preparation
3. The Nature of Maintenance Activities and Related Organizational Structure
4. Where Planning Fits into Good Maintenance Practices
5. Roles and Responsibilities
6. Managing the Planning and Scheduling Function
7. Backlog Management
8. Development of Work Programs and the Maintenance Calendar
9. Sizing the Maintenance Staff
10. The Proactive Process of Work Preparation
11. Detailed Planning of Individual Jobs
12. Materials Support
13. Work Measurement
14. Analytical Estimating
15. Coordination with Operations
16. Scheduling Maintenance Work
17. Job Execution and Supervision
18. Job Feedback, Close Out, Analysis, and Schedule Compliance
19. Computerized Maintenance Management Information System (CMMIS) in Support of Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination
20. Planning Major Maintenance Projects
21. Network Analysis - Development and Depiction
Appendices
• Glossary
Index