As production costs balloon in an increasingly competitive global market, industrial organizations are searching for ways to reduce maintenance costs and still compete at the highest level. This book outlines a system for effective maintenance management and demonstrates the application of statistical and optimization techniques for systemic analysis and design. The authors are well-known authorities in the maintenance management field.

Table of Contents

Maintenance Systems. Maintenance Operations and Control. Preventive Maintenance, Concepts, Modeling, and Analysis. Maintenance Work Measurement . Maintenance Forecasting and Capacity Planning. Maintenance Planning and Scheduling. Maintenance Material Control. Maintenance Quality Control. Productivity of Maintenance Systems. Computerized Maintenance Management Systems. Maintenance Training. Maintenance Audit and Continuous Improvement of Maintenance Systems. Advances in Maintenance Concepts. Appendices. Index.

Author Biography

SALIH O. DUFFUAA, PhD, is a professor of operations research in the Department of Systems Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A. RAOUF, PhD, is a professor and rector at the GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Topi, Pakistan. JOHN DIXON CAMPBELL is the partner--in--charge of PricewaterhouseCoopers's International Center of Excellence --Maintenance Management in Toronto, Canada.