This best-selling and thoroughly revised reference shares the best practices, victories, essential steps for success, and yes, the mistakes, which Joel Levitt has gleaned from working with countless organizations over a 30-year period.
It is the first book to address all four elements essential for success in preventive maintenance systems - engineering, economic, psychological (people), and management - thereby enabling all who use it to have a balanced understanding of what is happening their organizations. Blending concrete actionable steps and structures with the underlying theory, the author has included check sheets, sample task lists, protocols for analysis, as well as stories and case histories. This complete guide will be a practical and invaluable on-the-job resource for maintenance managers, engineers, planners, supervisors, PM group leaders and PM mechanics.
Some of what’s new: Added chapters on PM for shutdowns; How to understand and avoid iatrogenic failure (failures caused by servicing); A greatly expanded discussion of the concept of the P/F curve and how to make it a more useful tool; How to explain and sell Proactive Maintenance to management.
Joel Levitt is a leading maintenance educator and has trained more than 7000 maintenance leaders from 3000 organizations in 20 countries. Since 1980 he has been president of Springfield Resources, a management/consulting firm that has developed solutions for clients with a wide range of maintenance issues. Joel is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences, has written several popular books, and has published over a dozen articles on the subject.
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