Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Streamline Your Organization for a Lean Environment

Use 'Lean' principles to optimize planning and scheduling using very practical approaches!

Timothy C. Kister (Author), Bruce Hawkins (Author)

9780750678322, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 May 2006

352 pages, Illustrated
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.61 kg

This is a hands-on reference guide for the maintenance or reliability engineer and plant manager. As the third volume in the “Life Cycle Engineering? series, this book takes the guiding principles of Lean Manufacturing and Maintenance and applies these concepts to everyday planning and scheduling tasks allowing engineers to keep their equipment running smoothly, while decreasing downtime. The authors offer invaluable advice on the effective use of work orders and schedules and how they fit into the overall maintenance plan. There are not many books out there on planning and scheduling, that go beyond the theory and show the engineer, in a hands-on way, how to use planning and scheduling techniques to improve performance, cut costs, and extend the life of their plant machinery.

TABLE OF CONTENTSSection1 Historical View of Maintenance 2 The Plant/Facility Lean Environment 3 Governing Principles and Concepts of Lean Maintenance Responsibilities4 Origins of the Maintenance Planner 5 Organization Alternatives6 Performing the Planning Function7 Performing the Maintenance Scheduling Function8 Special Case: Maintenance Planning and Scheduling for Maintenance 9 Tips, Tricks and Avoiding Pitfalls0 Metrics: Measuring Planning and Scheduling Performance

Subject Areas: Heavy chemicals [TDCC], Economic forecasting [KCJ]