Allocating and analyzing downtime
Approving maintenance expenditures
Asset identification and numbering
Backlogs – their vital importance to Maintenance
Controlling materials returned to Stores
Database management principles
Detailed planning – “thinking through the job”
Don’t blindly trust business processes
Equipment criticality ratings – are they of value?
FindIt parts and equipment number search tool
Fix the dreaded weekly scheduling meeting
Getting the most from your preventive maintenance programme
How effective is preventive maintenance in reducing downtime?
How is it possible to plan all maintenance work?
How many tradespeople do you really need?
How much does a tradesperson really cost?
How to reduce Stores inventory without affecting reliability
Institutional vs industrial maintenance
Introduction and maintenance basics
Maintenance budgets and cost reporting
Maintenance business processes and position descriptions
Maintenance database design from first principles
Make your maintenance software user-friendly
Managing major plant shutdowns
Measuring maintenance – the hazards in key performance indicators
Planning and scheduling – what are they?
Preventive maintenance inspection route tips
Preventive maintenance – two kinds
Project responsibilities for Engineering and Maintenance
Reducing the risk of unspared critical components
Root cause analysis of complex systems
Schedule compliance – is it a good key performance indicator?
Scheduling – spread sheets or critical-path software?
Scheduling maintenance work – a practical tool
Selecting and using a maintenance computer system (5 parts)
Should you contract your maintenance work?
So you’re a new maintenance manager?
Spare parts lists – making them really work for you
Strengthen the Operations/Maintenance partnership
Successfully implementing change
The “Zero-stock” catalogue and its power
The case for standing work orders
The danger of ignoring hidden costs
The high cost of restrictive work practices
The maintenance cost-reduction conundrum
The Operations/Maintenance relationship
The purpose of maintenance management
Tips for maintenance computer systems
Two things that affect Maintenance
Union-management relations and safety
What is “Maintenance” and how much does it cost?
What is the role of a Maintenance storeroom?
What parts should be in your maintenance stores?
Who makes a good maintenance manager?
Why bother to measure maintenance costs?
Why charge to work orders? There are options