Maintenance planning can be defined as an end-to-end process that identifies and addresses any possible issues ahead of time. This involves identifying the parts and tools necessary for jobs and making sure they're available and laid out in the appropriate areas, having a planner write out instructions on how to complete a job, and even determining and gathering the necessary parts and/or tools before a job is assigned. Maintenance planning should define the "what," "why" and "how." This means specifying what work needs to be done with what materials, tools and equipment; why a particular action was chosen and how the work should be completed. This book is valuable to readers just for beginning to implement a maintenance planning and scheduling process in the workplace as well as those who are looking for fine-tune their existing process, it delivers the experience, advice, and know-how necessary to establish a world-class maintenance operation. It also deals with planning principles, handling reactive maintenance and outage management. The book studies, analyses and uphold the pillars of this field and its utmost significance in modern times. It picks up individual branches and explains their need and contribution in the context of the growth of this subject and technology. For all those who are interested in maintenance planning and scheduling, this book can prove to be an essential guide.

Preface

1. Maintenance Planning and Scheduling : Introduction

2. Planning Principles 

3. Scheduling Principles

4. Handling Reactive Maintenance

5. Planning a Work Order 

6. Creating a Weekly Schedule 

7. Daily Scheduling and Supervision 

8. Maintenance Management Software 

9. CMMS in Maintenance Planning

10. Shutdowns, Turnarounds, Overhaul and Outage Management

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Index

Aurelia Rountree obtained her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Science Research University, Adelaide. She has served as a Guest Lecturer at various universities across Asia and Europe. She has contributed several articles and research papers on all aspects of supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, operations and technology. Her research interests are in modelling and simulation, strategic management, agile manufacturing, advanced planning, scheduling, and computer aided process planning. Rountree consistently shares her knowledge with the researcher fraternity by organizing lectures and conferences around the globe.