Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Handbook : Doc Palmer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 839-841) and index.

Prologue: a day in the life, May 10, 2020 -- The business case for the benefit of planning (why do planning?) -- Planning principles (what makes planning so frustrating and what makes it work?) -- Scheduling principles (why do we have to do scheduling and what makes it work?) -- Success only after dealing with reactive maintenance (what if something breaks?) -- Basic planning (let's plan a work order) -- Advance scheduling (let's create a schedule) -- Daily scheduling and supervision (what should the supervisor be doing?) -- Forms and resources overview (tools that planners use) -- The computer in maintenance (how a computer can help and hinder planning) -- How planning interacts with preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and project work -- Control (how do we control planning itself and what are associated KPIs for planning and overall maintenance?) -- Shutdown, turnaround, overhaul, and outage management -- Conclusion: start planning -- Epilogue: an alternative day in the life, May 10, 2020 -- Planning is just one tool; what are the other tools needed? -- The people side of planning -- What to buy and where -- Sample forms and work orders -- Overview of duties for planners and others -- DIY (do it yourself) wrench time study, quick and easy in-house -- Sample work sampling (wrench time) study: "ministudy" -- Sample work sampling (wrench time) study: full-blown study -- Special factors affecting productivity -- Work order system and codes -- Equipment schematics and tagging -- Computerized maintenance management systems and scheduling with excel spreadsheets -- Establishing and supporting a planning group (barriers and aids to success) -- Example formal job description for planners -- Example training tests -- Questions for managers to ask to improve maintenance planning -- Contracting out work -- Concise text of missions, principles, and guidelines.

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