Handbook of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

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Management consultants Nyman and Levitt provide information on how to construct and run an efficient maintenance program within business organizations. Covering maintenance management, they focus on the role of the maintenance scheduler, but other functions related to job preparation, execution, and control are also covered.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


The Plant Maintenance Resource Center, May 2002. All Rights Reserved
...simply, it is very easy to understand, and the concepts are well communicated.


Book Description
Well-planned, properly scheduled, and effectively communicated jobs accomplish more work, more efficiently, and at a lower cost. Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination focuses on and deals specifically with the preparatory tasks that lead to effective utilization and application of maintenance resources. It is a vital training document for planners, an educational document for those to whom planners are responsible, and a valuable guide for those who interface with the planning and scheduling function and are dependent upon the many contributions of planning and scheduling operational excellence. Sure to aid organizations that pursue "Maintenance Excellence," this useful guide covers the basics commonly contained within world-class programs for effective execution of maintenance work: planning, parts acquisition, work measurement, coordination and scheduling. It addresses maintenance management, performance and control. And it clarifies the scope, responsibilities and contributions of the Planner/Scheduler function and the support of other functions to Job Preparation, Execution, and Completion.


Book Info
Addresses maintenance management, performance, and control. Covers the basics commonly contained within world-class programs for effective execution of maintenance work.


About the Author
Widely recognized as one of the leading consultants specializing in the field, Don Nyman has spent more than 30 years working hands on with maintenance and facility services. He has directly supported more than 300 organizations in 16 countries and continues to influence hundreds of additional organizations each year through his popular seminars. Additionally, Don has contributed to the leading edge of maintenance management technology and is an authority on maintenance organizational structure, control systems, planning, and scheduling, and functional improvement. He is the President of The Nyman Consulting Group. Joel Levitt is a leading trainer of maintenance professionals and has trained more than 7000 maintenance leaders from 3000 organizations in 20 countries. He has more than 30 years experience in many facets of maintenance, and since 1980 has been President of Springfield Resources, a management/consulting servicing clients on a wide range of maintenance issues. Joel is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences, has written several textbooks and has published over a dozen articles on the topic.


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There are essentially two major titles available on the market at presentwhich deal with Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - this one, and Doc Palmer's Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook. Of the two, this book is more concise, clearer in its description of the principles of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, and, therefore, more highly recommended. Don Nyman and Joel Levitt are both highly experienced maintenance trainers, and their communication credentials show in this book - simply, it is very easy to understand, and the concepts are well communicated. This should be essential reading for all newly appointed Maintenance Planners, as well as anybody wishing to establish, or refine their Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination processes within their organisation.


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