Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers.

Front Cover -- Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction-The Recommended First Step to Rules of Thumb in Reliability Engineering -- Part I: The Basics of Maintenance and Reliability -- Chapter 1: Understanding Maintenance and Reliability -- 1.1. The Maintenance Function -- 1.2. Strategy to Achieve World-Class Production through Reliability -- 1.2.1. Maintenance Approaches -- 1.2.2. Maintenance Management Philosophy -- 1.2.3. The Function and Control System -- 1.2.4. What Is Maintenance? -- 1.2.5. Specification -- 1.2.6. The Maintenance Function -- 1.3. What Is Reliability? -- 1.3.1. Companies That Get It -- 1.3.2. Why Move Toward Proactive Work? -- 1.3.3. A New Way to View Failure -- 1.4. Maintenance/Reliability Assessment -- 1.5. Introduction to Change Management -- 1.6. Developing a Business Case for a Reliability Initiative -- 1.7. Calculating Return on Investment -- 1.7.1. Leadership of the ROI Team -- 1.7.2. Case Study -- 1.8. Planning and Scheduling -- Chapter 2: The Functional Maintenance Organization and Its People -- 2.1. Functional Maintenance Organizational Structure -- 2.2. Maintenance Supervisor -- 2.2.1. Responsibilities -- 2.2.2. Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects -- 2.3. Maintenance Planner/Scheduler -- 2.3.1. Responsibilities -- 2.4. Maintenance and Engineering Manager -- 2.4.1. Responsibilities -- 2.4.2. Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects -- 2.5. Area Manager of Warehouse and Inventory Control -- 2.5.1. Responsibilities -- 2.6. Reliability Engineer -- 2.6.1. Responsibilities -- 2.6.2. Job Skills -- 2.6.3. Reliability Engineering Dashboard-Key Performance Indicators -- Chapter 3: Preventive Maintenance Program -- 3.1. Reliability-Based Preventive Maintenance -- 3.1.1. Information Collection -- 3.1.2. System Analysis.