Developing Performance Indicators for Managing Maintenance Second Edition - Hardcover

Wireman, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0831131845 ISBN 13: 9780831131845

Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc., 2005

Synopsis

Developing Performance Indicators for Managing Maintenance is designed to provide the key details on how to measure and improve one of the most important functions in an organization today: Equipment or Asset Maintenance Management. As one of only a handful of comprehensive collections of performance indicators for managing maintenance in print today, this book is distinguished by its use of techniques based on a variety of management measurement systems, such as the Balanced Scorecard approach.

While the previous edition primarily concentrated on the basic indicators for managing maintenance and how to link them to a company’s financials, this new edition goes further by also addressing recent advancements in the management of maintenance. This book is an invaluable tool for any company that wants to effectively measure and manage the entire spectrum of maintenance activities to help achieve competitive advantage. Such companies view maintenance as a way to reduce costs of producing their product or providing their services and are intent on using this cost advantage to lower prices, improve profit margins, and improve shareholder value.

Features
 

• Shows how to maximize your investment in the maintenance function and ultimately your company's assets by helping you focus on specific indicators.
• Connects typical functional maintenance indicators to a company's strategic indicators.
• Explains how to improve low-performing indicators. 
• Includes a detailed table of contents that helps you quickly find specific indicators and a separate a glossary of maintenance terms

About this title

About the Author

Terry Wireman is a widely-known and respected Consultative Educator, specializing in the improvement of maintenance and asset management for clients.  Using techniques and tools such as CMMS and Total Productive Maintenance, his focus is on helping clients develop “World Class” maintenance and asset management policies and practices. As an international expert, he has assisted literally hundreds of clients in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim improve their maintenance and asset management effectiveness. He has authored over 20 textbooks and was a member of the U.S. TAG, providing input into the ISO-55000 document. Terry is currently the Senior Vice President – Strategy of Vesta Partners, LLC, where his responsibilities include developing return on investment case studies and site cost-benefit analyses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0831131845
• ISBN 13: 9780831131845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288