Strategic Asset Management (Paperback)

Professor Clive Deadman

ISBN 10: 1848763662 / ISBN 13: 9781848763661

Published by Troubador Publishing, Market Harborough, 2010

About this Item

Paperback. Utility providers are under pressure from all sides to reduce costs, while improving availability, reliability, safety and sustainability: and as economies battle to recover from the 2008-2010 recession, utility company spending and results will be under closer scrutiny than ever to deliver more performance for less. This book explores the new techniques which are being used by leading utilitiesWhile relevant to everyone regulating, supplying or working in the utility sector, this book is important for us all. As the assets employed by utilities account for 5% of global GDP the cost of replacing our aging utility infrastrucutrue is unaffordable. However, utility services are essential to civilisation. Without clean water, safe sewerage and reliable power, economies collapse and societies are prey to darkness and disease.This book answers the key question of how utilities can select the right goals, organisational design, culture and engineering tools, whch allow them to manage their complex asset bases and deliver truly excellent performance.With 37 case studies and 50 diagrams, it illustrates the snakes and ladders that leading utilities have experienced on the path to excellence. This is a practical guide to how leading utility companies are ensuring they understand the risks their business is taking, and that they know who in their organisation needs more support. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strategic Asset Management (Paperback)
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing, Market Harborough
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848763662
• ISBN 13: 9781848763661
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Utility providers are under pressure from all sides to reduce costs, while improving availability, reliability, safety and sustainability: and as economies battle to recover from the 2008-2010 recession, utility company spending and results will be under closer scrutiny than ever to deliver more performance for less. This book explores the new techniques which are being used by leading utilities While relevant to everyone regulating, supplying or working in the utility sector, this book is important for us all. As the assets employed by utilities account for 5% of global GDP the cost of replacing our aging utility infrastrucutrue is unaffordable. However, utility services are essential to civilisation. Without clean water, safe sewerage and reliable power, economies collapse and societies are prey to darkness and disease.This book answers the key question of how utilities can select the right goals, organisational design, culture and engineering tools, whch allow them to manage their complex asset bases and deliver truly excellent performance.With 37 case studies and 50 diagrams, it illustrates the snakes and ladders that leading utilities have experienced on the path to excellence.

About the Author

Clive Deadman qualified as a chemist and worked in the African mining industry, before moving into the venture capital arena. Over the last 15 years, he has introduced several groundbreaking asset management initiatives to United Utilities businesses, in the UK and internationally. Clive is a council member of the Institute of Asset Management and chairman of the Energy Innovation Centre's Investment Forum.