This book shares the best practices, mistakes, victories, and essential steps for success which the author has gleaned from working with countless organizations. Unlike other books that only focus on the engineering issues (task lists) or management issues (CMMS), this in-depth resource is the first to give true emphasize to the four aspects of success in preventive maintenance systems--engineering, management, economic, and psychological -- thereby enabling readers to have a balanced view and understanding of what is happening in their organizations. Additionally, it blends concrete actionable steps and structures with the theory behind the steps.

• Includes check sheets, history of PM, stories, photographs, and case histories.
• Contains a glossary of terms.
• Provides sample task lists for a variety of equipment with some of the logic behind each task.
• Offers templates for developing your own tasking.
• Includes protocols for detailed economic analysis with examples.

Joel Levitt is known worldwide as a leading educator in maintenance management. He has trained more than 17,000 maintenance professionals from thousands of organizations in 25 countries. He has more than 30 years of experience in many facets of maintenance. Since 1980, he has been president of Springfield Resources, a management/consulting firm servicing clients on a wide range of maintenance issues. Levitt is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences, has published dozens of articles on the subject, as well as a number of successful books, including The Complete Guide to Preventive and Predictive Maintenance;The Handbook of Maintenance Management;Lean Maintenance; Managing Factory Maintenance: and Managing Maintenance Shutdowns and Outages.

Groundwork P/PM Economics Selling PPM to Management: Battle for Share of the Mind PM Basics PM Details for Effectiveness Nuts and Boltings Advanced Concepts-PM at the Next Level Personnel Issues Predictive Tasks Get it Going Right The Future of P/PM Glossary