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Book SynopsisMaintenance Audits Handbook: A Performance Measurement Framework explores the maintenance function and performance of an organization, and outlines the key aspects required for an effective and efficient maintenance performance measurement (MPM) system. Incorporating different aspects of traditional literature and considering various frameworks on the subject, it examines the auditing process as well as the use and development of maintenance metrics. It identifies different frameworks and models showcasing how MPM systems should be implemented as well as the values that are created when different frameworks are used.
The book presents performance indicators within a framework that classifies and sorts according to functional and hierarchical aspects. It introduces techniques that can help determine the right set of performance indicators. It also outlines a process that combines both numerical indicators with the classical result of massi
Trade Review
"This is a very useful handbook for students and maintenance professionals alike that will enable them to align the maintenance with business requirements and create a hierarchy of measures which will allow opportunities for value creation to be identified. The rigorous performance management framework described in the book will then enable readers to strengthen areas of weakness in the maintenance strategy and its execution so that cost-effectiveness can be improved."
—Paul Wheelhouse, Director, Red Wheel Solutions Ltd., UK
"…easy-to-understand … a sound perspective … provides very useful insights for maintenance practitioners in the broader community…"
—Jay Lee, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Table of ContentsThe Need for Maintenance Metrics. Introducing a Metrics in Maintenance, and Associated Problems. The Human Factor in the Measurement of Maintenance Performance. Maintenance Costs Model: Base of Financial Indicators. Rams Parameters: Indicators of the Effectiveness of Maintenance. Maintenance Indicators and Scorecard. Maintenance Audit. Audit Model Application and Scorecard in Companies: Results and Conclusions. References. Appendices.
