Maintenance for Profitability

Book excerpt: The book covers from the maintenance angle, Vision to Goals, planning and organizing, budgeting and controls, some of the basics of various mechanical equipment with supporting systems, common mistakes happening in the plants, troubleshooting, SOPs, guidelines, the role of maintenance in project planning and execution, knowledge, skill and competency requirement and gap analysis for training. The KPI drill down from tasks and targets, monitoring of KRAs and KPIs through Daily management and policy management etc. with maintenance focus is addressed. Continuous Improvement methodologies using 5S, Kaizens, TPM, and TQM with live examples from companies are presented. Digital transformation for asset management is addressed in brief. Can be a good read for Industrial employees as well as a reference for Students.