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AMMJ - Maintenance Books
Asset Management and Maintenance Journal’s Book List
Prices are valid until 30th September 2011. All prices are Australian Dollars. Prices for Australia Include Postage and GST.
Prices for the rest of the World add the following shipping charges: One book add Aus$40; Each additional book add Aus$25.
1. Engineering Asset Management Review
(Eds) Amadi-Echendu, Brown, Willett, Mathew.
2011 394pp $260
Engineering Asset Management Review (EAMR) is
published under the auspices of the International
Society of Engineering Asset Management
(ISEAM). Engineering Asset Management focuses
on life-cycle management of the physical assets
required by a private or public firm, for the purpose
of making products, and/or for providing services
in a manner that satisfies various business performance rationales.
In exploring the wide ranging issues involved in the management of
engineered assets constituting our built environment, EAMR takes a
broad view of the inter- and multi-disciplinary approach which combines
science, engineering, and technology principles with human behavior
and business practice.
2. Reliability Maintainability and Risk 8th Edition
David Smith
2011 352pp $145
Practical Safety-Related Systems Engineering
Methods:
This book provides engineers with the safety and
risk assessment tools and techniques they need
to work effectively in any safety or reliability critical
environment. These tools are primarily statistical.
Where David Smith’s book succeeds is by meeting
the needs of an applied audience by setting these
tools in the context of the design and operation of safety related
processes and systems. Now in its Eighth Edition, this is regarded
as the core reference in this field, and the success of its approach is
reflected in the popularity of this standard work.
It deals with all aspects of reliability, safety-related systems, and the
assessment and management of risk in a simple and straightforward
way, pre-supposing no prior knowledge and dealing simply and
realistically with numerical data by using the minimum of mathematical
and technical jargon.
3. Complete Guide to Predictive and
Preventive Maintenance 2nd Edition
Joel Levitt
2011 250pp $95
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.
4. Design for Reliability
Daniel T. Daley
2011 238pp $85
None of the few Design for Reliability (DFR) books currently available
addresses the process from the owner’s (or buyer’s) perspective.
Instead, they approach DFR strictly from the seller’s (or manufacturer’s)
viewpoint. As a result, few assets are designed and developed with the
intent to meet the future owner’s specific needs for
reliability, availability, and maintainability over the
life of the asset. In this groundbreaking new book,
Dan Daley intends to correct the imbalance in how
DFR is often implemented by providing owners with
the tools they need to ensure that their requirements
(not the seller’s) are followed in developing new
assets. This book will be an invaluable guide to
everyone involved in the design, development, or
purchase of new assets. It will help owners take the
necessary steps to get what they really need, and it will help sellers
“deliver the goods” that their customers (the owners ) actually want.
• Explains how to properly integrate DFR activities with conventional
design activities.
• Provides a simple system to ensure DFR activities are completed
on time.
• Provides spreadsheets and forms needed to portray design results
in a clear and usable format.
• Includes the tables and forms needed to support the design
processes and procedures presented in each chapter.
• Includes appendices that provide an example specification that
owners can modify when procuring a new asset and example tables
useful in assessing how well the DFR process has met the owner’s
needs.
5. Physical Asset Management
Nicholas A J Hastings
2010 370pp $345
Physical asset management is the management
of fixed or non-current assets such as equipment
and plant. Physical Asset Management presents a
systematic approach to the management of these
assets from concept to disposal.
Historically, asset management has not been
seen as a specific professional activity, but now perceptions are
changing. Many organizations are introducing senior positions in
asset management, and universities are introducing courses in asset
management at graduate and advanced undergraduate level. The broad
reach of this book means that it will be applicable to professionals and
future professionals across a wide variety of industries, ranging from
manufacturing and distribution, to local government.
Physical Asset Management addresses the needs of existing and
potential asset managers, and provides an introduction to asset
management for professionals in related disciplines, such as finance.
The book provides both an introduction and a convenient reference
work, covering all the main areas of physical asset management.
6. Asset Data Integrity Is Serious Business
Robert DiStefano and Stephen Thomas
2010 224pp $90
If your asset data is not reliable, you need to
convince the organization of the enormous
potential that is locked away. To accomplish this,
you need to understand the breadth of the problem
and the value of solving it. A viable business case
for action is needed-so let’s get started!
Physical asset data integrity is a critical aspect of
every business, often the most valuable asset on
the balance sheet, yet it is often overlooked. The
data that we have about our assets collectively creates information,
provides for accurate analysis and facilitates sound business decisions.
Without accuracy of asset data there is a strong potential for poor
decisions and their negative consequences. This book will not only
provide an appreciation of this fact, it will also provide a road map to
achieving value out of something most CEOs, managers, and workers
often overlook.
• Relies on the authors’ decades of experience and hands-on expertise
that cannot be obtained elsewhere.
• Includes an assessment tool enabling the reader to easily recognize
areas of improvement once a problem is detected.
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