University of Management and Technology-UMT

Dr Raouf authors, Springer publishes

Publisher: Springer
EAN: 9781848824713
Publish Date: 2009-07-31

The Handbook of Maintenance Management and Engineering is a valuable addition to one of the toughest challenges facing production enterprises today, i.e. high maintenance performance. The handbook provides an interdisciplinary perspective for effective maintenance strategy by internationally acclaimed prolific authors and experts with both academic and industrial backgrounds from Saudi Arabia, UK, Canada and Pakistan. Divided into 7 parts and 26 chapters covering a wide range of topics in maintenance management and engineering, the editors have taken note of the fact that the multi disciplinary nature of the maintenance activity now means that in certain situations maintenance may be the responsibility of non-engineers. The greatest strength of this handbook is that it provides different levels of understanding to the manager whether he is an engineer, a production manager, an experienced maintenance practitioner or a beginner. Using applications and examples which reflect the growing importance of maintenance,this book provides inter-disciplinary perspective on topical issues which affect any organization engaged in manufacturing process, or service industry, no matter how large or small.

Dr Abdul Raouf, SI
University Professor / Advisor Distinguished National Professor of HEC
PhD Industrial Engineering
University of Windsor, Canada

Each part of this most comprehensive resource deals with specific issues pertaining to maintenance management and engineering on the basis of extensive references, recent research and theoretical foundations. The first part deals with maintenance organization and performance measurement. Part two provides an introduction to the tools used in reliability and maintenance studies and projects. The third part deals with maintenance control systems. The fourth part focuses on maintenance planning and scheduling. The fifth part deals with maintenance strategies in detail and contains the most chapters. The sixth part explains maintainability and system effectiveness. The last part presents important issues related to safety environment and human error in maintenance. In the final analysis, the Handbook of Maintenance Management and Engineering offers an incisive and inclusive analysis of the subject matter and features fundamental as well as applied works. The handbook is a universal recourse and an immense resource for practitioners, researchers, managers and graduate students interested in improvement and evaluation of maintenance management and engineering, production and quality.

It is worth mentioning that one of the co-editors of the Handbook of Maintenance Management and Engineering recently published by Springer-Verlag of London, Limited (2009), Prof Dr A Raouf, is Distinguished National Professor and the Chairman of the Quality Assurance Committee of HEC, is currently associated with UMT as University Professor and Advisor. Besides Dr A Raouf, Mohamed Ben-Daya, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; Salih O Duffuaa, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia; Jezdimir Knezevic, Mirce Akademy, United Kingdom; and Daoud Ait-Kadi, Université Laval, are the co-editors of this worth reading handbook.