<i>Strategic Maintenance Planning </i> imparts an understanding of the concepts, principles and techniques of preventive maintenance and shows how the complexity of maintenance strategic planning can be resolved by a systematic 'Top-Down Bottom-Up' approach. It explains how to establish objectives; formulate an appropriate life plan and a preventive maintenance schedule;, along with how to design a maintenance organization and a budget to ensure that the maintenance work can be resourced. It is the first of three stand-alone companion books with the aim of providing better understanding of maintenance operations, in order to identify problems and prescribe effective solutions.<br> <br>All three books are used in their turn to underpin firstly the formulation of strategy (Strategic Maintenance Planning 0756069926), secondly of the design of the appropriate organization (Maintenance Resources 0750669934), and finally the creation of the necessary systems (Maintenance Systems and Documentation 0750669942) for the ultimate Plant Maintenance Set (0750669950).<br> <br>•The first of three stand-alone companion books, focusing on the formulation of strategy and the planning aspects of maintenance management <br>•Learn how to establish objectives - for physical assets and maintenance resources; Formulate a life plan for each unit and a preventive maintenance schedule for the plant as a whole; Design a maintenance organization and budget to ensure that the maintenance work can be resourced<br>•With numerous review questions, exercises and case studies - selected to ensure coverage across a wide range of industries including processing, mining, food, power generation and transmission