This manual of best practices in industrial maintenance presents an overview of scientific approaches to maintenance management planning and the implementation of the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) system. The work is divided into nine sections beginning with an introduction to maintenance activities and planning and continuing with discussions of maintenance timeline analysis, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, testing and evaluation, implementing TPM, TPM process and tools, facilities maintenance planning and controls and computerized management systems. Chapters outline specific strategies and instructions and include illustrations and photographs as well as example documents. Stephens is a professor of industrial technology at Purdue University. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)