Maintenance and Spare Parts Management

by P. GOPALAKRISHNAN, A. K. BANERJI

Overview

This well-received text, designed for students of MBA, BTech (Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Production Engineering) and MTech (Industrial Engineering and Management), has been revised and reorganised in its second edition. The book, divided into six sections, deals with the concepts of core maintenance and related auxiliary functions, core spares issues, related auxiliary spares functions, caselets and policy cases. This research-based study attempts to impart a comprehensive knowledge of maintenance and spare parts management, particularly in the Indian context. Illustrations, tables, caselets, cases and presentation of several topics in A-Z points add value to the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788120347397
Publisher:	PHI Learning
Publication date:	04/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

  GOPALAKRISHNAN, P.  P. Gopalakrishnan, PhD in Statistics from ISI Kolkata (1957).From 1957–1963, he was senior consultant of SQC & TQM in western region of ISI. From 1964–1994, he was senior faculty of spares, materials and maintenance in ASCI. During 1979–1981, he served as United Nations Advisor in Middle East for inventory and spares management. In 1969, Dr. Gopalakrishnan was trained by Harward Business School (US) as a Ford Foundation Scholar. He has authored 30 books and published 500 papers in reputed journals based on his teaching, research and training experience. He has conducted various workshops and training programmes on various aspects of management in India and abroad.      BANERJI, A. K.  Late A.K. Banerji was Senior Faculty with the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. He had over three decades of experience in the maintenance of various aircrafts, including helicopters. Also, he conducted a number of programmes for senior executives on maintenance and spare parts management. He was also a consultant to several organisations.

Table of Contents

<p align="left">Preface<br /> Preface to the First Edition<br /> Acknowledgements<br /> <strong>Section I</strong><strong>: Core Maintenance</strong><br /> 1.    Maintenance Management and Challenges<br /> 2.    Maintenance Objectives/Functions<br /> 3.    Maintenance Organisation<br /> 4.    Maintenance Systems<br /> 5.    Design of Maintenance Systems<br /> 6.    Condition Monitoring<br /> 7.    Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)<br /> 8.    Total Planned Maintenance (TPM)<br /> 9.    Maintenance Turnaround<br /> <strong>Section II: </strong><strong>Related Auxiliary Functions</strong><strong> </strong><br /> 10.<strong>  </strong>Inspection and Lubrication<br /> 11.  Calibration and Quality<br /> 12.  Maintenance Training and HR<br /> 13.  Safety and Maintenance<br /> 14.  Computers and Maintenance<br /> 15.  Industrial Engineering and Productivity<br /> 16.  Activity Sampling for Work Measurement<br /> 17.  Energy Saving by Maintenance<br /> 18.  Facilities Investment Decisions (FID) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)<br /> 19.  Evaluation of Maintenance Function

<p align="left"><strong>Section III: </strong><strong>Core Spares Issues</strong><strong> </strong><br /> 20.  Indian Spares Scenario<br /> 21.  Spares Practices Survey<br /> 22.  Cost Reduction in Spares<br /> 23.  Beyond Cost Criticality Method<br /> 24.  Inventory Control of Spares<br /> 25.  Maintenance Spares<br /> 26.  Simulation for Spares Control<br /> 27.  Insurance Spare<br /> 28.  Rotable Spares<br /> 29.  Overvauling and PERT<br /> <strong>Section IV</strong><strong>: Related Auxiliary Spares Function</strong><br /> 30.  Reliability and Quality<br /> 31.  Procurement of Spares<br /> 32.  Logistics and Warehousing<br /> 33.  Pricing and Marketing of Spares<br /> 34.  After Sales Service (ASS) <br /> 35.  Multiechelon Distribution<br /> 36.  Management of Obsolete Spares<br /> 37.  Reconditioning of Equipment and Spares<br /> 38.  Information System of Spares<br /> 39.  Organisation and Evaluation of Spares Function<br /> 40.  Discussion Points<br /> <strong>Section V</strong><strong>: Caselets/Short Cases</strong><br /> 41.  A Hazare Fertilisers Ltd. (AHFL)<br /> 42.  Vasanthi ASS Ltd.<br /> 43.  Bhushan Refineries Ltd.<br /> 44.  Middle East Air Transport<br /> 45.  Arun Gas Oil Ltd.<br /> 46.  Mahatma Gandhi Road Transport Corporation<br /> <strong>Section VI</strong><strong>: Integrated Management Policy Cases</strong><br /> 47.  Ganapathy Ram Port Trust<br /> 48.  Ganapathy Ram Steels Ltd.<br /> Bibliography • Index