Applied Reliability Centered Maintenance

A long-term engineer in the power industry, August explains how the Reliability-Centered Maintenance model developed by the US Department of Defense to control maintenance cost while improving reliability of the 747 aircraft can be applied to an electric utility business in the throes of conversion to retail competition. He introduces the model to maintenance managers and engineers in the industry in a practical tone that eliminates most of the academic tone of traditional texts and offers direct guidance on what companies must do to achieve results. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)