Conversations in Maintenance Management

My first article on maintenance was about choosing and implementing a computerized maintenance management system in truck fleet maintenance operations in 1984. Back then, there were two problems with this concept. First, it was difficult getting mechanics to write or type accurate and complete information about their repair or service. (It was common then to write and separately keypunch the data from work orders.) Second, getting an accurate asset register list for the names and basic attributes of all the maintainable assets was an issue. Sound familiar? These challenges have been the same for maintainers of the Roman roads, weaponsof Changping, as well as the International Space Station. Deterioration, defects and damage gradually or abruptly make the assets useless or, at least, less useful. In this book, I revisit some of my writings over the years to see if there are any continuing themes, good ideas and interesting changes in the maintenance management field. It turns out there