Planning & Scheduling Made Simple

Ricky Smith and Jerry Wilson have produced a quick, easy read for any organization looking for a number of focused, easily implemented actions which can be expected to produce big improvements in effectiveness.

They lay out those critical aspects of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling without which any Planning and Scheduling system will fail to produce the desired results. Each chapter contains high-lighted "Key Principles" which quickly summarize important points. Buy a copy for every manager, supervisor, planner and scheduler!


The 3rd edition of Planning and Scheduling Made Simple continues to build on the standard set by the first two editions in providing organization changing information in a concise and easy to understand format. This newly released 3rd edition includes expanded sections on specific techniques that will result in your organization achieving a paradigm change in maintenance effectiveness. New additions include:


•A Complexity/Predictability matrix that can be used to determine which jobs should be planned, which should be scheduled and when Strategic Planning and Scheduling techniques should be used.
•Introduction of “Blocking” and other strategic techniques on jobs not suitable for standard planning and scheduling techniques.
•A detailed section on exactly how P&S improves maintenance effectiveness.
•An explanation on how reductions in wrench time losses have a multiplier effect, where a small change produces a large gain.
•A section that steps you through the process of planning a targeted and simple wrench time study.
•How to calculate your current Wrench Time, how to identify where improvement opportunity exists, identifying how much improvement is available and calculating the impact to your maintenance crew given various improvement scenarios.
•This book will provide you with all of the tools and knowledge necessary to implement a planning and scheduling program that will result in profound, unmistakable improvement in your organization’s effectiveness.



Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is Planning And Scheduling
Chapter 2: Planning And Scheduling Objectives
Chapter 3: How To Plan And Schedule
Chapter 4: Know How To Focus Your Efforts
Chapter 5: Guiding Principles For Planning and Scheduling
Glossary