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Summary: Not a text, an advertisement
Review: ...this book is not a great maintenance text.Rather, it's a sales pitch for a program. The program is fine on its own merit, but the book is not worthy of purchase. All lessons of the book (minus the child-like uptime calculus) can be summarized in the statement: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- and if it's cheap to replace, don't maintain it." That's the summary. It's not worth [the money]
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Summary: Not a text, an advertisement
Review: ...this book is not a great maintenance text. Rather, it's a sales pitch for a program. The program is fine on its own merit, but the book is not worthy of purchase. All lessons of the book (minus the child-like uptime calculus) can be summarized in the statement: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it -- and if it's cheap to replace, don't maintain it." That's the summary. It's not worth [the money]
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Summary: The best RCM textbook ever written
Review: I never cease to be amazed by some of the nonsensical comments we see on the Internet, particularly from people who read a book about an activity that requires complex skills -- discover that they can't do it without help -- and blame the book! You won't learn to *do* RCM by reading this book, or any book -- just as you won't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book. You'll learn to *do* it only by *doing* it -- and you'll have fewer spills on your first ride if you have help from someone who has already done it (and who knows how to teach). But if you're not trying to learn to *do* RCM -- if all you want is to *understand* RCM, its concepts and its principles -- then stop searching and get this book. There isn't a better one out there. I've read the others, and I know. Dana Netherton (Chairman, RCM committee, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers))
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Summary: Highly recommended reading.
Review: In this book, Moubray has revised and brought up to date his seminal 1991 text on Reliability Centered Maintenance. As with the previous text, he clearly and concisely explains the principles behind RCM in an easily understood fashion, without having to resort to complex mathematical explanations. The diagrams and examples given in the text add to the ease of understanding. The major difference between this edition and the previous edition is increased detail and focus in those areas most likely to be of use to those attempting to apply the principles in their workplace. Highly recommended reading for anyone involved in maintenance engineering and maintenance management.
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Summary: An excellent book
Review: It is an excellent book. It gives a more in-depth review and analysis from what Nowlan and Heap have done. It also gives a distinct defnition among the failure management technique. For aviation member, this book helps a lot to understanding MSG-3
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Summary: The best RCM textbook ever written
Review: John's book is perhaps the most widely read/recognised on the subject. The supporting material in this second edition is particularly useful and reflects John's vast knowledge of the subject.
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Summary: A semi-rigorous description of RCM and its application
Review: John's book is perhaps the most widely read/recognised on the subject. The supporting material in this second edition is particularly useful and reflects John's vast knowledge of the subject.
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Summary: RCM Review
Review: This analysis of maintenance is missing one critical piece of the system. That is maintenance of a system is treated solely as the replacement of non-repairable components. In my opinion maintenace should also be looked from the point of view of a repairable system. Methods for analyzing repairable systems is found in Ascher and Feingold. A total and complete view of the maintenance of systems uses both views.
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Summary: RCM Missing a Piece
Review: This analysis of maintenance is missing one critical piece of the system. That is maintenance of a system is treated solely as the replacement of non-repairable components. In my opinion maintenace should also be looked from the point of view of a repairable system. Methods for analyzing repairable systems is found in Ascher and Feingold. A total and complete view of the maintenance of systems uses both views.
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Summary: RCM A Missing Piece
Review: This book addressed maintenance of a system as the replacement of individual non-repairable components. However, it neglected to treat maintenace from the concept of a repairable system. I would refer readers to the book Repairable Systems by Ascher and Feingold for this type of analysis. In reality as a practitioner in both engineering and maintenanace, it is improtant to look at the system as a whole as well as the components. This is especially crtical in the decision as when to replace a system, which is a different analysis from when to replace a component.
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