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Condition Monitoring Standards Books
(vol. I, II & III)

The CMS maintenance manual (Condition Monitoring Standard Manuals) volumes 1, 2 and 3 are colorful and unique collections of 75 condition monitoring instructions for operations, crafts people and engineering as field manuals for preventive maintenance. Each condition monitoring book is organized by component types such as AC motors, couplings, pumps, valves, belts, chains, gears and much more.

Preventive Maintenance Essential Care and Condition Monitoring Manual

The 337 page preventive maintenance manual describes how to set up a cost effective preventive maintenance system and contains preventive maintenance methods and tools for many common components such as pumps, motors, couplings, valves, gears, cranes, electronics, conveyors, hydraulics, pneumatics, compressors, seals, fans, blowers, heat exchangers, belts, steam joints, steam traps, and more.

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Book

Maintenance planning and scheduling is the hub for a high performance maintenance organization. The maintenance book covers key processes within maintenance planning and scheduling in detail. Examples of key processes are: Work requests, Prioritization of work, backlog management, maintenance planning, maintenance scheduling, history, execution of work, CMMS, and much more.

Reliability-focused Spare Parts & Materials Management Book

This book will provide the reader with a reliability and management perspective to spare parts management.  One of the largest obstacles in improving maintenance management and planning and scheduling is to find materials and to get them to the right place at the right time. Spare Parts and materials are a large part of any plant's costs and not having the right materials in the right place at the right time is a common cause of productivity loss and reduced reliability.

NEW! Results Oriented Maintenance Management Manual

Christer Idhammar’s and IDCON’s maintenance management book is an inspiring source of knowledge in reliability and maintenance management leadership, execution and practical tips. This maintenance management book comprise of one to two page, independent reliability and maintenance articles on a wide variety of subjects (see the table of content below), it affords the reader ingenious insights and solutions to everyday maintenance management problems. Topics covered include productivity, competitiveness, failure analysis, team work, organizational structures, key performance indicators, benchmarking, Reliability Centered Maintenance, implementation of world class reliability and maintenance practices, the new role of the supervisor, cost cutting, flexibility, multi-craft, preventive maintenance inspection intervals, do the right thing, why Preventive maintenance programs fail, and many more topics.

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Safety DVD: One Will Die: The John Martin Story

This 20 minute DVD is a powerful resource and brings a true story to life in an unforgettable illustration of the injuries and life-changing consequences that resulted from John Martin’s unsafe work practices and poor safety attitude.  This video will demonstrate how the choices we make each day can impact ourselves, our families and our coworkers.  A great training resource!