Fully updated and revised throughout, this is a new edition of the bestselling blockbuster that set the industry standard for maintenance planning. Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook, Third Edition builds on the work's dominance in its field, with major additions to its treatment of outage management, the business case for planning and scheduling, and best practices. The book contains case studies, uniform charts and graphs, and all the knowledge gleaned by the author in the intervening years as an expert and lecturer on the topic of maintenance planning. Brand new chapter on outage management with specific information on pre-outage, during-outage, and post-outage tasks New section on the use of deficiency tags to improve the work order process More case studies with the focus on the potential benefits to the company Updated KPI (Key Performance Indicators) for managing maintenance with planning and scheduling, including sample calculations Includes flow charts and other templates for engineers to use in everyday tasks Complete coverage: The Business Case for Planning; Planning Principles; Scheduling Principles; Success after Dealing with Reactive Maintenance; Basic Planning/Work Orders; Advance Scheduling; Daily Scheduling and Supervision; Forms, Tools, and Resources; The Computer in Maintenance (How They Can Both Help and Hinder Planning); How Planning Interacts with Preventive Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, and Project Work; Control; Shut-downs, Turn-arounds, and Outage Management; Conclusion: Start Planning