Uptime

Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management
4th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-041-33887-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

The fourth edition of Uptime introduces an updated and expanded framework for achieving sustainable reliability and asset performance in an increasingly complex, data-enabled operating environment. Building on the proven foundation established by earlier editions, this new edition extends the original Uptime Pyramid of Excellence beyond maintenance best practices alone, positioning reliability as a strategic organizational capability that supports operational excellence, risk reduction, and long-term business performance.

Rather than focusing solely on technology adoption, Uptime fourth edition emphasizes the integration of leadership, culture, work management, precision maintenance, reliability engineering, and data-enabled decision-making into a coherent operating model. The book presents a practical roadmap that guides organizations from reactive maintenance toward proactive, precision, and ultimately strategic maintenance through four stages of maturity: stabilize, control, optimize, and innovate. Updated throughout with modern practices and contemporary examples, the fourth edition incorporates advances in condition monitoring, analytics, digital workflows, Evidence-Based Asset Management (EBAM), and Precision Maintenance, while reinforcing the enduring principles that underpin reliability success.

Written for maintenance and reliability professionals, plant managers, operations leaders, and asset managers, the fourth edition of Uptime combines practical guidance with strategic perspective to help organizations improve asset performance, strengthen workforce capability, and achieve sustainable uptime in today’s evolving industrial environment.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, John D.

Reyes-Picknell, James V.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Qualitätsmanagement, Qualitätssicherung (QS), Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik Fertigungstechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I — INTRODUCTION & FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1 — Introduction: Maintenance in a Data-Driven Era
Chapter 2 — The Uptime Pyramid of Excellence: Structure and Purpose
Chapter 3 — Evidence-Based Asset Management (EBAM) for Practitioners

PART II — LEADERSHIP (FOUNDATION)
Chapter 4 — Leading Maintenance Teams
Chapter 5 — Building and Sustaining a Reliability Culture
Chapter 6 — Accountability, Communication & Learning
Chapter 7 — Leadership and Data Quality

PART III — ESSENTIALS (SYSTEMS & PROCESSES)
Chapter 8 — Maintenance Planning
Chapter 9 — Maintenance Scheduling
Chapter 10 — Work Execution and Closeout
Chapter 11 — Asset Information & CMMS Data Quality
Chapter 12 — Materials, Tools & Technical Support Systems
Chapter 13 — Enabling Technologies

PART IV — CHOOSING EXCELLENCE (PRACTICES THAT CREATE RELIABILITY)
Chapter 14 — Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM): The Logic Behind Proactive Work
Chapter 15 — Proactive Maintenance: Preventive, Predictive & Detective Strategies
Chapter 16 — Precision Maintenance: Doing Work Right, Reducing Defects
Chapter 17 — Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA): Learning from Failures
Chapter 18 — Work Identification: Turning Reliability Logic into Action

PART V — TOOLS, CASE STUDIES, & THE FUTURE
Chapter 19 — Practitioner Case Studies
Chapter 20 — Tools, Templates & Checklists
Chapter 21 — Preparing for Uptime 4.0: A Practitioner’s Roadmap

Über Autor(innen)

James V. Reyes-Picknell is a recognized authority in maintenance and asset management and is the founder of Conscious Asset, a consulting and training firm focused on helping asset-intensive organizations improve performance through better decision-making, governance, and execution.

A professional engineer and certified management consultant, James has worked globally across industries including manufacturing, energy, transportation, mining, utilities, defense, and public infrastructure. His career spans hands-on engineering roles, senior management positions, and decades of advisory work with organizations seeking to move from reactive maintenance toward reliable, value-driven asset management.

James is best known for his work on the Uptime framework, first introduced by John Dixon Campbell in 1995 and subsequently expanded through multiple editions. As co-author of the second, third, and now fourth editions, he has shaped Uptime into a practical systems model that integrates leadership, work management, reliability, information, and governance. This edition reflects both advances in technology and a deeper emphasis on judgment, organizational maturity, and purpose.

He has taught asset and maintenance management in university and professional programs, contributed to professional and standards-related discussions, and published widely in industry journals. His work emphasizes that sustainable performance improvement is not achieved through tools alone, but through aligned systems, disciplined thinking, and respect for the human side of technical work.