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Physical asset management for a sustainable world
"The book describes techniques, tools and models about Engineering Maintenance and Life Cycle Models, aimed at the efficient managing of assets. It presents new asset management models, namely a Holistic Diagnostic Model (HDM) and an Integrated Asset Management Support Model (IAMSM), including quantitative decision support tools for life cycle management of physical assets. It presents an overview of the Life Cycle models for replacement through a global model, with emphasis on availability and maintenance costs. Features: Covers important aspects on Physical Asset Management (PAM) and offers a very developed perspective on the economic aspects. Presents the relationships among some maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPI) specifically the MTTR, MTBF, Availability, and the Reserve equipment. Analyses models to calculate the influence of relevant variables on the withdrawal time and in the reserve size of the critical assets. Introduces new diagnostic models and econometric decision support models. Includes new models for diagnosing organizations including pertinent case studies. This book is aimed at researchers, professionals and graduate students in Physical Asset Management, Maintenance Management, and Industrial Engineering"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
José Manuel Torres Farinha has Habilitation in Electrical and Computer Engineering, a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a degree in Electrical Engineering, option Energy. He is a National Defence Auditor. He is Full Professor in Coimbra Polytechnic Institute (IPC) and its formerPresident. He is the Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Engineering and Management of Physical Assets in IPC. He has completed several PhD supervisions and dozens of Master's degree orientations. He has published three books, two in National edition and one in International edition. He has more than 250 publications - articles in indexed and non-indexed international journals, in national magazines and in proceedings of international and national congresses. He has several registered patents (National and International). He is Specialist Member of Industrial Maintenance Specialization and a Counsellor Member of the Portuguese Association of Engineers.