Dr Adolfo Crespo Márquez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the same University. Within the area of maintenance, he has extensively participated in many engineering and consulting projects for different companies and for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education.

• Maintenance Management Definition and Characterization.- On the Definition of Maintenance Management.- Maintenance Management Characterization: Process, Framework and Supporting Pillars.- Basic Concepts for Complex Systems Maintenance.- The Failure Concept.- Failure Models.- The Maintenance Concept.- Basic Maintenance Models.- Developing the Maintenance Management Framework.- A Review of Key Decision Areas in Maintenance Management Modelling.- Definition of Maintenance Objectives and Strategy.- Criticality Analysis for Asset Priority Setting.- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for High Impact Weak Points.- A Method to Design the Maintenance Plan.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Capacity Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Activities Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Scheduling Issues.- Overall Maintenance Management Assessment.- Failures Impact on Life Cycle Cost Analysis.- Maintenance Continuous Improvement Through Organizational Efficiency.- The E-maintenance Revolution.

From the reviews: "The author has done a good job of complementing the book by including a well-written chapter on e-maintenance thereby providing a complete account of the on-going efforts and innovations in the area of maintenance planning, execution and improvements. In short, the author must be complimented for bringing out a complete book on maintenance management, which will be found useful by the practicing maintenance managers and engineers of all industries and organizations." K.B. Misra, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Performability Engineering

Dr Adolfo Crespo Márquez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the same University. Within the area of maintenance, he has extensively participated in many engineering and consulting projects for different companies and for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education.

• Maintenance Management Definition and Characterization.- On the Definition of Maintenance Management.- Maintenance Management Characterization: Process, Framework and Supporting Pillars.- Basic Concepts for Complex Systems Maintenance.- The Failure Concept.- Failure Models.- The Maintenance Concept.- Basic Maintenance Models.- Developing the Maintenance Management Framework.- A Review of Key Decision Areas in Maintenance Management Modelling.- Definition of Maintenance Objectives and Strategy.- Criticality Analysis for Asset Priority Setting.- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for High Impact Weak Points.- A Method to Design the Maintenance Plan.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Capacity Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Activities Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Scheduling Issues.- Overall Maintenance Management Assessment.- Failures Impact on Life Cycle Cost Analysis.- Maintenance Continuous Improvement Through Organizational Efficiency.- The E-maintenance Revolution.

From the reviews: "The author has done a good job of complementing the book by including a well-written chapter on e-maintenance thereby providing a complete account of the on-going efforts and innovations in the area of maintenance planning, execution and improvements. In short, the author must be complimented for bringing out a complete book on maintenance management, which will be found useful by the practicing maintenance managers and engineers of all industries and organizations." K.B. Misra, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Performability Engineering

Dr Adolfo Crespo Márquez is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the same University. Within the area of maintenance, he has extensively participated in many engineering and consulting projects for different companies and for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education.

• Maintenance Management Definition and Characterization.- On the Definition of Maintenance Management.- Maintenance Management Characterization: Process, Framework and Supporting Pillars.- Basic Concepts for Complex Systems Maintenance.- The Failure Concept.- Failure Models.- The Maintenance Concept.- Basic Maintenance Models.- Developing the Maintenance Management Framework.- A Review of Key Decision Areas in Maintenance Management Modelling.- Definition of Maintenance Objectives and Strategy.- Criticality Analysis for Asset Priority Setting.- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for High Impact Weak Points.- A Method to Design the Maintenance Plan.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Capacity Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Activities Planning.- Models to Deal with Maintenance Scheduling Issues.- Overall Maintenance Management Assessment.- Failures Impact on Life Cycle Cost Analysis.- Maintenance Continuous Improvement Through Organizational Efficiency.- The E-maintenance Revolution.

From the reviews: "The author has done a good job of complementing the book by including a well-written chapter on e-maintenance thereby providing a complete account of the on-going efforts and innovations in the area of maintenance planning, execution and improvements. In short, the author must be complimented for bringing out a complete book on maintenance management, which will be found useful by the practicing maintenance managers and engineers of all industries and organizations." K.B. Misra, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Performability Engineering