Cover Your A$$ets
Asset Management
at Your Place and at Your Pace
John L. Ross, Jr.
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Author: John L. Ross, Jr.
Title: Cover Your A$$ets: Asset Management at Your Place and at Your Pace
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Contents
I Just Don’t Think You’re Smart Enough—An Introduction
Helpful Hints to Get the Most from This Book
How Do Assets Contribute to the Success of the Company?
TWO The Asset Management Standards
ISO 55001
ISO 55002
Chapter Summary
THREE Capital Assets
Buy New or Make Do
Maintainability and Reliability, or Having Your Cake and Eating it Too
Standardization of Parts
Don’t Quit in the Middle
Chapter Summary
FOUR BOMs—Parts of the Whole
So What’s the Big Deal?
In the Scheme of Things
BOM Not Bomb
Who Dat?
Stock/Don’t Stock
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Not-So-Dirty 2-1/3 Dozen (28)
Chapter Summary
FIVE Production in an Asset Management World
