In today's competitive marketplace, the flow of goods must not be hindered by avoidable obstacles such as maintenance downtime. Revised and expanded, this new edition provides current insight into successful strategies for managers, maintenance, and non-maintenance professionals alike. Updated topics cover current trends in technology, reliability maintenance improvements, and the challenges of finding qualified maintenance personnel due to an aging labor force. In addition, it gives a thorough review of what it takes to achieve excellence in maintenance. It treating this technical topic, it links a variety of seemingly disparate and competing concepts into a single simple strategy.