Books

Many of the products offered through this website have been constructed based on the concepts and methodologies described in the following books. While the website provides a brief introduction, some visitors may want to learn more by reading the entire book. As mentioned in course descriptions, attendees will be provided a copy of the book appropriate to the course being conducted.

The Little Black Book of Reliability Management is a basic description of all the key elements of a comprehensive reliability program. Effective Reliability Engineers need to understand all the elements that should be addressed that can affect reliability.
The Little Black Book of Maintenance Excellence is a companion book to the Little Black Book of Reliability Management. Experienced engineering, reliability and maintenance managers know that reliability performance depends on having both a solid reliability program and the resources needed to perform the tasks needed to ensure reliability. The availability of those resources depends on having an effective and efficient maintenance program. The Little Black Book of Maintenance Excellence provides brief, yet thorough descriptions of the elements of an effective and efficient maintenance program.
Failure Mapping describes a new and exciting way to report failures and corrective actions so that maximum value can be achieved. The Failure Map provides a shorthand notation that quickly links failures to solutions so that the data will build the statistical frequency of each failure mode and ultimately help improve diagnostics, triage, troubleshooting and repair.
Reliability Assessment: A Guide to Aligning Expectations, Practices and Performance describes the steps in performing a Wide-Hart assessment. The ultimate objective is for the organization being assessed to clearly understand the level of reliability consistent with current efforts and what steps need to be taken to be able to reasonably expect a higher level of reliability.