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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Over the past decade, companies have redirected their maintenance operational focus from internal cost-cutting to profit-maximization. This approach is referred to as profit centered maintenance. Peters provides maintenance supervisors and managers with a benchmarking/best practices road-map called the Maintenance Operations Scoreboard. The Scoreboard will allow maintenance managers to: a) determine and quantify benefits and savings, b) improve craft productivity and c) define a strategy to improve efficiency and productivity. These things are at the heart of a successful Profit Centered Maintenance organization.The author-devised Maintenance Operations Scoreboard is used to perform over 200 maintenance evaluations in over 5,000 profit centered maintenance organizations. For example, at Honda of America, it was used extensively to direct maintenance strategy. It was later translated into Japanese for presentation to key Japanese executives. Another excellent example is Boeing Commercial Aircraft Inc. Boeing combined elements from this same Scoreboard with their company-wide maintenance goals to develop ‘The Boeing Scoreboard for Maintenance Excellence.’ Over 60 facility maintenance work units, at region, group and team levels, are evaluated at on-site visits using the Scoreboard criteria.

Written specifically for the oil and gas industry, Reliable Maintenance Planning, Estimating, and Scheduling provides maintenance managers and engineers with the tools and techniques to create a manageable maintenance program that will save money and prevent costly facility shutdowns. The ABCs of work identification, planning, prioritization, scheduling, and execution are explained. The objective is to provide the capacity to identify, select and apply maintenance interventions that assure an effective maintenance management, while maximizing equipment performance, value creation and opportune and effective decision making. The book provides a pre- and post- self-assessment that will allow for measure competency improvement. Maintenance Managers and Engineers receive an expert guide for developing detailed actions including repairs, alterations, and preventative maintenance.

Winner of the American Library Association's W. Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction Two mighty armies blunder toward each other, one led by confident, beloved Robert E. Lee and the other by dour George Meade. They'll meet in a Pennsylvania crossroads town where no one planned to fight. In this sweeping, savagely realistic novel, the greatest battle ever fought on American soil explodes into life at Gettysburg. As generals squabble, staffs err. Tragedy unfolds for immigrants in blue and barefoot Rebels alike. The fate of our nation will be decided in a few square miles of fields. Following a tough Confederate sergeant from the Blue Ridge, a bitter Irish survivor of the Great Famine, a German political refugee, and gun crews in blue and gray, Cain at Gettysburg is as grand in scale as its depictions of combat are unflinching. For three days, battle rages. Through it all, James Longstreet is haunted by a vision of war that leads to a fateful feud with Robert E. Lee. Scheming Dan Sickles nearly destroys his own army. Gallant John Reynolds and obstreperous Win Hancock, fiery William Barksdale and dashing James Johnston Pettigrew, gallop toward their fates.... There are no marble statues on this battlefield, only men of flesh and blood, imperfect and courageous. From New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Army officer Ralph Peters, Cain at Gettysburg is bound to become a classic of men at war.

Winner of the American Library Association's 2014 Boyd Award for Literary Excellence in Military Fiction.Between May 5 and June 3, 1864, the Union and Confederate armies suffered 88,000 casualties. Twenty-nine thousand were killed, wounded or captured in the first two days of combat. The savagery shocked a young, divided nation. Against this backdrop of the birth of modern warfare and the painful rebirth of the United States, New York Times bestselling novelist Ralph Peters has created a breathtaking narrative that surpasses the drama and intensity of his recent critically acclaimed novel, Cain at Gettysburg. In Hell or Richmond, thirty days of ceaseless carnage are seen through the eyes of a compelling cast, from the Union's Harvard-valedictorian "boy general," Francis Channing Barlow, to the brawling "dirty boots" Rebel colonel, William C. Oates. From Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee to a simple laborer destined to win the Medal of Honor, Peters brings to life an enthralling array of leaders and simple soldiers from both North and South, fleshing out history with stunning, knowledgeable realism. From the horrific collision of armies in the Wilderness, where neither side wanted to fight, to the shocking slaughter of the grand charge at Cold Harbor, this epic novel delivers a compelling, authentic, and suspenseful portrait of Civil War combat. Commemorating the approaching 150th anniversary of this grim encounter between valiant Americans, Ralph Peters brings to bear the lessons of his own military career, his lifelong study of this war and the men who fought it, and his skills as a bestselling, prize-winning novelist to portray horrific battles and sublime heroism as no other author has done.

The fifth historical novel of New York Times bestselling author Ralph Peters's breathtaking, Boyd Award-winning Civil War series Written with the literary flair and historical accuracy readers expect from Ralph Peters, Judgment at Appomattox takes readers through the Civil War's last grim interludes of combat as flags fall and hearts break. A great war nears its end. Robert E. Lee makes a desperate, dramatic gamble that fails. Richmond falls. Each day brings new combat and more casualties, as Lee's exhausted, hungry troops race to preserve the Confederacy. But Grant does not intend to let Lee escape. . . . In one of the most thrilling episodes in American history, heroes North and South battle each other across southern Virginia as the armies converge on a sleepy country court house. Capping the author's acclaimed five-novel cycle on the war in the East, this "dramatized history" pays homage to all the soldiers who fought, from an Irish-immigrant private wearing gray, to the "boy generals" who mastered modern war. This is a grand climax to a great, prize-winning series that honors--and reveals--America's past.

Ralph Peters' Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, three-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle. Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union--only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition. This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating--and real--characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point--the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain At Gettysburg).

In the no-holds-barred tradition that has won him so many fans around the world, best-selling author and strategist Ralph Peters confronts the crucial security issues of our time - and the troubled times to come. With his trademark clarity and force, Peters argues that we have left behind the 'Age of Ideologies' to enter a violent period in which ethnicity and religion - blood and faith - will continue to be the source of ferocious rebellions, genocide, and global terrorism. His compelling vision spares neither our foreign policy nor our domestic follies as he ruthlessly outlines what it will take to protect our country against this new breed of enemies. We have forgotten what it takes to win wars, leading to tragic, unnecessary failures. Too many Americans still refuse to take our enemies seriously, even though terrorists and foreign leaders are bent on inflicting apocalyptic destruction on us.Those enemies will use nuclear weapons, if allowed to possess them. Religious wars are impossible to prevent - because our enemies desire them. The Middle East is headed for greater chaos, and Israel may not survive. 'Civilised' approaches to combat no longer work.Pop best-sellers have read globalisation exactly wrong - it's leading the world to divisive crises of identity, not greater unity. Despite these challenges, the United States will remain the world's most-successful and greatest power - but the cost will be determined by our willingness to face a new century's brutal realities. "Wars of Blood and Faith" continues the ever-popular series of works by Ralph Peters on strategy, conflict, and the military - titles that have not only excited and informed a wide range of readers, but which have profoundly influenced national security.

When the headstrong daughter of a U.S. senator disappears in a warravaged country torn between east and west, only a disillusioned American officer possesses the connections and expertise to track her down-while a startling range of enemies don't want the girl to survive. Up against Islamic extremists, unscrupulous oil executives, rogue Russians and treacherous European allies, Lieutenant-colonel Evan Burton undertakes a last, deadly mission--faced with a coup in the streets, opium smugglers in mountain fortresses and even elements within the U.S. government determined to stop him. A Casablanca for the post-Cold War world, The Devil's Garden is a beautifully written, can't-put-it-down thriller grounded in the gritty reality of current events.

They could do so much better.... So many Team Leaders, well into the hundreds who I have worked with since 1990, share a common view that their Team 'could be doing / should be doing so much better'. They share the common frustrations, of why do they just not get on with it, or why do they not just get on with each other? Team Leaders tend to be frustrated by what they think is logical that life will be better for everyone if they just do what we have discussed, when the underlying reasons as to why Teams are not performing to their full potential are typically emotional. The mindsets of collective individuals add up to putting the brakes on performance.Using this book will help you take the brakes off a potentially high performing Team.Trial and error led me to design the approach that awaits you in this book. The approach is principle led and it works when you make it work. The Chapter addressing 'It's not all about you, but it is all about you ' has been added as a result of my own frustrations with Leaders expectations - too frequently they want change to take place without realising that it is they who should be modelling the way.You would like to lead a High Performing Team? - then read on and enjoy the fruits of the experience of many others."The inspirational and unique blend in this guidance has without a shadow of doubt helped place our Organisation, and the Leadership in precisely the right place to face the unprecedented challenges being thrown at us from the investment market, but perhaps more importantly on a human level." Graham Douglas. CEO Centerscape, Berlin"Time spent reading Ralph's book is never wasted. I know for certain that I could not have built such an enjoyable and solid business without applying the core of this highly practical guide." Lisa Lavis. Managing Director, Glow. Woman Business Owner of the Year 2019

They could do so much better.... So many Team Leaders, well into the hundreds who I have worked with since 1990, share a common view that their Team 'could be doing / should be doing so much better'. They share the common frustrations, of why do they just not get on with it, or why do they not just get on with each other? Team Leaders tend to be frustrated by what they think is logical that life will be better for everyone if they just do what we have discussed, when the underlying reasons as to why Teams are not performing to their full potential are typically emotional. The mindsets of collective individuals add up to putting the brakes on performance.Using this book will help you take the brakes off a potentially high performing Team.Trial and error led me to design the approach that awaits you in this book. The approach is principle led and it works when you make it work. The Chapter addressing 'It's not all about you, but it is all about you ' has been added as a result of my own frustrations with Leaders expectations - too frequently they want change to take place without realising that it is they who should be modelling the way.You would like to lead a High Performing Team? - then read on and enjoy the fruits of the experience of many others."The inspirational and unique blend in this guidance has without a shadow of doubt helped place our Organisation, and the Leadership in precisely the right place to face the unprecedented challenges being thrown at us from the investment market, but perhaps more importantly on a human level." Graham Douglas. CEO Centerscape, Berlin"Time spent reading Ralph's book is never wasted. I know for certain that I could not have built such an enjoyable and solid business without applying the core of this highly practical guide." Lisa Lavis. Managing Director, Glow. Woman Business Owner of the Year 2019