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Management of off-highway plant and equipment / David J. Edwards; Frank C. Harris and Ronald McCaffer.

By: Edwards, David J., Dr.
Contributor(s): Harris, Frank C | MacCaffer, Ronald.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London [u.a.] : Spon, c2003Description: xv, 309 p. : Ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0415251281; 9780415251280; 9780415251273.Subject(s): Construction equipment -- Great Britain -- Management | Construction equipment industry -- Great Britain -- Finance | Industry | Construction equipment industry -- Great Britain -- Management | Industry & industrial studies | Industrial equipment -- Great Britain -- Management | Management & management techniques | Industrial equipment industry -- Great Britain -- Finance | Building construction & materials | Industrial equipment industry -- Great Britain -- Management | Civil engineering, surveying & buildingDDC classification: 624.0284 EDW Summary: This work provides a working knowledge of plant management for today's engineers, managers and students, and explains the factors to be considered during investment in, and management of, construction equipment.
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Management of Off-highway Plant and Equipment provides a working knowledge of plant management for today's engineers, managers and students, and explains concisely and clearly the factors to be considered during investment in, and management of, construction equipment. It compares the cost of leasing with those of purchase, discusses ways of achieving optimum economic usage of plant, and covers issues of health and safety, licensing and the logistics of maintenance.

Includes index.

This work provides a working knowledge of plant management for today's engineers, managers and students, and explains the factors to be considered during investment in, and management of, construction equipment.

ITT Module MACH61004

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of figures (p. xii)
  • List of tables (p. xiv)
  • Preface (p. xvi)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xvii)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • About this book (p. 3)
  • Part I Organisation for business (p. 5)
  • 2 Organisation and management of equipment services (p. 7)
  • Introduction (p. 7)
  • Equipment acquisition policy (p. 7)
  • Establishing the objectives of the enterprise (p. 8)
  • Management structure (p. 9)
  • Size and distribution of firms (p. 13)
  • Alternative options for equipment supply (p. 15)
  • 3 Marketing and business development (p. 18)
  • Market planning: an introduction (p. 18)
  • The market and business development strategy (p. 18)
  • Trends affecting the forecast (p. 22)
  • Implementing the market plan (p. 22)
  • 4 Popular equipment types (p. 24)
  • Introduction (p. 24)
  • Bulldozers and tracked loaders (p. 24)
  • Excavators (p. 27)
  • Compactor rollers (p. 34)
  • Wheeled 'tractor' backhoe loaders (p. 39)
  • Forklift trucks and telehandlers (p. 40)
  • Dump trucks (p. 42)
  • Cranes (p. 46)
  • Wheeled loaders and integrated tool carriers (p. 49)
  • Skid steer loaders (p. 50)
  • Part II Investment, procurement and business management (p. 53)
  • 5 Economic comparisons of equipment alternatives (p. 55)
  • Principles of economic comparisons (p. 55)
  • Economic comparisons and inflation (p. 60)
  • Valuation of an item of equipment (p. 69)
  • Valuations for longer lives (p. 72)
  • Determining replacement age (p. 78)
  • 6 Equipment profitability and acquisition (p. 81)
  • Measuring profitability (p. 81)
  • Methods of acquisition (p. 96)
  • Comparison between leasing and purchasing (p. 100)
  • 7 Selection of equipment and hire rate calculation (p. 105)
  • Introduction (p. 105)
  • Technical evaluation (p. 105)
  • The main features of decision making (p. 106)
  • Calculating the hire rate/rental charge (p. 112)
  • Cost of capital (p. 113)
  • Depreciation (p. 113)
  • Licences and insurances (p. 117)
  • Establishment charges (p. 117)
  • Operating costs (p. 117)
  • The effect of corporation tax and capital allowances (p. 118)
  • Calculating the economic hire rate (p. 118)
  • The effects of economic recession on plant hire (p. 123)
  • Part III Operational management (p. 125)
  • 8 Insurance and licensing legalities (p. 127)
  • Insurance (p. 127)
  • Licensing (p. 132)
  • 9 Equipment maintenance (p. 137)
  • Introduction (p. 137)
  • Maintenance for hired plant: an essential requirement (p. 137)
  • Maintenance strategies (p. 138)
  • Fixed-time-to maintenance (p. 138)
  • Predictive maintenance (p. 140)
  • Corrective maintenance (p. 146)
  • Replacement (p. 147)
  • Proactive maintenance (p. 147)
  • Strategy for plant maintenance (p. 151)
  • Safety inspections (p. 153)
  • Stock control and spare parts policy (p. 155)
  • 10 Health and safety (p. 168)
  • Introduction (p. 168)
  • The cost of health and safety (p. 169)
  • Accident statistics (p. 170)
  • Health and safety enforcement and guidance (p. 173)
  • Health and safety duties (p. 176)
  • Health and safety management (p. 178)
  • Risk assessment (p. 183)
  • Health and safety legislation (p. 187)
  • 11 Investing in off-highway plant operator development (p. 188)
  • Introduction (p. 188)
  • Cost benefit analysis of training (p. 188)
  • Operator certification (p. 190)
  • Differentiating between training and competence (p. 191)
  • The route to competence (p. 193)
  • Formal training (p. 193)
  • On-the-job training (p. 198)
  • Employee evaluation (p. 201)
  • 12 Operational planning of equipment as a resource (p. 204)
  • Introduction (p. 204)
  • Operational planning process (p. 204)
  • Information management and plant performance study (p. 206)
  • Data analysis techniques (p. 207)
  • Correlation (or statistical association) (p. 208)
  • Linear regression analysis (p. 213)
  • Time series forecasting (p. 217)
  • Performance analysis and judgement (p. 223)
  • Gantt charts (p. 225)
  • Operational planning quality (p. 227)
  • 13 International operations (p. 229)
  • Introduction (p. 229)
  • Logistical problems (p. 229)
  • Equipment requirements (p. 230)
  • Supply and delivery (p. 231)
  • Finance and payment (p. 232)
  • Conclusion (p. 233)
  • Part IV Financial and budgetary control (p. 235)
  • 14 Budgetary control and costing (p. 237)
  • Introduction (p. 237)
  • Preparation of budgets (p. 237)
  • Types of budget (p. 238)
  • Classification of costs (p. 241)
  • Costing (p. 242)
  • Other useful management information (p. 243)
  • Marginal costing (p. 245)
  • 15 Cash flow (p. 247)
  • Introduction (p. 247)
  • Cash flows from normal trading operations (p. 248)
  • Cash flow forecasts for trading operations in equipment hire (p. 258)
  • Cash flows for the purchasing and acquisition of capital assets (p. 260)
  • Cash flow management (p. 264)
  • 16 Financial management (p. 267)
  • Introduction (p. 267)
  • The profit and loss account (p. 267)
  • The balance sheet (p. 270)
  • Loan capital (p. 272)
  • Working capital (p. 273)
  • Aspects of the financial accounts (p. 277)
  • Capital gearing (p. 279)
  • Plant profitability (p. 280)
  • Accounting for inflation (p. 282)
  • 17 Information technology in equipment management (p. 283)
  • Introduction (p. 283)
  • IT applications in the management of equipment (p. 283)
  • Communication and data exchange tools (p. 287)
  • Global positioning system (p. 292)
  • Appendix (p. 294)
  • Bibliography (p. 302)
  • Index (p. 305)