Spend analysis and specification development using failure interpretation. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Michael D. Holloway.
• Other Names: Holloway, Michael D
• Contents: Buy Bye Buying to Save—Cost and Value; Concerning Warranties; Defining Operation and Time Costs; Some Recent MRO Recall Items; On the Road to a Profit Return on a Purchase; Costs and Value; Manufacturing Costs; Material Costs; Labor Costs; Manufacturing Overhead; Additional Costs; Cost Behavior Patterns; Examples of "Wasted" Cost Overruns—The $600 Toilet Seat; Cost of Failure; Case Studies—An Effective Way Toward Change; Other Costs Defined; Determining the Return on Investment (ROI) of a Purchase; Applying the ROI Formula; Summary; Tools for the Specification Development Process Source of Failure; Assessing the Situation; Failure Defined; Taking Advantage of Failure; Sources of Failure: Man, Materials, Methods, Machines; Manmade Failures—Failure of the Employees; Manmade Failures—Failure of Managers; Method Failures—The Failure of Business; Failure of Materials, Failure of Machines Types of Forces; Strength; Creep (Deformation); Fatigue (Material); Rate of Fatigue; Fracture; Brittle Fracture; Ductile Fracture; Wear; Temperature; Thermal Shock Failure; Oxidation—Molecular Transitions and Chemical Influences; Corrosion; Deposit Formation; Factors That Affect Deposit Formation Concentration and Pressure; Particle Size and Contaminant Type; Summary; Tools for the Specification Development Process; Failure Mode Work Sheet Key Using the Information Gathered; Fact Finding and Documentation; Physical Properties and Standards; Obtaining Standards from ANSI; Adhesives and Sealants; Paints and Coatings; Coating Failures; Gaskets, Seals, and Belts; Chains; Wire Rope; Pipe; Failure of the Fitting; Joint Failure; Hose; Valves; Fasteners—Screws, Bolts, Nails, Staples; Bearings; Grease; Gears; Gear Oil; Electrical Wire; Lighting; Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Failure Modes; Electric Motors; Summary; Tools for the Specification Development Process; Case Study Work Sheet Finalizing the Purchasing Specification and Selecting Vendors; Writing the Purchasing Specification; Specification Further Defined; Product Application Requirements; Figures and Tables; Group Terms; General Operational Requirements; Functional Requirements; Performance Requirements; Design Requirements; Terms and Conditions; Price per Units, Payments, Incentives, and Penalties; Contractual Terms and Conditions; Requirements of the Reply; Evaluation Process; Contact Points; Evaluation; Specification Example; The Leon-Maxwell Performance Equation; Application Examples; Excessive Load Example; Excessive or Localized Heat; Contamination; Green Procurement; Conclusion and Summary Appendix Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (367 pages), (25 illustrations)
• Subjects: 658.1552; Value analysis (Cost control); Industrial procurement -- Cost effectiveness
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439851081; 1439851085
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