Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Machines; Manmade Failures
  • Failure of the Employees; Manmade Failures
  • Failure of Managers; Method Failures
  • The Failure of Business; Failure of Materials
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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