PM (Preventive maintenance) is the primary way to ensure the reliability of machines, buildings, or other physical assets. Ultimately, even the most rigorous reliability techniques, RCM and PMO, rely on effective PM.
In a series of interesting anecdotes, Stories of PM tells the PM person the why, what, when, where, and even sometimes how to PM effectively. The stories are fun to read and contain descriptive color drawings. Stories of PM tell the whole PM story, including the history and a couple of entertaining stories.