Management by Total Loss-Control describes the building blocks of a loss-control system that is simple and effective. It takes a whole-business aproach that considers health and safety, environmental and process losses. The author has considerable experience in the field and has drawn on Total Quality Management, Loss Control Management and Reliability-Centred Maintenance principles to develop an integrated system in which management of total business losses is possible. The structure of a TLC Management system consists of the following elements that work together in a unified way: risk management - domain-based control and ownership -process of continuous improvement - standard-based operation - reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) - documented information system and reactive controls