Everyday RCM

In this video, we use RCM principles to decide if I should accept the consequences of failure or visit the dentist to eliminate the Failure Mode.

After 23 years, I finally figured out that achieving our own personal and professional goals is similar to how we achieve our Reliability goals. Crush the Obstacles and Bring Your Goals Alive. Watch to find out more…

A longer video that provides an in-depth introduction to RCM basics and the RCM process.

Eighteen years ago, at a small restaurant in Bath, England, a former head of the Royal Navy’s RCM program said something very poignant to me. It answers this question.

To maximize the benefits, RCM should be applied as early in the lifecycle as possible, beginning with the design stage. But, most RCM analyses are done on legacy assets – in other words – on assets that are already fielded. And many are initiated decades after the system was fielded – especially in the case of government and military equipment.

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Reliability Centered Maintenance principles will be celebrating their golden anniversary soon. And you may be surprised where the process finds its roots!

No way. It helps if you have a love – or even a fondness – for equipment maintenance and reliability. But other than that, just put your thinking cap on and you’re good-to-go!

Do you ever mutter to yourself: “Reliability Centered Maintenance, FMEA, FMECA, and CBM? I’m so confused! Where do I even start?” If so, don’t skip this one!

Unless you live in Fantasyland, there’s no silver bullet for achieving your equipment Reliability goals. Start at the beginning, with Reliability Centered Maintenance and watch your Reliability program come to life.

What is the purpose of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)? Why do RCM? As Reliability professionals, we are not in the business of preventing all failures. Sometimes it’s impossible to predict or prevent some Failure Modes. But that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about it. RCM helps us figure other actions we can take to manage the consequences of failure.

False. Nearly all organizations do not have adequate historical data found in databases to successfully carry out an RCM analysis.

Maybe. Great care must be taken if any kind of template of failure mode library is used to complete an RCM analysis.