Everyday RCM

Hi Everyone.  Are you struggling to implement Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) because you need buy-in from people?  Well, if that’s the case, I have a solution for you. And we’re going to take our lead from these gorgeous daffodils.

Daffodils are my all-time favorite flower.  I’m a sucker for them:  (1) Because they look so happy! (2) You can always rely on them.  At the same time every year, the daffodils come up. And there is a technique you can rely on to get the buy-in you need from management and other people within your organization to implement Reliability Centered Maintenance and it is this.

Are you procrastinating on bringing a goal alive?

If you think dumping a few gallons of water in your oil reservoir would be bad for your rotating equipment, consider the consequences that “striving for perfection” has on your happiness and productivity.

I call it the Prison of Perfection and it’s wicked.  It’s where our goals go to die 👿.

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Have you ever procrastinated?  The struggle is real.  I found myself in the web of fear and overwhelm…until I did this 

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Equipment performance degrades unless it is maintained properly. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) can help you figure out what preventive maintenance and Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) you should be doing to get the Reliability you need from your equipment.

Does this make sense to you 👇🏻?

On my way to Boston to visit my sister yesterday, two Reliability Moments smacked me in the face.

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁?

I’ve driven this route at least 3,000 times in the last 12 years. If you asked me if I would ever see a Tupperware-bowl-full of cut honeydew melon…or a pair of sneakers and an orange sitting atop a highway barrier, I would have said “𝘯𝘰.”

Doing an RCM analysis is only half the battle for successful RCM Implementation. From the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, I share what you can do to get the results you want.

When it comes to our machines, we can do Condition-Based Maintenance and Preventive Maintenance in addition to other actions such as No Scheduled Maintenance or equipment redesigns. With those options available to us, how do we choose what to do and when to do them? This is a great strength of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). RCM helps us to identify the right maintenance to do and how often to do the maintenance tasks. For example, should a Scheduled Replacement task or a Condition Based Maintenance be implemented? Join me as I share how RCM can help us develop the right Proactive Maintenance so we can achieve the Reliability we need.

Reactive Maintenance can be costly and frustrating.  Avoid chronic breakdowns by moving towards Proactive Maintenance.  In this video I share how Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) can help you move from Reactive Maintenance to Proactive Maintenance.

Explore what Protective Devices are and why they are so important to Physical Asset Management. Learn what a Failure Finding Task is and what must be considered to formulate the task interval. Come have fun with me as we explore Reliability…all as I get ready to surprise my sister on her Milestone Birthday!

Sometimes we find inspiration in the most unlikely places! Join me for this impromptu LIVE as I share three important lessons about Productivity, Reliability, and Life.

I love yogurt and eat it every day 🥄. My favorite is Oikos Lemon Meringue 🍋. I buy it every week.

But one day, I was unpacking my grocery bags and found that I had bought banana flavored (yuck! 🥺) instead of Lemon Meringue.

Have you ever heard that Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is just for maintenance? Join us for recorsed session done on Monday, October 4, 2021 at 9:00 am Central/3:00 pm London. Chris James will debunk this common misconception about RCM!

There’s a big difference between MTBF and Useful Life. The two values are often misunderstood and misapplied when assigning Preventive Maintenance task intervals. In this video, I’ll explain which one is used to assign intervals for Scheduled Replacement and Scheduled Restoration tasks. We’ll also discuss Operating Context and how that can affect Manufacturer Recommended Maintenance. This is an “edutainment” video. If you’d like to skip the fun stuff (although I don’t know why you’d want to ☺️), I’ve time stamped the Reliability Moments below. Enjoy!

Protective Devices are important for our equipment and for our own safety. My guest, Miles, shows us a real-world Protective Device and explains how it could prevent disaster. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) gives us powerful tools to decide how to maintain Protective Devices so they are ready to protect us in the event things go wrong. [Read more…]