
5 Common Mistakes in Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is not an easy process to complete. Along the way, you will likely make mistakes, or identify things you could do
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Most people would answer ‘to prevent failures’.
Anyone who is up to speed with modern maintenance principles would rephrase that to ‘we maintain equipment to prevent unacceptable failure consequences’.
And they would be right.
Some failures we can accept, because the consequence of the failure is not significant. In other cases we might go out of our way to prevent a failure.
The problem is, in most cases our, preventive maintenance plans and programs don’t achieve this objective. Typically, we spend a lot of effort on maintenance and still experience unacceptable failures.
And that’s because most preventive maintenance programs don’t apply the principles of modern maintenance.
The problem with our PM programs is that most of them were never developed properly, to begin with.
As John Moubray, the father of RCM II, pointed out in his book “Reliability Centered Maintenance”, typically between 40% – 60% of the PM tasks in a preventive maintenance program add little value.
Some of the most common problems are:
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The principles of modern maintenance have been round for a good 40 years and are well documented in many industry books and other
resources. Yet, most organisations and maintenance teams still don’t seem to really know and understand these principles.
Let along how to apply them in practice. I this article I will discuss each of these
principles in detail and give you some practical tips on how to check if your PM program is up to scratch.
Few organisations have effective preventive maintenance programs. Most PM programs are wasteful, many are ineffective. There are many companies out there that can improve your PM plan for you. But it’s so much better to do it yourself. It’s more cost effective, creates ownership and builds capability.
So, here’s a detailed step-by-step guide to optimise your PM program. It’s simple, cheap yet effective. No need for external consultants or expensive software.
Few organisations have effective preventive maintenance programs. Most PM programs are wasteful, many are ineffective. There are many companies out there that can improve your PM plan for you. But it’s so much better to do it yourself. It’s more cost effective, creates ownership and builds capability.
So, here’s a detailed step-by-step guide to optimise your PM program. It’s simple, cheap yet effective. No need for external consultants or expensive software.
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is not an easy process to complete. Along the way, you will likely make mistakes, or identify things you could do
Have you ever wondered how efficient can we get with our preventive maintenance? Is there some sort of maximum efficiency that only the Gods of
As maintenance practitioners, we have a responsibility to make the most out of our scarce resources. Especially since maintenance is often subject to pretty tough