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Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered

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Original date: 
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Abstract: 

Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered: Practical Optimization of the RCM Process with RCM-R® provides an optimized approach to a well-established and highly successful method used for determining failure management policies for physical assets. It makes the original method that was developed to enhance flight safety far more useful in a broad range of industries where asset criticality ranges from high to low. RCM-R® is focused on the science of failures and what must be done to enable long-term sustainably reliable operations. If used correctly, RCM-R® is the first step in delivering fewer breakdowns, more productive capacity, lower costs, safer operations and improved environmental performance. Maintenance has a huge impact on most businesses whether its presence is felt or not. RCM-R® ensures that the right work is done to guarantee there are as few nasty surprises as possible that can harm the business in any way.

RCM-R® was developed to leverage on RCM’s original success at delivering that effectiveness while addressing the concerns of the industrial market. RCM-R® addresses the RCM method and shortfalls in its application -- It modifies the method to consider asset and even failure mode criticality so that rigor is applied only where it is truly needed. It removes (within reason) the sources of concern about RCM being overly rigorous and too labor intensive without compromising on its ability to deliver a tailored failure management program for physical assets sensitive to their operational context and application. RCM-R® also provides its practitioners with standard based guidance for determining meaningful failure modes and causes facilitating their analysis for optimum outcome.

  • Includes extensive review of the well proven RCM method and what is needed to make it successful in the industrial environment
  • Links important elements of the RCM method with relevant International Standards for risk management and failure management
  • Enhances RCM with increased emphasis on statistical analysis, bringing it squarely into the realm of Evidence Based Asset Management
  • Includes extensive, experience based advice on implementing and sustaining RCM based failure management programs

 

BoK Content Source: 
Practitioner Produced
BoK Content Type: 
Recommended Resources
Asset Management Framework Subject: 
03 Lifecycle Delivery, 3.05 Maintenance Delivery, 3.06 Reliability Engineering
Maintenance Management Framework Subject: 
04 Tools and Tactics, 4.1 Reliability Centered Maint., 05 Maintenance & Reliability Engineering, 5.0 Maintenance and Reliability Eng General
Publisher: 
Productivity Press, New York
Edition or Version: 
First Edition (2017)
ISBN: 
9781498785174
Author Title: 
Founder and President
Author Employer: 
PdMtech of Vega Baja
Author Bio: 

Jesus is the founder and President of PdMtech of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, United States if America.  He provides business consulting services in the areas of Condition Based Maintenance techniques certification and implementation, RCM and reliability analysis teaching, mentoring and implementation. He is also the director of Puerto Rico’s based Condition Monitoring and Maintenance Institute with presence all over Latin America and Spain.  He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a certified level III ASNT-TC-1A vibration analysis consultant by Technical Associates of Charlotte, Member of the institute of Asset Management, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional by the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (USA). Jesus holds a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Degree from Monash University at Australia. Jesus has extensive years of hands-on experience in engineering, maintenance management, predictive maintenance, reliability engineering field practice, implementation and consulting.

His experience includes:

Pharmaceutical & Chemical Plants, machinery and facility maintenance management,

  • Enterprise Asset Management improvement strategy development and implementation,
  • Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM-R development and application in over 100 facilities internationally)
  • Maintenance and Reliability Engineering
  • Spares and operating supplies determination and inventory management,
  • Strategic diagnostic assessments,
  • Benchmarking for best practices,
  • Vibration Analysis Certification
  • Teaching and writing on Maintenance Management, Condition Based Maintenance, RCM.
Author 2 Title: 
Founder and President
Author 2 Employer: 
Conscious Asset Management
Author 2 Bio: 
James is the founder and President of Conscious Asset Management of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He provides business consulting services for our practice in Physical Asset Management in the areas of strategy, process improvement, executive / management coaching, change management and general client advisory. He is a licensed Professional Engineer, a certified RCM2 practitioner, sitting member of the Aladon Network Governance Council, Member of the institute of Asset Management and honours graduate of the University of Toronto in Mechanical Engineering. James also studied at the Royal Naval Engineering College in the UK, the Technical University of Nova Scotia and at Dalhousie Universities in Canada. James has extensive years of hands-on experience in engineering, operations, maintenance management, consulting and change management. His experience includes: • Plant, fleet and facility maintenance management, • Physical Asset Management improvement strategy development and implementation, • Asset Management (PAS 55-1, 2) • Reliability Centered Maintenance (Aladon certified and licensed RCM2 Practitioner) • Reliability management and engineering, • Spares and operating supplies determination and inventory management, • Life cycle costing, management and analysis, • Strategic diagnostic assessments, • Benchmarking for best practices, • Maintenance and materials management process redesign, • Enterprise Asset Management systems, • Teaching and writing on Physical Asset Management.