The RCM Solution

A Practical Guide to Starting and Maintaining a Successful RCM Program

By: Nancy Regan

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Hardcover | 15 March 2011

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This book is a "how-to" generic approach with minimal theory by a well-known and very active participant in the leading maintenance organizations and conferences. The book offers a fundamental, common sense understanding of RCM. A significant portion is dedicated to SAE JA1011 compliant RCM. The book presents detailed processes that can be used when RCM is not applicable and presents a total solution for implementing RCM for any organization.

The primary market for this book is anyone responsible for Physical Asset Management within an organization, at any level of authority. The material will be just as valuable to an organization's maintenance manager as it would to the organization's leader. The book's principles will be presented generically so they are equally applicable to any industry in the world that has assets to care for - military, manufacturing, mining, plastics, power generation, etc. There is also a secondary market for this book at colleges and universities teaching reliability engineering.

Introduction to Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Introduction to The RCM Solution
Facilitated Working Group Approach
Reliability Centered Maintenance
The RCM Solution
Task Synchronization
Analysis Validation
Implementation
The Use of Software
How to Start - and successfully maintain - an RCM program
Preparing for an Analysis
The Power of RCM
Common Misconceptions of RCM
An Introduction to Facilitation
Participative Problem Solving: A Working Group Approach to Formulating Valuable Solutions

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Dedication	p. iii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction to Reliability Centered Maintenance	p. 1
What is RCM?	p. 2
Elements that Influence a System	p. 2
The Essence of RCM: Managing the Consequences of Failure	p. 3
What RCM Can Yield	p. 4
The Evolution of RCM Principles	p. 6
The Development of RCM Principles	p. 12
Definition of RCM	p. 14
Defining Performance in the Context of RCM	p. 15
Introduction to the RCM Process	p. 21
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality, Analysis (FMECA)	p. 28
Summary	p. 30
A Facilitated Working Group Approach to RCM	p. 31
The Team Approach to Accomplishing Objectives	p. 32
Elements that Influence a System	p. 34
Failure Management Strategies	p. 34
Historical Data and the RCM Process	p. 34
Effective Working Groups	p. 36
Benefits of a Facilitated Working Group Approach	p. 37
Summary	p. 42
The RCM Operating Context	p. 43
What Is an Operating Context?	p. 43
When Should an Operating Context Be Drafted?	p. 44
What is Included in an Operating Context?	p. 45
The Operating Context as a Living Document	p. 49
Summary	p. 50
Functions	p. 51
Why Write Functions?	p. 51
Two Types of Functions	p. 52
Classifying Functions as Evident or Hidden	p. 53
Composing Evident and Hidden Functions	p. 55
Information Worksheet	p. 56
Primary Functions	p. 57
Secondary Functions	p. 57
General Equipment Features that Typically Warrant Secondary Functions	p. 59
Tips Regarding Functions	p. 60
Summary	p. 64
Functional Failures	p. 67
What Is a Functional Failure?	p. 67
Two Types of Functional Failures	p. 67
Composing Functional Failures	p. 68
Summary	p. 71
Failure Modes	p. 73
What Is a Failure Mode?	p. 73
Failure Modes and the Information Worksheet	p. 75
Composing Failure Modes	p. 76
What Failure Modes Should Be Included in an RCM Analysis?	p. 78
How Detailed Should Failure Modes Be Written?	p. 83
Identifying Failure Modes for Each Functional Failure	p. 87
Tips for writing Failure Modes	p. 87
Summary	p. 90
Failure Effects	p. 91
What Is a Failure Effect?	p. 91
Failure Effects and the Information Worksheet	p. 91
Composing Failure Effects	p. 92
Writing Failure Effects for Protective Devices	p. 95
Summary	p. 96
Failure Consequences	p. 97
What Is a Failure Consequence?	p. 97
Introduction to the Decision Diagram	p. 100
Classifying Failure Modes as Evident or Hidden	p. 100
Identifying Failure Consequences	p. 111
Summary	p. 120
Proactive Maintenance and Intervals	p. 121
Proactive Maintenance in the Context of RCM	p. 121
Criteria for Assigning a Proactive Maintenance Task	p. 123
Scheduled Restoration and Scheduled Replacement Tasks	p. 123
On-Condition Tasks	p. 134
Combination of Tasks	p. 157
Synchronizing Initial Task Intervals	p. 160
Summary	p. 162
Default Strategies	p. 165
Procedural Checks	p. 165
Failure Finding Tasks	p. 173
Synchronizing Initial Task Intervals	p. 178
No Scheduled Maintenance	p. 178
Other Default Strategies	p. 179
Important Notes Regarding Default Strategies	p. 181
Summary	p. 183
Analysis Validation and Implementation	p. 185
Frequently-Asked Questions About the Validation Process	p. 185
Implementing RCM Analysis Results	p. 190
Summary	p. 192
How to Initiate and Successfully Sustain an RCM Program	p. 193
The Steps to Initiate an RCM Program	p. 193
Sustaining an RCM Program	p. 207
Summary	p. 217
Frequently Asked Questions and Common Misconceptions about RCM	p. 219
RCM FAQs	p. 219
Common Misconceptions Regarding the RCM Process	p. 222
RCM Is Only Part of the Solution	p. 225
Two Fundamental Realities of Asset Management	p. 226
The Application of Processes Less Robust than RCM	p. 227
The RCM Solution	p. 228
Summary	p. 233
Appendices:	p. 235
Steps to Initiate an RCM Program	p. 236
Steps to Successfully Complete RCM Pilot Projects	p. 237
Glossary	p. 239
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 247
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