Category Archives: Managing LRCM

Mesh: 12 steps to achieving reliability from data

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Murray Wiseman

Mesh is a Living RCM (LRCM) knowledge management system. It interfaces with the EAM in order to achieve two principal objectives: Ensure systematic knowledge update whenever a technician encounters divergence between the RCM analysis and an observed failure behavior, and, … Continue reading →

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The role of media in living RCM

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Murray Wiseman

MESH LRCM provides an image gallery associated with each Failure Mode. The reason for this feature is directly related to practical Reliability Analysis (RA) which is why it is unique to LRCM. It is essential, for purposes of RA that … Continue reading →

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The winning paper at the XIV International Congress of Maintenance

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Murray Wiseman

On 18, 19 and 20 April the XIV International Congress of Maintenance 2012 was held in Bogotá, Colombia in April. Organized by ACIEM (www.aciem.org) experts in different areas of maintenance delivered ​​presentations to the attendees. They emphasized sound practices,  the management of maintainability, and the assessment of operational risk. Among the … Continue reading →

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Waiting for CMMS maturity

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Murray Wiseman

One maintenance manager puts it this way: “Our CMMS system and our Techs using it have not achieved the level of maturity for it to be a valuable tool. The Techs input insufficient levels of detail into our CMMS. Thus, … Continue reading →

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CMMS Impediments to Reliability Analysis

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Oscar Hoyos Vásquez

In the maintenance department of a reliability-obsessed and maintenance-intensive company, both RCM (Reliability-Centered Maintenance) knowledge and work order information are stored in different databases using different software packages. CMMS v.s. RCM The two software applications have different purposes: RCM knowledge … Continue reading →

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