Category: Managing LRCM
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What is a pilot project?
Here is an excerpt from the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) “CBM+” manual describing the military philosophy on pilot projects, which is appropriate in industrial maintenance. Despite the rigor applied in controlled testing, there is no substitute for process testing in an operational environment. Pilot tests are a staple of DoD’s approach to implementation of…
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Motivation, leadership, training
The reliability solution is only partially one of technology. More important are the application of creative techniques in motivation, leadership, and training directed toward the work order completion process. An LRCM project implementation succeeds based on a realization that personnel respond best to the intagibles of recognition, empowerment, and interest by management. These characteristics of leadership are described…
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PAS-55
Many companies are getting involved with PAS55. Should they get those projects over with before embarking on LRCM? PAS55 is a compendium of asset management practices that have gained some currency over the past century. LRCM embodies the principles of continuous process improvement better than anything in PAS55. LRCM does not conflict with any “best”…
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Leading and lagging performance numbers
One point of discussion is the role of high level (lagging) KPIs. In mining, over the last decade, given the unrelenting world demand for resources, the KPI of greatest concern has been Availability, almost to the exclusion of other considerations. This view can falsify conclusions about real maintenance performance. One example concerns the shovels which…
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Reliability engineer’s work cycle
LRCM changes, in a fundamental way, how our reliability engineers work. Previously the job cycle proceeded in the sequence: Decide what type of reliability analysis should be applied. Extract, clean, and convert data into an analyzable sample as required for the analysis chosen, for example, an Events and Inspections table for an EXAKT analysis. Perform…