Category: Effects
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The role of media in living RCM
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 the technician report Failures, Potential Failures, and Suspensions consistently. But how to distinguish between a Potential Failure…
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Local, Next higher level, End effects
The FMECA process specified by MIL-STD-1629A provides a structured description of the Effects while the SAE JA1011 “minimum RCM” Effects are described by free text. One may question why LRCM chooses free text over the more stringent military structure The Effects long text field is one of several aspects that set RCM apart from the…
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Effects – alternate usages
In many RCM software applications the Effects has a different usage from that which we describe in many places throughout this website. For example, in one RCM software application, when you open up the properties of a given Failure Mode from the RCM Hierarchy tree view, an elaborate set of tabs is provided. One of…
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Effects
In most CMMSs where an RCM functionality has been introduced, the Effects tend to be short single phrases rather than narratives as suggested in the Moubray and SAE JA1011 standard. Effects according to the Moubray/JA1011 viewpoint include what happens at all levels in the organization and even beyond. Here is the JA1011 suggested content for…