Tag: CMMS
-
What is the difference between RCM and LRCM?
You ask a very good question, and an important one. RCM was developed in the 1970s by Nowlan and Heap and revealed to the maintenance world in their pivotal work performed at United Airways under U.S. government contract. Their report, entitled “Reliability Centered Maintenance”, was submitted on December 31, 1978 to the United States Secretary…
-
Components of continuous improvement
The diagram illustrates that effective physical asset management depends on several categories of information and knowledge. The diagram points out the interaction among the standard components of maintenance management. These include: Knowledge base development (FMECA/RCM, troubleshooting aids, failure code tables, and safety related knowledge/) Work order management Condition and operation monitoring Analytic procedures These four…
-
The CMMS barrier to RCM
One company tried to connect its CMMS with its RCM program. Not just the usual upload of the RCM strategy from the RCM application to the CMMS but a more organic day-to-day integration of the two processes. However, they ran into difficulties. The CMMS being based in a relational database tries to codify as much…