Tag: Continuous improvement
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How does LRCM “improve” RCM?
Difficult discussions take place whenever people engage in the reconciliation of theory with practice. In many maintenance situations, the reality of a given maintenance event will be at odds with the current structure of the RCM hierarchy. The failure mode will be identified at one level of causality in the RCM knowledge base and at…
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Inspections – CBM and others
An inspection is like the skin of an onion. As you peel back each layer you will spend more money and time, but in return, you will get more information. For example: oil analysis – least expensive, least intrusive, no downtime – some information diesel trap – more cost, more intrusive, some downtime…
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Confidence in predictive maintenance
Without a mechanism to evaluate a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) program’s evolving performance CBM activities will degenerate to “busy work”. Data will continue to be collected, manipulated and filed as a matter of routine. To counter this tendency towards apathy, managers should periodically justify, in terms of profitability and safety, the resources allocated to CBM.…