Author Archives: Murray Wiseman

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 … Continue reading

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How to start LRCM

Most large maintenance organizations have a history of pursuit of excellence on the cutting edge of maintenance management. They are avid consumers of maintenance technology, their staff read maintenance related magazines, and they attempt to implement most of the new … Continue reading

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EXAKT vs Weibull

The difference is that Weibull is a reliability analysis procedure in two dimensions, namely Reliability versus Age. Its main purpose is to discover the relationship (equation) relating reliability and age. EXAKT is a reliability analysis software that relates several dimensions, … Continue reading

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Performance metrics – Low and High level KPIs

Performance metrics should point us to precisely what we need to improve currently in our maintenance process. That is, they should trigger a control action. Subsequently they should confirm and measure the extent to which the control action had the … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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