Category Archives: LRCM
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. … Continue reading
LRCM – off the maintenance improvement radar
Are we marching to a different drum?. Why is LRCM out of step with the established community of reliability experts and authors. If it is so good why haven’t the others caught on? The obvious strategy of treating work orders … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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
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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Tagged CBM and CMMS, Potential failure, RULE, Sample, Starting LRCM
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