Category Archives: RCM
Two kinds of decision making in maintenance
In this article we hope to clear up some vagueness in the types of decisions that maintenance managers are required to make. We distinguish between two separate types of decision procedures used in the maintenance management domain. Tactical (short term) … Continue reading
RCM – Living RCM
When most people discuss or practice RCM, they are really referring to initial RCM, the process by which the Functions, Failures, Failure Modes, Effects, Consequences, and mitigating actions are analyzed and documented based on the knowledge available to the analysts at … Continue reading
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Real meaning of the six RCM curves
You may be wondering about the famous “RCM curves” shown below in Figure 1. They are the Age-Reliability behavior curves which graph the Conditional Probability of failure against age. A common question is the following. “For the 139 items covered … Continue reading