Myth busting 23: We need lots of failure data…

March 4, 2019

Reliability Centered Maintenance has been around since the 1970’s and it has proven to achieve amazing results wherever it has been used properly. As a reliability method, it guides decision making based on available evidence about past, and expected future, failures. It makes sense that failure data be part of that evidence. But do you need a lot of data?

A common mis-perception about RCM is that it requires a lot of data.

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Utility Asset Risk Management with RCM

February 21, 2019

Reliability is a key to successful risk management in any industry. It is particularly important in electrical utilities where the service must be “always on”. Failures can result in power outages and major disruptions to many customers, some of whom are providing critical services like hospitals, banks, stock exchange computers, traffic signals, mass public transit, and so on. Read more “Utility Asset Risk Management with RCM” →

Condition Monitoring

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

The following article appears in the Feb 2019 issue of MRO Magazine, authored by Jesus Sifonte of Conscious Reliability. Jesus and James Reyes-Picknell are co-authors of, “Reliability Centered Maintenance Re-Engineered“, 2017, Productivity Press, NY.

The full article appears here: Condition Monitoring: MRO Magazine Feb 2019

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Myth busting 21: Are manufacturer’s warranties worth it?

February 14, 2019February 20, 2019

Many believe strongly in the value of warranties on new / refurbished equipment. They go to great lengths talking about how important it is to do the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance to maintain validity of the warranty. This is a continuation of the last blog article on having too many failures despite following manufacturer’s recommendations. Manufacturer’s usually recommend maintenance and spare parts for their products. In our last blog we can see that those recommendations are often flawed. So what about their warranty?

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Myth Busting 20: We must follow manufacturer’s recommended maintenance

February 4, 2019February 20, 2019

Manufacturers always publish recommended maintenance for users of their products. There are a few myths about this maintenance – one is that it will result in reliable operation of the equipment. In some cases it does, but in most, it does not. Why?

The myth is that the manufacturers always know best how to maintain their designs. Think about that for a minute. How many manufacturers actually use and maintain what they sell?

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Stop doing too much maintenance

September 2, 2018February 20, 2019

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10 Myths about RCM

December 8, 2017February 20, 2019

Despite its well-documented successes, Reliability Centered Maintenance has always drawn a lot of discussion and controversy. Much of it is because of a lack of understanding and ‘myths’ generated to discredit RCM as a viable business solution. Here I will fill in some of those gaps in understanding and debunk some of the myths.

RCM is a type of maintenance (wrong)

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What is Conscious Reliability

May 25, 2017February 20, 2019

In 2015, Jesus Sifonte invited me to be a speaker at a client and business partner congress that he was holding in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We did not know each other, nor did we even know much about each other. I was recommended to Jesus by a mutual friend, Dr. Andrew Jardine at the University of Toronto. At the San Juan congress we presented our respective topics and in the evenings we shared a few drinks while speaking about maintenance, reliability and asset management. We realized that we both had a shared passion for excellence and we learned about each-others’ experience. Read more “What is Conscious Reliability” →

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Uptime – Managing failures before they occur

May 16, 2017February 20, 2019

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Re-engineering Reliability Centered Maintenance

April 10, 2017February 20, 2019

Reliability Centered Maintenance methods compliant with the SAE standard JA-1011 (“Evaluation Criteria for RCM Processes”) all have common features – they must, or they won’t comply with the standard. Those requirements are “minimum” requirements, as they are with any standard. RCM-R complies. But what makes it different and why?

The RCM standard and most, if not all, of the established RCM methods are firmly rooted in the past as it was defined by those few individuals who wrote the SAE standard. The standard and those methods have stood the test of time because they work, but we asked, “Can they work better?” Answer – yes.

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