Insights
Planners help us solve the skills shortage problem!
This article takes about two minutes to read. It was first published in PEM Magazine, now...
Corporate counter-dependency
Organizations and Culture Some organizations are poor or marginal performers, some high, and some...
Maintenance and finance – partners!
This is a 2-minute read! CFO - you need to know that maintenance can help you be very strategic in...
Teach and ask, don’t observe and judge. Maintenance assessments – do they really help
(4 minutes to read) In my book, Uptime, I talk about doing a review or assessment to determine...
Myth busting 29: You can integrate your EAM / CMMS with RCM
Reliability Centered Maintenance is an analytical process used in decision making about how best...
Myth busting 28: RCM is expensive
Many of you may be surprised to learn that Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) was actually...
Myth busting 27: RCM is only for new assets
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) was developed in the airline industry to be used for...
Myth busting 26: I’ve read the book, now I’m an expert!
3-Minute Read. Educational institutions realize that we all learn differently and combinations of...
Myth Busting 25: We need engineers to do RCM
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a method for determining the most appropriate failure...
Myth Busting 24: Basing your reliability program on Root Cause Failure Analysis
Root Cause Failure Analysis (also called, Root Cause Analysis) is great for eliminating the causes of failures. It’s usually used where there are major production, cost, safety, or environmental consequences. But it only deals with failures that have already happened
Myth busting 23: We need lots of failure data to do RCM
Reliability Centered Maintenance has been around since the 1970s 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?
Utility Asset Risk Management with RCM
Reliability is a key to successful risk management in any industry. It is particularly important...
