Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a corporate-level Maintenance Strategy implemented to optimize the maintenance program of a company or facility. The final result of an RCM program is the implementation of specific maintenance strategies for each asset in the facility, optimized to maintain plant productivity through cost-effective maintenance techniques.
RCM identifies the most critical functions of a company and seeks to optimize the maintenance strategy to minimize system failure, thereby increasing equipment reliability and availability. The most vital assets are those that are likely to fail or have significant consequences if they do fail. The maintenance strategy identifies the likelihood of failure modes and their consequences while considering the functions of the equipment. Cost-effective maintenance techniques that minimize the likelihood of failure are then determined, and the most effective methods are adopted to improve the facility's overall reliability.
The advantages of RCM include increased equipment availability and reduced costs and maintenance. The seven steps for implementing Reliability-Centered Maintenance are:
A properly implemented Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) can also support the RCM process.
CMMS can also help a maintenance program development goals for cost tracking, monitoring the bottom line, and benchmarking data.
The primary purpose of RCM is to evaluate, prioritize, categorize, and understand the appropriate way to intervene in the impact of failures.
By performing RCM, a company is looking to develop different maintenance schedules for critical assets within the organization or facility. Coupling the RCM process with CMMS Software can increase cost-effectiveness.
RCM aims to optimize maintenance activities so that only the necessary tasks are performed while maximizing equipment uptime. Cryotos is a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that can help you manage your RCM program. Cryotos provides a centralized database for tracking maintenance activities and equipment data and features specifically designed to support RCM analysis. With Cryotos, you can easily generate the data needed to make informed decisions about what maintenance tasks need to be performed and when.