Reliability-Centered Maintenance Management (RCM) Workshop

Program overview:

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a process to ensure that assets continue to do what their users require in their present operating context. RCM incorporates Preventive Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance activities, along with Predictive Testing & Inspection (PT&I) and other actions (e.g., redesign, procedural changes or technology upgrades) to provide an optimal balance to achieve greater reliability and lower life-cycle costs. Successful implementation of RCM will lead to increase in cost effectiveness, machine uptime, and a greater understanding of the level of risk that the organization is managing.

For whom:

Facilities Managers, Maintenance Engineers Senior Operators responsible for smooth operation of operating systems, Personnel concerned in Reliability Centered Maintenance, Maintenance / Operations planners.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• define and explain what Reliability Centered Maintenance is all about – the drivers, potential benefits, and how to implement it;
• shift from reactive to proactive maintenance;
• evaluate the concept, performance measures, and analysis of RCM;
• see how RCM interacts with and supports other elements of maintenance strategy particularly condition-based monitoring; and
• acquire hints and tips for practical application of RCM in their own areas of responsibility, fitting RCM into the overall maintenance organization and strategy.

Course outline:

Day 1: General Introduction to the Concept & Principles of RCM (With Case Studies)

• What is RCM?
• Identifying Failure Modes
• Data Analysis,
• Assessing cost of failure
• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance,
• Simulating the strategy
• Optimum task selection

Day 2: Managing RCM using Appropriate Software (With Case Studies)

• Weibull Analysis,
• RCM Analysis,
• Packaging maintenance tasks
• Producing the Load sheet/plan/work instructions,
• Reporting
• Evaluating the strategy against business objectives.

Day 3: Advanced RCM Software Application (With Case Studies)

• Modeling Scenarios
• Using Libraries and Maintenance Templates
• Data Quality,
• Version comparisons,
• Configuration options
• Load sheets,
• Work instruction Documents

Day 4: Facilitating RCM Studies (With Case Studies)

• Preparing,
• Collecting data,
• Scoping a study
• Facilitating FMEA sessions,
• Facilitating Maintenance selection
• Validating the plan,
• Working with the CMMS,
• Updating the analysis

Day 5: RCM Living Program

• Collecting data,
• Updating failure parameters,
• Re-optimizing,
• Maintenance,
• Identifying Changes,
• Implementing Changes

Methodology: Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.

NOTE: Please Come along with your laptop.