Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) is a process that determines what must be done to ensure that any plant asset continues to function in the desired manner within its present operating context. There are numerous variations and derivatives of the classic RCM process in use today; most of which are aimed at facilitating the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) and developing the appropriate plan of action.

Avantis asset management software will facilitate and support organizations that have chosen to engage in a reliability centered maintenance process.

The Avantis solution includes the ability to capture failure analysis and required action to prevent failure as well as the actual statistical information in the event failure occurs. Downtime is also a critical component for failure analysis. Both production downtime and maintenance delays may be recorded in the event of a failure, as both can contribute to the total time that a critical entity is unavailable for use.

Reliability Centered Operations

Reliability Centered Operations (RCO) expands the idea of RCM as purely a maintenance tactic, to include all areas of an organization. Operational inputs, as they pertain to determining maintenance strategies, are used when looking at equipment reliability, which extend from a tactic to a state of mind or culture within an organization. Reliability should be a measure for both maintenance and operations.

To run world class uptime, equipment must be reliable and that takes more than the maintenance team. Reliability is the responsibility of “all” employees, not just maintenance. The maintenance strategy needs to keep one eye on reliability and the other on maintainability. The operational strategy should be designed so that operational parameters are driven and determined by the need to maintain inherent reliability.

• Fulfills the essential core functions required to support reliability strategies 
• Maintains openness to the exchange of information with virtually any commonly used analysis tools to help you to identify and counter possible problem or weak points within your facility
• Conforms to standards and best practices and helps enforce the required data gathering steps in the process