Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Guide Operating a More Effective Maintenance Program

Abstract

This manual outlines a comprehensive method of organizing an efficient maintenance program by applying the concepts of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). RCM combines professional intuition and a rigorous statistical approach, and recognizes that different maintenance strategies apply to different facility equipment: run-to failure, preventive, predictive, and proactive maintenance. The RCM approach applies these differing maintenance strategies in an optimal mix, to ensure that facility equipment is maintained sufficient to accomplish the facility mission without wasting maintenance labor. This guide is meant to help maintenance supervisors, managers, and technicians organize and operate an efficient and effective maintenance program in an environment of maintenance budget cutbacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367999

Entities

People

  • Alan Chalifoux
  • Joyce Baird

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Composite Materials
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Engineers
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Performance Tests
  • Reliability
  • Spectra
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Transducers

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design