To All,

I've been longing to ask this question but seem to provide very little or no answer at all, hence I would like to ask most specially experts or those who have experience this sitation before regarding your thoughts.

Is it possible to apply RCM for a piece of manufacturing equipment ? Have anyone ever done RCM and can kindly share their experience ?

I have success doing it on manufacturing facilities but not on equipment's used by manufacturing operators. Such equipment on facilities includes AHU, sub-stations, gensets etc.

The reason I am asking is that in the Decision Diagram, the consequences of failure is entirely different inside a production plant :


Original Consequences for RCM are
1) Environmental
2) Safety
3) Operational
4) Non-operational

For an equipment used by operations, environmental consequences is not an issue and there are other consequences besides operational. Hence, consequences can either be as follows :

1) Safety
2) Operational
3) Quality issues (although originally included in operational consequences in RCM)
4) Customer gets angry but forgives you
5) Customer gets angry, pulled out and left you no more business
6) Non operational consequences

P.S. hope you contribute in my previous post on PM Survey

My Warm Regards,

Hi Rolly,
We have successfully used RCM with the PMO2000 method in many manufacturing sites. We have a major program underway with all the Ford sites here in Australia. Some very good work with Kraft Australia and the list goes on.
We understand the consequences are slightly different in all industries. We also include commercial consequences as Hazard... not just safety and environment.
regards
Steve
www.pmoptimisation.com.au

Steve and All,

Many thanks for your response, although I am asking for the original RCM version.

My question is if the decision diagram most specially the Failure Consequences is revised to suit it more conveniently with Operations and production will it still be in conformance with SAE JA1011 ?

My Warm Regards,