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Should RCM Templates be used.pdf
While templates can potentially speed up RCM analysis, they require great care and caution if used. Templates often lack necessary context about the operating environment and failure modes may need to be rewritten. It may actually take more time to review and rewrite templated data than starting from scratch. Therefore, templates should only be used if led by an experienced RCM specialist and should not replace engaging directly with equipment experts, who provide invaluable insight into vulnerabilities and solutions.
Should RCM Templates be used.pdf
- 1. Nancy Regan Should youuse templates Should you use templates to speed up your RCM to speed up your RCM analysis? analysis?
- 2. Great care Great caremust be must be taken if any kind of taken if any kind of template or Failure template or Failure Mode library is used Mode library is used to complete an RCM to complete an RCM analysis. analysis. 2/10
- 3. Oftentimes, the template doesnot include an explanation of the equipment operating context on which the data is based. 3/10
- 4. For example, anRCM analysis on an industrial air compressor used in two different operating contexts can vary significantly. 4/10
- 5. Failure Modes included inFailure Mode libraries are often written at a very low level so considerable time is required to determine if any are applicable. 5/10
- 6. Sometimes you end upspending more time reviewing and rewriting the data than you would have spent if you had simply started from scratch. 6/10
- 7. Therefore, using any kindof templated data should be approached with caution, and then only if an experienced RCM specialist leads the effort. 7/10
- 8. But most importantly, relyingon templates excludes our most valuable asset... 8/10
- 9. 9/10 Equipment experts arethe untapped gold in any organization. They know where the vulnerabilities lay, and they know what to do about them. Don't waste this vital resource.
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