Reliability Centred Maintenance

The Reliability Centred Maintenance analysis (RCM analysis) is a methodology that originates from aviation and has been developed to increase the reliability of an asset in the field of maintenance management. The aim of RCM is, when setting up maintenance plans, to prevent malfunctions of critical systems that could cause consequential damage.
When applying RCM, it is important that a team of specialists is present who have sufficient knowledge and expertise of the product/asset to be treated, like operators, maintenance technicians or engineers.

In seven steps, a Verebus RCM facilitator guides you to a reliability strategy that suits the type of product.
These steps are:
1. Functions
2. Mapping functional faults
3. Causes of malfunction
4. Effects of interference
5. Consequences of faults
6. Task type selection (see Maintenance Maturity overview below)
7. Merging maintenance jobs

From this RCM analysis, including a Failure Modes, Effect & Criticality analysis (FMECA analysis), we can create a strategic maintenance plan in which the different types of maintenance are coordinated.