Initially developed by the aviation industry, RCM is rapidly becoming fundamental to the practice of maintenance management and is now in use at hundreds of industrial and service organizations around the world. This book provides an authoritative and practical explanation of what RCM is and how it can be applied. It is of vital importance to anyone concerned with productivity, quality, safety, and environmental integrity.
Written by an expert in the field who has helped users apply RCM and its more modern derivative, RCM2, at more than 600 sites in 32 countries. The second edition includes more than 100 pages of new material on:
Chapter 1 : Introduction to RCM
Chapter 2 : The Plant Register
Chapter 3 : Functions and Failures
Chapter 4 : Failure Consequences
Chapter 5 : Preventive Tasks
Chapter 6 : Default Actions
Chapter 7 : The RCM Decision Diagram
Chapter 8 : Planning, Organizing and Controlling the Proposed Task
Chapter 9 : The Nature of Failure and Technical History
Chapter 10 : Implementing RCM
Chapter 11 : What RCM Achieves
Chapter 12 : A Brief History of RCM
