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The Introduction to RCM2 training course is accredited by the Professional Engineers Board of Singapore.  Participants can obtain 21 PDU’s towards their practicing certificate requirements

Inhouse Training Course Option

The Introduction to RCM2 training course is also available as an inhouse course conducted at your site premises.  Rates for inhouse training vary depending on the number of delegates.  Please contact us for more information.

Paul will be in Malaysia to conduct the Introduction to RCM2 Training Course on 18-20 October and will be available to meet with clients who wish to learn more about Reliability Centred Maintenance from one of the world’s foremost experts in the field.

Paul has 30 years of industrial experience helping numerous organizations quantify the anticipated benefits from their reliability initiatives as well as achieve the objectives through process changes and the application of best practices and leading technologies. Paul is a graduate of Queen’s University in Electrical Engineering and a certified member of both the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Ordre des Ingénieur du Québec.

As part of its drive to improve asset reliability, MAF chose to implement the Aladon Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM2) methodology after a rigorous selection exercise.  MAF appointed Asset Dynamics Asia to lead the effort and selected Ivara EXP as the tool for implementing the RCM2 analysis and integrating with the Maximo EAM solution.

MAF’s initial efforts were focused on the highly critical crude & platformer units, which are central to the plant operations.  In total 26 RCM2 analysis were implemented comprising over 7000 action plans and 50,000+ indicators for monitoring of equipment health.  By utilizing Ivara EXP’s unique capabilities, MAF was able to build and implement a comprehensive reliability programme for their assets and provide all relevant inspection and conditioning monitoring data in a single environment.

“We are extremely pleased with the service that we received from Asset Dynamics Asia, they worked exceptionally hard for us under a very tight deadline to complete the work and meet all our expectations.  We are very pleased with the results and are looking to build on the good work implemented so far by extending the implementation to include other production units”.  Reliability Manager, MAF.

Martin Sedgwick, Head of Asset Management at ScottishPower, will lead this executive summit, sharing how Scottish Power developed a high reliability organization in less than two years.  Their strategy and approach can be applied to all asset-intensive businesses with a focus on improving asset managementand process safety.  Learn the key triggers that ensured Scottish Power C-Level Executives were engaged and supportive, as well as the plan and timeline to achieve Asset Management Standard PAS 55 certifi cation.

Scottish Power was recognized by the British Government for their achievements in Asset Management and Process Safety and awarded first prize for innovation in process safety by the Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Reliability Assessment

The Reliability Assessment compares the current behaviours of employees, among the departments supporting the maintenance function, to a set of best practices.  The best practices are processes, techniques, and innovative uses of resources that have a proven record of success in providing significant improvement in cost, schedule, quality, performance, safety, environment, and other measurable factors that affect the health of  the organisation.

Financial Assessment

In the financial Assessment, we look at the effectiveness of the maintenance programme.  An effective maintenance programme delivers the right work at the right time so that fire fighting activities and non value added work is reduced.  This requires a move from reactive to proactive maintenance. Using bench marks for world class maintenance we can estimate the potential savings to be gained by implementing a proactive maintenance strategy.   This include savings in labour, spares and production losses.   The financial assessment quantifies the size of the opportunity and aligns itself with reliability assessment recommendations.

The Criticality Assessment (also known as an Asset Prioritization Analysis) is the procedure used to assess the relative criticality of one system against another.  The prioritization analysis ranks assets according to criticality and is used to select the appropriate work identification analysis technique (RCM2, FMEA, CPR) for the system.

Asset Dynamics Asia have used a number of different techniques to access criticality and can work with you to choose an approach that is best for your organisation.

Whats is RCM2?

RCM2 is a process used to determine the maintenance programme for any physical asset based on its operating context.

The RCM2 process begins by documenting what the users expect from their physical assets.  This is defined in terms of primary performance parameters such as output, throughput, speed, range and carrying capacity. Where relevant, the RCM2 process defines what users expect in terms of risk avoidance (safety and environmental integrity), quality (precision, accuracy, consistency and stability), control, comfort, containment, economy, customer service and so on.

The RCM2 process identifies the ways in which the asset can fail to live up to these expectations (failed states), followed by an FMEA (failure modes and effects analysis), to identify all the events which are reasonably likely to cause each failed state.

Finally, the RCM2 process seeks to identify a suitable failure management policy for dealing with each failure mode in the light of its consequences and technical characteristics. Failure management policy options include:

• predictive maintenance
• preventive maintenance
• failure-finding
• change the design or configuration of the system
• change the way the system is operated
• run-to-failure

The RCM2 process provides powerful rules for deciding whether any failure management policy is technically appropriate. It also provides precise criteria for deciding how often routine tasks should be done.

One of the features of RCM2 that distinguishes it from other interpretations of the RCM philosophy is the cross-functional groups of users and maintainers that perform the analyses. After training, these analysis teams apply the process to their assets to produce the most cost-effective asset reliability programs.

RCM2 Review Groups

The application of RCM2 completely transforms the view that any organisation has of its physical assets. Not only does it revolutionise views about maintenance and how maintenance and operations work together but it also leads to a far broader and deeper understanding about how things work.

From the viewpoint of the business which operates the assets, these changes are both profound and profoundly important. They mean that assets not only become more reliable because they are better maintained, but they also mean that operators are less likely to do things which cause their assets to fail. A better understanding of how systems work also means that operators are far more likely to react quickly, confidently and correctly when things do go wrong – a capability which is quite literally priceless, especially in complex, hazardous, tightly coupled facilities.

In nearly every case, it also transpires that people who live with the asset on a day-to-day basis are an invaluable source of information – information that transforms what would otherwise be an occasionally valid collection of incomplete data into a solid, valid business tool.

This leads inevitably to the conclusion that from both viewpoints – technical validity and capability development – it is folly not to involve the people who live with the assets directly in the application of the RCM2 process.

The Aladon Network has developed a profound understanding of what must be done to ensure that RCM2 is correctly applied by multi-disciplinary review groups.

However, before anyone can participate effectively in such a group, they need to learn how RCM works (“learn the language”) and, more importantly, they need to come to terms with the paradigm shifts embodied in the RCM2 philosophy.

Our RCM2 Training programs are designed to enable them to do so.

RCM Standards

RCM2 complies with SAE Standard JA1011 “Evaluation Criteria for Reliability-Centered Maintenance RCM Processes.”

For a more comprehensive description of the RCM2 process, see John Moubray’s book “Reliability-Centered Maintenance”.

To gain a better understanding of how RCM2 works, consider attending one of our RCM2 Training courses.

RCM Software

Ivara EXP is the leading asset reliability strategy development software providing a unique combination of rigor, speed and risk sensitivity. Ivara EXP allows organizations to apply a cohesive strategy across an entire equipment base using one, single application. This unique solution supports multiple plant and asset level methodologies in a single integrated application making it possible to develop the right management strategy for each asset.

The Ivara FMEA methodology, known as Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA), is coupled with selection criteria to ensure that a risk appropriate methodology is always used.  Note: MTA analysis shouldn’t be conducted in the absence of an RCM2 program.

Where RCM2 is a functional analysis at the system level, MTA is a failure mode analysis at the component level. This allows for a faster less resource intensive analysis that is technically sound and easily templated. To ensure a high level of quality in the analysis you must first be trained in RCM2 facilitation. This develops your skills as a Facilitator as well as your knowledge of RCM2, since MTA is based on RCM2 principles.

• Criticality studies of plant systems to prioritise systems for RCM2 analyses.
• Basic and advanced RCM2 training to more than 300 managers, engineers, operators, and technicians.
• Facilitation of three RCM2 analyses of critical systems at each plant.
• Quality review of TNB’s in-house facilitated analyses.

TNB continues to roll out RCM2 with internal resources overseen by an RCM committee convening regularly to share knowledge and is extremely pleased with the support provided by ADA.

“It is with great pleasure, the management of the Repair and Maintenance Department (JPS) and TNB Repair and Maintenance Sdn Bhd (REMACO) wishes to extend our highest commendation and thanks to your company for the excellent service provided to JPS/REMACO in helping us along the path to achieve the vision and mission of our company”.

We have full confidence and belief that your company will continue to provide excellent service to our company in the future for the progress of Tenaga Nasional Berhad specifically and Malaysia in general.”

General Manager TNB Repair & Maintenance Sdn Bhd

“I would like to thank you for a job well done.  The team and everybody involved were very happy with the preparation, execution, results and your professional approach to the project.  We would not hesitate doing this again with you and we will be sure to call you next time we have any project of this type.  We were very worried about the time it would take to do this project but with your help we not only succeeded in reducing the time frame but feel we also acheived exceptional results”

Chevron Offshore Thailand SERI Coordinator