Skip to content
Best Practices Maintenance: Reliability Engineering
1.
The organization has a reliability engineering attitude/mentality.
Yes, it exists as part of the work culture
Yes, it exists and is being developed as part of the work culture
No
2.
Complete and accurate asset data is available for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis on:
90% or more of the assets
75 to 89% of the assets
60 to 74% of the assets
40 to 59% of the assets
Less than 40% of the assets
3.
Is the RCM methodology used to adjust/refine the PM/PDM program?
Yes
No
4.
RCM analysis is conducted on all assets:
Annually
Every 6 months
Every 2 years
Every 3 years
Any longer than three years
5.
The work order history is accurate in tracking the causes of failures:
90% or more of the asset’s history
75 to 89% of the asset’s history
60 to 74% of the asset’s history
40 to 59% of the asset’s history
Less than 40% of the asset’s history
6.
Are failures clearly identified?
90% or more of the asset’s history
75 to 89% of the asset’s history
60 to 74% of the asset’s history
40 to 59% of the asset’s history
Less than 40% of the asset’s history
7.
Failure analysis is conducted using analysis tool such as why tree, fishbone, and Patero, to assure accuracy and consistency of the effort.
Yes
No
8.
Dedicated personnel are permanently assigned to maintain the RCM program.
Yes
No
9.
Management views RCM as a value added activity?
Yes
No
10.
Are methods in place for measuring the effectiveness of the reliability engineering effort?
Yes
No
11.
Feel free to provide any information or comments you care to here. They will be read by several human beings!