Are some of our failures caused by the very activities which are supposed to prevent failure ( a common feature in predominantly fixed time maintenance environments ) ?
Q9. RCM TURBO – and so called “Cost Minimisation Algorithm” Programs RCM Turbo users and others are being circulated with a document which seeks to denigrate methodologies that assist reliability assessors to establish optimum frequencies for predictive or preventative maintenance tasks. Whilst RCM Turbo is not mentioned by name, considerable content in the document has clearly been extracted from Strategic materials. The essence of this document is the assertion that where tasks are recommended for performance outside of the ‘warning time’ or Pf interval, the tasks are by definition ineffective and further, the establishment procedure defies the principles of reliability centred maintenance as defined in the US SAE Standard JA1011. The balance of this 17 page document proceeds to reinforce why such a procedure would be incorrect and invalid. Again, we face an example of our methodology being denigrated by those seeking to compete with RCM Turbo in the reliability marketplace. RCM Turb
