RelCode's place in the maintenance world

“Maintenance” is a subject that's developed a language of its own. There's RCM (reliability centered maintenance), predictive maintenance and preventive maintenance, reliability analysis, failure analysis, root cause analysis, data analysis and Weibull analysis.

Wait, there's more! How about “MRO”? Maintenance, repair and operations. And CMMS — computerized maintenance and management system. Then there's replacement — machinery replacement, plant equipment replacement and component replacement. And if we're talking software, there's reliability analysis software, spares optimization software, Weibull software, and reliability engineering software.

Let's look at RCM, for example, and RelCode's contribution to it. The Wikipedia page says … “RCM is an industrial improvement approach focused on identifying and establishing the operational, maintenance, and capital improvement policies that will manage the risks of equipment failure most effectively.” Well, RelCode's essential reason for its very existence is its ability to calculate failure probabilities. It's not just a “tie-in”, it's a marriage! The same Wiki page includes material on Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA). RelCode is a champion at arriving at root cause solutions.

Let's return to MRO. Maintenance, repair and operations. It means fixing any sort of mechanical or electrical device should it become out of order or broken (known as repair or unscheduled maintenance) as well as performing the routine actions which keep the device in working order (known as scheduled maintenance) or prevent trouble from arising (preventive maintenance). Once again there's a direct connection with RelCode. Our package is tailor-made for determining when to schedule maintenance to prevent in-service failures.

We started by noting that maintenance has its own language True. And RelCode speaks it fluently!

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