Every one without fail.
The principles of RCM have spread to such an extent that they now form a major element of most of the worlds major asset intensive organizations - if not all of them.
Sure they have lots of cash, in good years, and sure they are bigger than you. But your assets are just as important as theirs when it comes to profitability and productivity.
The point being, today's argument isn't so much about acceptance anymore. Or at least, it isn't as hard an argument as it used to be. The issue today I believe, is one of quality.
In the commercial world strategy development has become almost commoditized. With every man and his dog (old bush saying) spending time developing maintenance strategies somewhere along the line, combined with contractors falling over themselves to do more, faster, cheaper, remotely...etcetera.
This is, I think,a very real issue. And one that hasn't surfaced as yet. Asset maintenance strategies are serious business. (I am sure that somewhere there is an RBI inspector, an NDT specialist, and a sub sea engineer absolutely panicking over the situation in the Gulf of Mexico...)
Skills cannot be universally at an adequate level, implementation we all know is woeful, and there has to be some question over the technical robustness of the final product. Particularly when they are working in hazardous industries. And industries where downtime quickly converts into telephone number sized bills.
There is a definite need for technical reviews, assessment of facilitator / analyst skills, and overviews of implementation and impacts.
The principles of "good"RCM are universal. regardless of whatever system, streamlined or otherwise, you have developed.
The analysis still needs to be at the right level. Hard to describe what it is, but obvious when you see something that isn't. The functions still need to be written with a quantified performance standard, and describe the function, not the design!
And so on; failure modes at the right level, effects written from a zero base, and tasks that are both Effective and Applicable.
A vital element of modern asset maintenance. Strategy development is about far more than using graduates to wallpaper strategies across an asset hierarchy...
Sure they have lots of cash, in good years, and sure they are bigger than you. But your assets are just as important as theirs when it comes to profitability and productivity.
The point being, today's argument isn't so much about acceptance anymore. Or at least, it isn't as hard an argument as it used to be. The issue today I believe, is one of quality.
In the commercial world strategy development has become almost commoditized. With every man and his dog (old bush saying) spending time developing maintenance strategies somewhere along the line, combined with contractors falling over themselves to do more, faster, cheaper, remotely...etcetera.
This is, I think,a very real issue. And one that hasn't surfaced as yet. Asset maintenance strategies are serious business. (I am sure that somewhere there is an RBI inspector, an NDT specialist, and a sub sea engineer absolutely panicking over the situation in the Gulf of Mexico...)
Skills cannot be universally at an adequate level, implementation we all know is woeful, and there has to be some question over the technical robustness of the final product. Particularly when they are working in hazardous industries. And industries where downtime quickly converts into telephone number sized bills.
There is a definite need for technical reviews, assessment of facilitator / analyst skills, and overviews of implementation and impacts.
The principles of "good"RCM are universal. regardless of whatever system, streamlined or otherwise, you have developed.
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The analysis still needs to be at the right level. Hard to describe what it is, but obvious when you see something that isn't. The functions still need to be written with a quantified performance standard, and describe the function, not the design!
And so on; failure modes at the right level, effects written from a zero base, and tasks that are both Effective and Applicable.
A vital element of modern asset maintenance. Strategy development is about far more than using graduates to wallpaper strategies across an asset hierarchy...
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