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Reliability-Centred Maintenance

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This book is the definitive textbook on RCM, the result of the accumulated experience of thousands of RCM reviews in nearly every industry and in dozens of countries around the world.

It presents RCM's distinctive "systems" approach to maintenance, offering sophisticated criteria for deciding among four kinds of scheduled tasks (not simply the replacement of individual non-repairable components), and equally sophisticated criteria for deciding among two other kinds of failure management policies (including redesign) if scheduled tasks are not appropriate.

If you wish to do RCM, you need this book plus a mentor to guide your early efforts. (How many of us learned to ride a bicycle without someone holding the handlebars?)

But if you simply wish to understand RCM -- you need this book.

I purchased this book for a course that used it for a reference.
Overall it contains good information and provides understanding towards the concepts of RCM. I have a background in maintenance already and didn't have too hard of a time understanding the content; class helped, too. I noticed that some of the concepts and approaches to RCM were so simple in idea, that they are easily overlooked. It can add to your arsenal of tools that can help you do your job better and more efficiently. Overall the wording is understandable and isn't boring. Basically, I would say this book is suitable for someone in their 2nd-4th year in industrial maintenance desiring to be a planner or maint. manager position.
I enjoyed it because it opened my eyes to new ideas and exposed misconceptions about old RCM tactics that are inefficient.

I never cease to be amazed by some of the nonsensical comments we see on the Internet, particularly from people who read a book about an activity that requires complex skills -- discover that they can't do it without help -- and blame the book!

You won't learn to *do* RCM by reading this book, or any book -- just as you won't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book. You'll learn to *do* it only by *doing* it -- and you'll have fewer spills on your first ride if you have help from someone who has already done it (and who knows how to teach).

But if you're not trying to learn to *do* RCM -- if all you want is to *understand* RCM, its concepts and its principles -- then stop searching and get this book. There isn't a better one out there. I've read the others, and I know.

Dana Netherton (Chairman, RCM committee, SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers))

This book addressed maintenance of a system as the replacement of individual non-repairable components. However, it neglected to treat maintenace from the concept of a repairable system. I would refer readers to the book Repairable Systems by Ascher and Feingold for this type of analysis. In reality as a practitioner in both engineering and maintenanace, it is improtant to look at the system as a whole as well as the components. This is especially crtical in the decision as when to replace a system, which is a different analysis from when to replace a component.

Moubray's RCM 2 is a must have text in preparation for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP)certification (CMRP). Good foundational information on Maintenance, Reliability and the RCM process.

In this book, Moubray has revised and brought up to date his seminal 1991 text on Reliability Centered Maintenance. As with the previous text, he clearly and concisely explains the principles behind RCM in an easily understood fashion, without having to resort to complex mathematical explanations. The diagrams and examples given in the text add to the ease of understanding. The major difference between this edition and the previous edition is increased detail and focus in those areas most likely to be of use to those attempting to apply the principles in their workplace. Highly recommended reading for anyone involved in maintenance engineering and maintenance management.

I have been working in the field of RCM since 1991. During that time I have read most of the texts in the marketplace on the subject as well as having worked in a range of countries and industries using a range of different methods.

Johns book is unique in that it is set in the context of asset maintenance as a managerial discipline of growing strategic significance. His vast knowledge, coupled with the vast knowledge and resources of his network of RCM practitioners, have combined to make this the finest text on RCM that has been produced to date.

If you want to get to know a little about RCM, understand how it is applied, and understand some of the techniques and principles that make up this area of expertise, then there is no better book in todays marketplace. I still carry a copy with me today on most jobs I undertake.

Written in laymans terms Johns' book is the most read book on the subject, and remains the standard by which others are measured. Don't waste your time elsewhere.

This analysis of maintenance is missing one critical piece of the system. That is maintenance of a system is treated solely as the replacement of non-repairable components. In my opinion maintenace should also be looked from the point of view of a repairable system. Methods for analyzing repairable systems is found in Ascher and Feingold. A total and complete view of the maintenance of systems uses both views.

This is an excellente book, it contains a different way to plan maintenance tasks and how assets should manage by users, owners and managers.
I totally recommend it.

John's book is perhaps the most widely read/recognised on the subject. The supporting material in this second edition is particularly useful and reflects John's vast knowledge of the subject.