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The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Nancy Regan in Episode 31 of this series.
Nancy Regan has had a love affair (professionally speaking) with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) for the last 2 decades. She believes that it is one of the most majestic asset management processes on the planet. She’s been at it for 20 years now and there’s nothing she would rather do.
It is my pleasure to welcome back Nancy Regan to the podcast, the founder of RCMtrainingonline.com.
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In this episode of the Women in Maintenance Podcast, we have Nancy Regan, Founder of RCMTrainingOnline.com, on the show! Nancy has over 24 years of experience working in the industry, and is extremely passionate about Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM). As a leading authority in Reliability-Centered Maintenance, Nancy will discuss the background behind her book, “The RCM Solution, A Practical Guide to Starting and Maintaining a Successful RCM Program,” and her long-established belief that each person in the industry should learn the powerful principles behind RCM. Tune in today!
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On this week’s episode, I welcome a great panel of guests to answer questions about RCM. The expert panelists are Nancy Regan, Doug Plucknette & Errin Evans. We talk about the benefits of RCM, the difference between RCM & FMEA and each guest gives us their top RCM tips.
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Reliability Centered Maintenance or RCM is a philosophy that is rooted in the fundamentals of the reliability and maintenance. There are seven steps or principles of RCM that can really help you do RCM correctly. The first four steps of RCM make up FMEA and when you combine the next two with these, it gives you a FMECA baseline. With these seven steps, you can do all the wonderful things that make up a successful reliability program. In RCM, functions are where you start your journey. A function can be defined as what you need from a piece of equipment.
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The companies who have an asset management program can’t be successful without implementing RCM in their facilities. They will face failures all the time and if they don’t have any proactive process like RCM in place, they are never going to come out of fixing things again and again. So, what is RCM? RCM is one of the most efficient and effective proactive maintenance processes that is considered one of the most powerful asset management tools. One of the coolest things about RCM is that you can apply it to any industry or your daily life. It has one of the most diverse applications in the world.
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RCM principles have been around for nearly 50 years now, and its process for nearly 40 years. Surprisingly, there is still a wide misconception and most people still don’t understand the term that is RCM. So, what is RCM or Reliability-Centered Maintenance? RCM is one of the most efficient and effective proactive maintenance processes that is considered one of the most powerful asset management tools. One of the great things about RCM is that you can apply it to any industry or your daily life. It has one of the most diverse applications in the world.
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In this week’s episode of the Reliability Rocks Podcast, I sit down with RCM expert Nancy Regan to discuss how to do RCM well, what to avoid and how it relates to poker.
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Nancy Regan is a leading authority on Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). She has over 20 years’ experience of hands-on practice facilitating RCM analyses, conducting RCM training, and assisting her clients in implementing RCM programs. With RCM, she helps organizations achieve goals such as reducing maintenance costs, identifying the cause of chronic failure, and shifting from a reactive to a proactive maintenance environment. Nancy also helps people overcome the organizational challenges that are in the way of creating an effective Reliability Culture.
Nancy is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering. She is the author of The RCM Solution, A Practical Guide to Starting and Maintaining a Successful RCM Program.
Nancy also produces a video/articles series called Everyday RCM.
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Hi Everyone. Are you struggling to implement Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) because you need buy-in from people? Well, if that’s the case, I have a solution for you. And we’re going to take our lead from these gorgeous daffodils.
Daffodils are my all-time favorite flower. I’m a sucker for them: (1) Because they look so happy! (2) You can always rely on them. At the same time every year, the daffodils come up. And there is a technique you can rely on to get the buy-in you need from management and other people within your organization to implement Reliability Centered Maintenance and it is this.
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Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)A self-paced course that provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the principles of RCM. The course includes lectures, printouts, quizzes, and a Certification of Completion.
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