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Can Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) reduce proactive maintenance? The answer is: It depends.

In this video, I share real-world examples of organizations that reduced proactive maintenance by over 50% after implementing RCM. But there’s more to the story—what if your organization is reactive and struggling with downtime? In that case, RCM might actually increase proactive maintenance to improve reliability and reduce chronic issues.

The key is to focus on identifying proactive maintenance tasks that are technically appropriate and worth doing. RCM helps ensure your equipment serves you reliably, whether that means reducing or increasing proactive maintenance.

Should you use Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), or Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)?

In this video, I explain how RCM incorporates all of these processes into one comprehensive approach. By following the RCM process — steps like identifying Functions, Failure Modes, Failure Effects, and assessing Consequences — you naturally create an FMEA, a FMECA, and consider CBM as a potential failure management strategy.

With RCM, you don’t have to choose — you do it all! Watch to learn how this powerful methodology ensures you get exactly what you need from your equipment.