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VII. C. 2. FRACAS

by Bryan Christiansen Leave a Comment

How To Use CMMS To Support FRACAS Methodology

How To Use CMMS To Support FRACAS Methodology

Organizations can face a wide range of failure problems, ranging from technical to process failures. These common failures include equipment breakdowns, product failure, quality issues, and environmental incidents. These failures typically require a more systematic approach. This involves failure tracking and corrective measures implementation — in comes the FRACAS methodology. 

The FRACAS process tracks and manages failures and problems in products or systems. Almost every industry uses this approach. The goal of FRACAS is to uncover the cause of errors and take corrective action to avoid similar occurrences in the future. The process of FRACAS involves failure documentation, conducting failure examination, corrective measures implementation, and continually seeking ways to enhance the process. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CMMS and Reliability, on Maintenance Reliability Tagged With: CMMS, FRACAS

by Bryan Christiansen Leave a Comment

Mistakes To Avoid When Implementing And Using FRACAS

Mistakes To Avoid When Implementing And Using FRACAS

A failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS) is an important part of a reliability program. It is used to solve reliability and maintenance issues throughout a plant’s lifecycle. It uses a strict closed-end loop and iterative root causes analysis process. Properly executed, it can add considerable value to a business. However, there are some implementation traps to avoid and best practice tips that optimize results; here are six common issues to consider. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CMMS and Reliability, on Maintenance Reliability Tagged With: FRACAS, reliability

by James Kovacevic Leave a Comment

Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)

Using a System to Record, Report And Eliminate Defects

Why is that some organization seem to break the reactive cycle and others don’t?  After all most organizations have a PM program and some form of a planning and scheduling program right?   The key difference between those that do is their ability to use their failure data and systematically eliminate defects and issues from the processes and equipment.  This doesn’t mean adding a new PM everytime some fails, which just won’t work.

To eliminate the defects and issues, the organization needs to collect meaningful data to analyze and act on.  This is where FRACAS comes in. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, Maintenance and Reliability, on Maintenance Reliability Tagged With: Failure Reporting, FRACAS

by Richard Coronado 3 Comments

FRACAS

FRACAS

The Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) is a closed-loop process whose purpose is to provide a systematic way to report, organize and analyze failure data. Implementation of a FRACAS has increasingly become commonplace within an industry. The requirement for implementation of some type of FRACAS within a DoD program was first established in 1985 with MIL-STD-2155. However, in 1995 that standard was reestablished with no changes to content as a handbook, MIL-HDBK-2155, and was recommended as guidance. Today, multiple software solutions exist that provide all the functionality required of a FRACAS. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CRE Preparation Notes, Data Collection and Use Tagged With: FRACAS, root cause

by Fred Schenkelberg 5 Comments

M and A Sample Questions

M and A Sample Questions

Just a couple of sample questions from deep in the body of knowledge this week.

Which of the following can be evaluated with dye penetrant methods? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CRE Preparation Notes, Data Collection and Use, Maintainability and Availability Tagged With: FRACAS, Preventive Maintenance (PM) Analysis

CRE Preparation Notes

Article by Fred Schenkelberg

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