RCM3: Risk-Based Reliability Centered Maintenance (eBook)

Marius Basson is the President of Aladon and The Aladon Network, a global community of industry professionals delivering reliability-based training and consulting services. He is an experienced engineering professional with more than 25 years’ experience in leading and implementing business improvement and reliability initiatives. He specialized in the application of risk and reliability improvement programs for many years and adopted a methodical way of thinking. He is a thought leader and has a strong track record of successful engagements with asset-intensive industries including mining, transportation, electric utilities, water and wastewater utilities, chemical, oil and gas, nuclear manufacturing, waste processing and other asset intensive process industries. He has extensive experience as a dynamic manager in large risk and reliability improvement projects working on all the continents across the globe. Mr. Basson offers a hands-on management style and detailed knowledge of underlying technologies with proven ability for meeting large scale project deadlines and budgets. He is a good communicator and presenter and a qualified and experienced mechanical engineer. Mr. Basson has excellent networking capabilities and is well respected and recognized in the global community.Aladon (www.aladon.com) has specialized in managing risk and reliability of physical assets and the implementation of asset management programs for more than 3 decades. Aladon specializes in providing training and consulting services in the field of risk and reliability management. They have developed a strong specialization for implementing risk and reliability solutions in industries and organizations with distributed assets including public sector organizations, industrial plants, oil and gas, chemical, nuclear, transportation, manufacturing and mining. Their approach is designed for application on all asset types and our supporting software is designed to capture and manage the information of physical assets. Aladon, led by Marius Basson, is a global network of asset reliability professionals, certified in the delivery of a team-based approach for improving the risk and reliability of all key assets in an organization. Their network has successfully helped clients apply RCM-based practices globally over the past three decades—delivering change management through extensive training and expertise along with world-class asset care strategies.

Ch. 1: RCM3 Background; Ch. 2: Introduction to RCM; Ch. 3: Operating Context; Ch. 4: Functions; Ch. 5: Failed States; Ch. 6: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis; Ch. 7: Failure Consequences and Risk; Ch. 8: Risk Management Strategies—Technical Feasibility; Ch. 9: Managing Tolerable Risks—Why Care?; Ch. 10: The RCM3 Decision Process; Ch. 11: Implementing RCM Recommendations; Ch. 12: Actuarial Analysis and Failure Data; Ch. 13: Applying the RCM3 Process; Ch. 14: What RCM Achieves; Ch. 15: A Brief History of RCM3; Appendices.