This document discusses 5 myths about Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). It clarifies that RCM is a process to identify failure management strategies, not just a maintenance program. It also notes that RCM is a 7-step process that includes performing a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis in steps 1-4, and considering Condition Based Maintenance in step 6. Additionally, the document states that RCM does not need to be applied to all assets, and can be tailored based on reliability goals. It concludes by asserting that RCM has been successfully applied across many industries worldwide.

1. 5
MYTHS
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2. 1
RCM is a maintenance
program.
RCM is a process used to identify the
Failure Management Strategies you
need to implement so you get the
Reliability you need from your equipment.
FALSE

3. 1
Examples of Failure
Management Strategies:
Condition Based Maintenance Tasks
Scheduled Restoration Tasks
Scheduled Replacement Tasks
Failure Finding Tasks
Modification to an Operating Procedure
Training Improvements
etc.

4. You don't have to choose! When you do
the first four steps of the RCM process,
you create a Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis (FMEA).
2
You must choose to do
FMEA or RCM.
FALSE

5. Steps 1-4: FMEA
Failure Modes and
Effects Analysis
2
RCM is a 7-step process.
Steps 1-4 create an FMEA.

6. You don't have to choose! When you do
Step 6 of the RCM process, you consider
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM).
3
You must choose to do
CBM or RCM.
FALSE

7. Step 6:
Consideration of CBM
3
Step 6 includes the
consideration of CBM.

8. RCM doesn't need to be applied to
everything. (Who has the time for that?!?)
How widely or narrowly you apply RCM
depends on your Reliability goals.
4
If you do RCM, you must
do it on all your assets.
FALSE

9. RCM has been and is being applied in
nearly industry across the world.
5
RCM has serious
weaknesses in an
industrial environment
FALSE

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