Reliability is a crucial factor for any company. It is directly linked to a site’s costs, efficiency and therefore its customers’ satisfaction and the company’s overall reputation. Reliable equipment and team operations result in reduction of costs, downtime and therefore higher return on investments and profit.

The main reason for failures is poor operating practices. The way operators handle equipment and processes on a daily basis is equally important as the input from maintainers and engineers. Organising the equipment and routine operations in a specific way can drastically improve a site’s reliability and help avoid failures caused by technical and human factors.

A range of practical techniques to improve reliability is available depending on a site’s particular needs:

• RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) is the popular concept developed to achieve aircraft industry level reliability – it introduces an optimised maintenance and operating regime with a high level of operator involvement

• Maintenance Planning helps structure, implement and monitor all the processes

• RCA (Root Cause Analysis) technique will analyse the Root Cause of a defined problem and identify the actions necessary to eliminate it

• If most problems are caused by equipment, RbyD (Reliability by Design) will help ensure equipment is fit for purpose, operates to a specified standard and delivers high reliability with low maintenance costs

• In addition CSA (Critical Spares Analysis) will help achieving space and costs benefits by determining how many of a particular item needs to be kept

	Reliability Centred Manufacturing
	Root Cause Analysis
	Reliability by Design
	Critical Spares Analysis
	EMS Reliability Snap Shot Assessment
	Maintenance Planning

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