Best Practices in Reliability

Many times we hear all about “Best Maintenance Practices” but you probably have not seen “Best Practices in Reliability”. I have posted a listing of Best Practices in Reliability. I hope you can use these practices to improve your asset reliability. by Ricky Smith, CMRP ---

Best Reliability Practices in Maintenance

> MTBF (mean time between failure) is measured on all assets
> The top 10 “Bad Actors” (equipment with the most reliability problems by maintenance cost) are
posted in the maintenance shop and a concentrated effort is focused to eliminate each one
> MTTR (mean time to repair) is monitored and measured
> All assets are prioritized based on risk to the business and equipment condition
> Root Cause Failure Analysis is a common practice
(applied to any failure that is costly or repeats itself)
> Reliability is owned by production and maintenance and is apparent
> Operator PMs are utilized effectively
> Equipment Damage by Operators is minimal
> RCM (Reliability Centered Maintenance) has been applied to ALL critical assets
> Utilization of Assets is above 98%
> Time based PMs are less than 20% of the total PM Program
> Key data is collected and disseminated to determine the health of an asset