Focus areas for RAMC

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We are intending to consolidate all our plant’ efforts under a so-called RAMC (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Capacity Utilization).

Two basic purposes are:

1) to reduce downtime (either planned like plant turnaround or unplanned like plant trips). We aim to increase turnaround interval and/or decrease turnaround duration (product to product)

2) to operate at design nameplate capacity and/or to increase capacity by revamps and/or rejuvenation

Current efforts include root cause analysis (RCA) for equipment failure and multitasks (equivalent to basic equipment care by operators and technicians).

Will anyone share info on what are meaningful focus areas to concentrate for implementation and maximum impact at cost-effectiveness in other plants or facilities?

Josh

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