A Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) is a systematic maintenance strategy that is implemented to optimise the maintenance programme by a corporate level maintenance. The Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) will lead to increase in cost effectiveness, reliability, understanding of the level of risk, and optimising productivity of the plant.
Reference Definition by Aiche.org: Reliability-Cantered Maintenance (RCM) is a systematic analysis approach for evaluating equipment failure impacts on system performance and determining specific strategies for managing the identified equipment failures. The failure management strategies may include preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, inspections, testing, and/or one-time changes (e.g., design improvements, operational changes)
Related Definitions in the Project: The Operation and Maintenance; Project Management
