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Title : Reliability centered maintenance in transportation
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Abstract
Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a process that identifies the maintenance requirements of physical assets and productivity to complement the operational goals of the organization (Campbell and Reyes-Picknell). This ultimately results in optimal performance of the equipment as reported by Campbell and Reyes-Picknell2006. Multinational leaders, managers, and employees of heavy rail transit agencies have faced new challenges in the 21st century related to innovation, technology, quality assurance movements, and downsizing initiatives (Newstrom and Davis 2002).One such innovation that has made use of technology to drive quality management is Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) (Backlund and Akersten 2003; Campbell and Reyes-Picknell 2006). Campbell and Reyes-Picknell (2006) reported that Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) must progress through three iterative steps before significant results are achieved. First, the RCM process must examine the function of the asset and understand the productivity goals of the asset. Second, various methods by which an asset can fail should be explored, including the impact of failure on other systems and subsystems. Third, depending on what is learned during the previous steps, RCM develops moderation strategies that can be implemented against potential failures. When the RCM process has been used in other industries, the maintenance process increased equipment efficiency, reliability, and safety, and lowered maintenance costs (Backlund and Akersten 2003; Delzell and Pithan 1996; Fleming 2006; Toomey 2006). Creecy (2003) reported that some organizations have realized up to $147 million per year in RCM-related maintenance cost savings