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DEFINITION
The purpose of RCM is to develop a preventive (scheduled) maintenance program with the goal of cost effectively increasing system reliability.
GENERAL INFORMATION/NARRATIVE
RCM should be used early in system design and on highly complex systems. RCM uses information from the Failure Mode and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to identify items that are the most critical to system availability. The RCM analysis process uses a decision tree as a guide for complete analysis of each significant item. If determined to be effective, preventive maintenance tasks are performed on a scheduled, periodic basis to prevent failures while equipment is in operation. RCM analysis may also reveal deficiencies in maintainability or identify maintenance tasks to be eliminated. During the Production and Deployment phase the scheduled maintenance program developed from the RCM analysis is evaluated to insure the timeframes for accomplishing the scheduled maintenance meet the mission requirements and are cost effective.
GEIA-STD-0007 Interface: B Entities, Reliability Requirements and Analysis. Data entities beginning with "B" in the first position of the entity name are structured to provide a description of the function of each item of the end item; outline the maintenance concept to be utilized for design and support planning purposes; and, identify any design conditions such as fail safe requirements/environmental or nuclear hardness considerations imposed upon the system. The entities summarize the item reliability, maintainability, and related availability characteristics of the item resulting from the failure modes and effects, criticality, maintainability and reliability centered maintenance analyses, and accommodate a narrative description of any analysis related to the potential redesign of an item. The B Entities would be updated with any field feedback information that changes the reliability and criticality of items.
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AR 700-127 and DA Pam 70-3.
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Required For: The RCM analysis is required in support of the SS and associated Program Management Documentation (PMD). As the RCM and SS requirements are updated the information is required to be transferred to solicitations and contracts during the remaining life cycle and acquisition phases.
When Required: The RCM analysis is an iterative analysis process conducted concurrent with the development of the maintenance concepts during the maintenance planning process. While the RCM analysis applies predominately to the early Phases of a system's life cycle, RCM can apply to any Life Cycle Phase.
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