RCM(Reliability Centered Maintenance):Basic Seven Questions to be asked

To evaluate any asset or system with the RCM(Reliability Centered Maintenance) process Following seven questions are to be asked,

What are the functions and associate performance standards of the system in present operating condition?
How the system is failed to fulfill its functions?
What are the causes for the failure of its functions.?
What happen when its function failure occurred?
In what way each failure matter or failure significance or consequences?
What can be done to prevent or predict the failure?
What happen if any proper proactive task cannot be found to prevent or predict the failure?

Any team ask this basic Seven question to the system or the asset to be evaluated via RCM process for determination the maintenance requirement to be done easily.

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