GGR's business is assisting companies get the optimum performance from their plant and equipment.
A determined effort is needed to obtain and sustain improvements in plant performance and reliability. Some key factors to take into account at the outset of a project include:
- Objectives of the project
- Measures of performance
- Possible obstacles to be overcome
- Selecting the best approach
- The need for a pilot project
- Support of the senior management team
- Resourcing the project
- Managing the implementation
- Reviewing performance
GGR's experience of this critical planning stage helps to ensure a successful outcome to the project.
GGR then use a range of methodologies, all building on or derived from Classical RCM. Each methodology has been developed to provide fast, technically sound, and cost-effective improvements:
- Classical RCM - based on the pioneering work done for the airlines in the 1960s and 1970s but with more advanced decision logic and less use of jargon.
- Fast-track RCM - this supersedes Classical RCM for nearly all applications; the same logic and thoroughness but much quicker and easier to apply.
- Review RCM - this is used where existing preventive maintenance routines are excessive, time based rather than condition based and lack credibility.
- Generic RCM - this applies Fast-track RCM or Classical RCM to large populations of similar equipment, taking into account variations in equipment specification and its operating context.
What do I need to do to achieve my objectives from my plant?
In all cases the approach must be matched to the performance improvement objectives, the nature of the plant, the people and the skills and resources available.