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Introduction to Reliability Centered Spares

03 August 2009
Reliability Centered Spares (RCS) is a methodology used to determine the most effective spares holding policy to support your maintenance practice. It balances the cost of maintaining spares in the warehouse with the

A TPM3 Journey to Excellence - Mining Case Study

03 August 2009
This is a Case Study on the successful introduction of TPM3 to an Australian underground zinc mine.


TPM3 and Six Sigma: Similarities and Differences

03 August 2009
This is an interesting research paper that highlighted several high level similarities between TPM3 and Sigma. Due to both the similarities and the differences, TPM3 can enhance any existing Six Sigma program by:

The Case against Streamlined RCM

03 August 2009
As the result of growing popularity of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), many variants emerge to claim the title as the best RCM approach. In this paper published in 2000, John Moubray tries to clarify what RCM

Maintenance Management - A New Paradigm

03 August 2009
Maintenance is about preserving physical assets. True? Wrong! In this paper published in 1995, John Moubray illustrates the changing of many paradigms in the maintenance world. He attempts to summarize fifteen of

The Reliability Handbook

03 August 2009
The Reliability Handbook was originally published in December 1999 in Canada by the late John D Campbell and his team of maintenance experts at the then PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Service.

Introduction to RCM II

03 August 2009
This paper by John Moubray – author of the widely popular RCM version: RCM II, was published in 1999. In this paper, John illustrates the evolution and changing world of maintenance which set in motion the development