{"id":6396,"date":"2025-04-26T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T16:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/reliability-centered-maintenance-rcm-how-to-arrive-at-the-right-maintenance-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:06:43","slug":"reliability-centered-maintenance-rcm-how-to-arrive-at-the-right-maintenance-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/en\/reliability-centered-maintenance-rcm-how-to-arrive-at-the-right-maintenance-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): How to arrive at the right maintenance strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Graph Chart Section&#8221; module_class=&#8221;hero_sec&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; 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You want machines to keep running, installations to be available, and production processes to continue without interruptions. But without unnecessary costs or risks. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxgrip.com\/solutions\/reliability-centered-maintenance-rcm-8-steps-for-performance-improvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #6ed400; text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)<\/a>, you develop maintenance strategies that balance risks, impact, and performance. 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What is the chance of them breaking down and why? And what are the consequences for production, safety, the environment, or your company&#8217;s reputation? Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) helps you answer all these important questions and determine the right maintenance strategies. For example, a critical pump that breaks down unexpectedly can be a huge problem, but is it now receiving too much maintenance? Or is it better to replace the pump earlier, in order to avoid a maintenance stop and thus a production stop? With RCM, you make analyses that give you insight into the improvement potential of your maintenance. You optimize your maintenance activities and minimize risks.       <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image14-1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;image14&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;100px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\">  Financial added value of RCM<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance is often seen primarily as a cost item. Wrongly so, because a good maintenance strategy based on RCM can actually deliver financial added value to your company. To begin with, less downtime can lead to higher production. For example, it provided a multinational with millions of euros more output per site. Moreover, you avoid unnecessary maintenance by cleverly coordinating maintenance intervals and planning replacement better with RCM. What about significant savings on maintenance activities, spare parts, and man-hours, because less preventive maintenance turns out to be necessary or assets can last longer than expected?     <\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safe, sustainable, and compliant working with RCM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investing in maintenance based on a well-thought-out strategy pays off in more ways than just cost savings. RCM also helps your organization work more safely and be compliant. You inspect, test, and replace safety-critical components on time, such as valves that must open when the pressure becomes too high. This way you prevent incidents and comply with laws and regulations. In addition, RCM enables you to increase the sustainability of your company. For example, poorly functioning pumps need much more energy to pump liquid around. Unnecessarily long maintenance stops in a continuous operation with chemical substances also cause unnecessarily high energy costs. And unexpected downtime due to failure can cause waste because you have to flush away production.        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Titillium Web|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;2px&#8221; header_2_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||12px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;50px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;flip&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bullet\" src=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vector-5.png\">  RCM and IBM MAS: a powerful combination<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;22px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Where does the power of RCM lie in combination with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #6ed400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gemba.nl\/ibm-maximo\/maximo-application-suite-mas\/\" style=\"color: #6ed400; text-decoration: underline;\">IBM Maximo Application Suite (IBM MAS)<\/a><\/span><\/span>? In IBM MAS you record all your maintenance data, and you make this data insightful through analyses. This ranges from the condition and performance of your assets to your maintenance strategies, activities, and history. You maintain control and overview of your maintenance and, by gaining insight into the condition of your assets, you can even perform predictive maintenance. All the information needed to apply RCM in practice therefore comes together in IBM MAS. You will find the factual substantiation of your maintenance strategy: why you do what for which asset and what this yields you. But IBM MAS also supports you in the execution of your maintenance strategy. Which maintenance activities should you do when for which asset? You can see which assets and activities are critical, automatically create work orders for them, and receive notifications if you are behind on your maintenance. 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MaxGrip does this from the consultancy side and focuses on the content and organization of your maintenance strategy. Which assets are critical, for example, why, and what is the chance of failure? Which maintenance tasks are important? And what do you measure and record to know if you need to intervene, when, and how? Gemba ensures that you technically realize this strategy with IBM MAS. Which information is needed? And how should IBM MAS be set up? 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