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Cut costs, Prevent failures now: Maintenance & Reliability.

Name: Cut costs, Prevent failures now: Maintenance & Reliability.
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Master RCM, RCFA, Criticality Analysis, CMMS, KPIs & LCC to Reduce Failures, Cut Costs, and Boost Asset Performance

Created byRAMi AMS

Last updated 12/2025

English

What you'll learn

Explain the principles of Maintenance Excellence and how performance, risk, and cost must be balanced to achieve world-class reliability.
Differentiate clearly between Maintenance and Reliability, understanding how tactical maintenance supports strategic reliability goals.
Apply core reliability methodologies: Reliability-Centered Maintenance , Root Cause Failure Analysis, Failure Modes identification, and Criticality Analysis
Perform structured RCM steps such as defining functions, identifying failure modes, prioritizing failures, selecting effective preventive and predictive tasks
Use CMMS systems effectively to plan, schedule, track, and optimize maintenance activities using data-driven methods.
Interpret and calculate essential maintenance KPIs, such as Availability, MTBF, MTTR, Schedule Compliance, and Maintenance Cost as % of RAV.
Benchmark maintenance performance against industry norms and world-class standards to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.
Understand and apply Life-Cycle Costing (LCC) to evaluate maintenance decisions financially and justify reliability initiatives.
Analyze real industrial failure cases, identify root causes, and develop actionable preventive measures that improve reliability and reduce cost.
Develop improvement strategies based on Balanced Scorecard perspectives and continuous improvement frameworks.

Course content

8 sections • 56 lectures • 38m total length

Course introduction0:32
Students understand the course purpose and what reliability excellence means.
Overview and objectives0:43
Students learn who the course is for and how it supports their roles.
Role of maintenance & reliability in operations0:38
Students understand the topics, methods, and frameworks the course will cover.

What is maintenance excellence?0:41
Students can define maintenance excellence and its performance–risk–cost balance.
Understanding best practices0:37
Students understand what best practices are and why adaptation is essential.
Maintenance vs reliability0:42
Students can distinguish maintenance (tactical) vs reliability (strategic).
Asset performance factors0:35
Students identify the three drivers of asset performance and integrity.
Three tiers of excellence0:29
Students learn strategic, tactical, and continuous improvement goal tiers.

RCM introduction0:22
Students understand the purpose of RCM and when to use it.
Four RCM principles0:35
Students can list and explain the four RCM principles.
RCFA0:25
Students understand RCFA and how it removes recurring failures.
case study 10:45
Students learn how lubrication and alignment errors cause pump failures.
case study 20:41
Students can identify lubrication-based conveyor failures and prevention.
case study 30:40
Students understand PM interval mistakes and thermography findings.
Balanced Scorecard0:26
Students see why financial KPIs alone are insufficient.
Four BSC perspectives0:27
Students learn the four Balanced Scorecard perspectives.
Benchmarking basics0:30
Students can apply benchmarking metrics to measure performance gaps.
Three-step implementation process0:21
Students understand the Assess–Develop–Deploy improvement cycle.

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Case Study 1 Overview1:09
Students learn how RCM applies to pumps, aerators, and mixers.
RCM steps applied to wastewater pumps, aerators, mixers1:04
Students understand the plant layout and its maintenance issues.
Defining functions, failures0:55
Students can define functions and functional failures for assets.
Defining failure Modes & Causes0:49
Students identify typical failure modes and causes logically.
Prioritization1:00
Students can rank failure modes using criticality thinking.
Maintenance Actions1:04
Students choose effective PM tasks aligned with failure modes.
CMMS integration1:03
Students learn how CMMS and KPIs monitor reliability progress.
LCC impact results1:01
Students see how RCM improves cost, uptime, and equipment life.

Full RCM + RCFA structured investigation0:36
Students understand the scenario and scope of the reliability case.
Pump Details1:13
Students identify early warning signs of bearing failure.
Functional Evaluation1:06
Students define the pump’s functions and acceptable performance.
Functional Failures1:38
Students list functional failures affecting reliability.
Failure Modes and Effect analysis (FMEA)1:03
Students perform basic FMEA for bearings, lubrication, alignment.
Root causes1:00
Students can identify true root causes using RCFA logic.
Preventive actions1:14
Students develop preventive actions based on root causes.
Financial impact (LCC)0:37
Students interpret LCC results and quantify savings.
Lessons learned0:50
Students summarize lessons learned from the case.
Discussion0:51
Students reflect on how to apply the case to their own facilities.

Advanced Tools for Maintenance Excellence0:34
Students are introduced to CMMS, KPIs, and benchmarking.
CMMS OVERVIEW0:35
Students understand what a CMMS is and why it is essential.
CMMS FEATURES0:43
Students learn CMMS functions: work orders, assets, inventory.
CMMS IMPLEMNTATION STEPS0:34
Students learn the key steps for successful CMMS implementation.
CMMS BENEFITS0:28
Students understand CMMS benefits to uptime and planning.
KPIs Introduction0:27
Students learn what KPIs are and why they matter.
Essential KPIs0:45
Students can identify essential maintenance KPIs.
KPIs Calculation Examples0:43
Students calculate KPIs like Availability, MTBF, MTTR.
KPIs & Continuous Improvement0:26
Students use KPIs for trend analysis and improvement.
Benchmarking Introduction0:21
Students learn what benchmarking is and when to use it.
Benchmarking types0:30
Students compare types of benchmarking: internal, competitive, etc.
Key Maintenance Benchmarks0:35
Students interpret key maintenance benchmarks and targets.
Benchmarking Process0:34
Students understand the steps in the benchmarking cycle.
Module Summary0:33
Students review CMMS, KPI, and benchmarking fundamentals.
End of course0:04

Requirements

No Advanced Requirements This course is built to be beginner-friendly. No prior expertise in RCM, RCFA, reliability engineering, asset management, or maintenance strategy is required.
Who Can Join With Zero Experience? Absolutely anyone who is: New to maintenance or reliability, Moving from operations to engineering, Recently promoted to a supervisory or technician role, Or simply wants to understand modern maintenance best practices.
Basic understanding of industrial equipment or plant operations
General awareness of maintenance concepts (preventive, corrective, lubrication, etc.).
Some exposure to engineering, operations, or technical environments (mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation).
Basic analytical or problem-solving skills.

Description

Course Description

Are you dealing with costly unexpected breakdowns and production downtime? Do you feel that your maintenance department is only putting out fires?

This course, designed for engineers and operations managers, will shift your view of maintenance from a cost center to a profit-driving strategy. You will learn a practical framework to reduce failures by up to 50% and increase asset reliability — all in under one hour of focused learning.

Through real case studies, practical frameworks, and proven tools like RCM, RCFA, Criticality Analysis, LCC, CMMS, KPIs, and Benchmarking, you will learn how to apply modern maintenance excellence techniques that directly impact uptime, cost, and safety.

Whether you're a technician, engineer, supervisor, or manager, this course equips you with the mindset, methods, and tools to deliver measurable improvements in your facility.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence for content organization and presentation.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Explain maintenance excellence and how to balance performance, risk, and cost
Perform Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
Identify failure modes, functional failures, and criticality rankings
Build preventive and predictive maintenance tasks aligned with actual risks
Use CMMS effectively for planning, scheduling, and maintenance tracking
Calculate important maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, MTTR, Availability, and Schedule Compliance
Apply benchmarking to compare performance against world-class standards
Use Life-Cycle Costing (LCC) to justify maintenance decisions financially
Analyze real industrial case studies and develop improvement plans
Implement data-driven maintenance strategies that reduce downtime and extend asset life

Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for:

Maintenance engineers, supervisors, technicians, planners, and inspectors
Reliability engineers and analysts
Mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineers
Operations and production supervisors
Facility managers and asset managers
Students and beginners entering the maintenance or industrial operations field
Anyone responsible for reducing failures, improving uptime, or managing equipment and assets

Prerequisites

No advanced experience required.
Helpful but not required:

Basic understanding of industrial equipment
Familiarity with maintenance tasks or CMMS
Interest in improving plant reliability and reducing failures

This course welcomes beginners and experienced professionals alike.

Course Requirements

You only need:

A laptop or PC
Willingness to learn and think critically
No special software required

Optional tools:

Access to a CMMS
Basic Excel knowledge

Course Content Overview

This course includes:

56 lectures based on real slides and real case studies
Industrial examples from wastewater, pumps, motors, and conveyors
Practical demonstrations of RCM, RCFA, LCC, and criticality
Reliability tools used in real plants
Actionable templates and frameworks

Why Take This Course?

Because reactive maintenance is expensive.
Because improving reliability improves profit.
Because modern asset management skills are essential today.
Because this course is built from real industrial experience — not theory.

If you want to improve uptime, reduce failures, and create a reliability-driven culture, this course will give you the foundation to get started.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for professionals at any level who want to strengthen their understanding of modern maintenance, reliability, and asset management principles
Students & Newcomers to the Field
Professionals Preparing for Career Growth
Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
Engineering & Operations Staff
Asset Management & Technical Leadership

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