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Functions & Failures

This feature is included in the Ultimate and Advanced Editions
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RCM requires the facilitator to record information about: 

  • What the users of the equipment being analysed actually want it to do (ie the equipment's functions)
  • The corresponding functional failures
  • What causes each functional failure (ie the equipment's failure modes)
  • What happens when the failure mode occurs (ie the failure effects)

Full details of failures that could interfere with those functions are recorded.

RCM Desktop  makes it easy for the facilitator to enter this information live during the analysis meetings - see also the Facilitate View.
In the Advanced & Ultimate Editions, the Facilitate tab of the analysis editor window provides RCM facilitators with the tools they need to document an analysis efficiently during the RCM analysis meeting.

Facilitate View
  • New functions are automatically assigned the next available number.
  • New functional failures are automatically assigned the next available letter.
  • New failure modes are automatically assigned the next available number.

Up to 4,800 characters can be entered into the failure effects field.
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    • 4 Steps to Improving Facilitator Productivity
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    • By Time Saving Features >
      • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Star >
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Facilitate Tab
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"As 1A1" Copying
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Drag & Drop
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Decision Logic: "Go to Target"
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Live Spell Check & Auto Correction
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Worth Doing Calculator
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Audit Report
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Decision Logic: Display
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Decision Logic Validation
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐​​Links to Photos & Drawings
      • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Star >
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Supporting Comments
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Export Maintenance Tasks
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Analysis Renumbering
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐User-Defined & Customised Reports
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Full SQL Access
        • ⭐⭐⭐⭐Data Grids
      • ⭐⭐⭐Star >
        • ⭐⭐⭐ User-definable Decision Logic
        • ⭐⭐⭐Functions and Failures
        • ⭐⭐⭐Maintenance Task Descriptions
        • ⭐⭐⭐Basic Reports
        • ⭐⭐⭐Backup & Restore
        • ⭐⭐⭐Copy Analysis
        • ⭐⭐⭐Fault-finding Guide
        • ⭐⭐⭐Spares Policy
        • ⭐⭐⭐Criticality Assessment
        • ⭐⭐⭐Search & Replace
        • ⭐⭐⭐Spell Check
        • ⭐⭐⭐Analysis Check-out / Check-in
        • ⭐⭐⭐​​Advanced Failure-finding Formulae
        • ⭐⭐⭐​​Links to External Documents & Drawings
      • ⭐⭐Star >
        • ⭐⭐Worksheet View
        • ⭐⭐Asset Hierarchy
        • ⭐⭐​​Importing & Exporting
        • ⭐⭐Record Significant Findings
      • ⭐Star >
        • ⭐Analysis Properties
        • ⭐Analysis Diary
        • ⭐Analysis Status
        • ⭐Company Information
        • ⭐Record Documentation Errors
        • ⭐Record Queries & Actions
        • ⭐User Management
    • By Software Edition >
      • Ultimate & Advanced Editions
  • Videos
    • Short Overview Video
    • Short 'How to...' Videos
    • Long Demonstration Video
  • Benefits
  • Brochure
  • Online Trial
  • White Papers
  • Contact
  • Support
  • Screenshots
  • Version History