It's good to have one failure class for each different type of equipment, so you can assign different failure codes. One Air Condition unit will have different failure classes ( deferent Symptoms, Probable Causes, and suggested Remedies) than for example bicycle. Some companies require Failure Codes to support RCM, RCFA, and FMEA reliability initiatives and I saw systems with over 1500 failure codes because their maintained program cover more than 500 different types of equipment. (AC Units, Generators, Compressor, Vehicles, Cranes, Laptops, Dryer Washers, etc...)
If different operators report the same failure as "break", "breaking", and "breaks", in the work order description it will be a nightmare to filter or run the report. Limiting codes to a predefined list will prevent variants.
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Haris Cengic
PAE
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-21-2021 09:33
From: Lindsay Janek
Subject: Failure Class Codes
Good morning!,
Our Failure Class Code listing has grown to nearly 60. We are taking a hard look at drastically downsizing this list. There have been many discussions about taking the listing down to approximately 30. I recommended we come up with maybe 4-6 failure class codes. My thoughts are a failure is a failure. If a good enough work order description is written, why do we need COMM FAIL and UPS FAIL and COMPRESSOR FAIL and and and...see my point? On the flip side, if a detailed Failure Code is given on the work order it does make querying a report MUCH easier. Curious to see what everyone else out there is doing in terms of your failure codes. I work for an O&G company so I am aware it all depends on your industry.
#Administration
#WorkManagement
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Lindsay Janek
Summit Midstream Partners
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