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RY K E R e l i a b i l i t y I n c .

Increasing the Capacity of People and Assets

R Y K E R e l i a b i l i t y I n c .

Member of the Aladon Network of Asset Management Consultants

Prevent, Reduce, and Determine Spares Requirements *A Reliability Solution from RYKE Reliability Inc.

RCS Pro® Reliability

Centered Spares Process*

THINK RELIABILITY

…THINK RYKE

RCS Pro® – Reliability Centered Spares Services:

RCS Pro Facilitator training and mentoring to enable the customer to be self sufficient

in applying the RCS Pro® process.

RCS Pro® implementation templates.

RCS Pro® facilitation for:

o Inventory review & optimization o New inventory spares requests o New asset spares requirements

Other Reliability Solutions from RYKE: RCM2 – Reliability Centered Maintenance

RCFA Pro® – Root Cause Failure Analysis

CBM – Condition Based Maintenance

PMO Pro® – Preventive Maintenance Optimization

RCPM Pro® – Reliability Centered Project Management/Procurement

Increasing the Capacity of People and Assets

Member of the Aladon Network of Asset Management Consultants

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RCS PRO®

DELIVERABLES

• Minimum spares requirement to support business in current operating context

• Spares reduction strategies

• Proactive spares stockholding policies

• Proactive maintenance strategies for in use parts

• Stock holding maintenance requirements

• Minimized stock out consequence

• Core business value of the inventoried spares

WITH RCS PRO®

, REDUCE INVENTORY WHILE DETERMINING THE MINIMUM SPARES REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT THE CORE BUSINESS

THE FUNCTION OF A SP ARE IS TO P RE VE NT THE CONS E QUE NCE S OF A S TOCKOUT. RCS P RO®

EX PLORE S CONDITI ONS THAT LE AD TO STOCKOUTS ,

INCLUDI NG THE CAUSES OF FAI LURE FOR THE P A RT, AND DETE RMI NES THE SP ARES RE QUI REM E NTS I N THE P RES E NT OPE RATI NG CONTEX T .

RCS P RO®

ALS O DETE RM INES P ROACTIV E S TOCKHOLDI NG P OLI CIES THAT

CAN P REV E NT THE I NIT I AL NE E D FOR THE SP ARE ALL

TOGETHE R, WHI LE S TI LL P REV E NTI NG

THE CONS E QUE NCE S OF

STOCKOUT S.

Th e R C S P ro®

Ad va n ta g e

Most Spares optimization processes focus on reducing

inventory based on usage frequency as opposed to

determining the appropriate spares requirements based

on business value. RCS Pro focuses on identifying the

correct stockholding policy that supports the core

business value of the asset. Spares exist to prevent the

consequences of stockouts. RCS Pro explores the

conditions that lead to stockouts and determines the

required spares along with proactive maintenance

strategies to reduce spares requirements. The proactive

stockholding policies have the ability to prevent the initial

need for the spare by preventing unanticipated stockouts.

A Be s t P ra c t i ce

RCS Pro is based on the fundamental asset

management principles of Reliability Centered

Maintenance, which is a recognized best practice

process. It is a facilitated process with input from

people closest to the assets. RCS Pro’s robust

decision diagram enables the decisions for spares

reduction and minimum spares requirements to be

made by the users and maintainers of the assets as

opposed to material management personnel. This

best practice criterion ensures defensibility and buy

in, resulting in sustainable inventory reductions and

improved asset performance.

Ho w R CS P ro i s Ap p l ie d

RCS Pro is designed to perform inventory reviews,

validate new spares being requested for inventory and

determine spares requirements for new assets.

Historically, when used as an inventory review tool,

reductions in the 40 to 70% range can be expected for

expensive slow moving spares. As a process to

validate new inventory requests, spares that are kept

are those that show a positive value to the business.

When used to determine the spares requirements of

new assets, only the validated minimum spares are

kept.

De fe n s i b l e a n d Ad a p ta b le

RCS Pro determines the minimum spares

requirements based on the core business in its current

operating context. When the business operating

context changes, the inventory requirements will

change accordingly and will always be defensible.

Co re Bu s i n e ss Va l u e

RCS Pro enables companies to understand the core

business value of the spares, as opposed to just

knowing the cost of inventory.

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