In RCM production assets are registered as a base for RCM analysis in the logic of:
Company
Site
Plant
Unit
This setup is also called the Top-level hierarchy.
The next asset levels involved are:
System
Functional Location (Floc)
Equipment.
It is recommended to carefully setup the Top-level hierarchy in IMS-RCM, as much as possible in line with the Site’s Asset Register. This asset register is often maintained in the maintenance management system, like a SAP system.
For more information see Configuring the Toplevel via Settings. You RCM Admin has permission to edit this.
PLE
In addition the PLE (Production Loss Equation) is also defined in Settings\Toplevel. Permission: RCM Admin and RCM Custodian.
The PLE is used in the Economics Consequences tab of RCM Analyses, where the amount and the duration of a reduced throughput can be registered - caused by an equipment failure.
For more information on the PLE configuration see Production Loss Equation.
To see how to manage and update PLEs for the RCM Analyses see Updating PLEs in RCM.
Note
In case execution of the maintenance task does ask for Unit downtime, the PLE is also used to calculate the production loss cost involved.