CRITICAL EQUIPMENT TACTIC REVIEW

CLIENT

Tier 1 Multinational Mining Company

OBJECTIVE

Xenco was engaged to enhance asset reliability and minimise downtime by developing and optimising equipment maintenance tactics. Our goal was to ensure a consistent, high-quality approach to asset strategy by addressing gaps in existing Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) reviews and improving the application of maintenance tactics.

THE CHALLENGES

Key challenges included:

• The variability in how maintainable components were classified across assets led to gaps in reliability planning.
• Functional definitions and failure modes were inconsistently applied, reducing the effectiveness of asset strategies.
• Maintenance tactics lacked uniform application, leading to inefficiencies in scheduling and execution.

APPROACH

To address these challenges, Xenco’s Reliability and Equipment Specialists undertook a comprehensive tactics review program. Our approach included:

OUR RESULT

Our team’s review of the Critical Equipment Tactic led to significant improvements in asset maintenance strategies. Key outcomes included:

Comprehensive maintenance tactics

• We developed detailed, structured tactics for critical assets, ensuring they were aligned with the client’s specific requirements.

Optimised work packaging

• We conducted thorough work packaging reviews to categorise reliability tasks into logical groupings, enhancing scheduling efficiency.

Minimised downtime impact

• We streamlined maintenance execution to reduce downtime requirements, improving overall asset availability and operational continuity.