Optimize EAM with Criticality-Based Mechanical Integrity (CBMI) and SAP (read more...)

CBMI is a methodology for integrating risk assessment data and process safety/operability information with SAP technical objects and lifecycle data to optimize the risk management component of EAM. CBMI uses Equipment Criticality Ranking (ECR) to assess risk and exposure levels associated with processing facilities. ECR is a systematic process for identifying potential equipment failure scenarios or capturing legacy risk scenarios, risk-ranking and quantifying exposure for each scenario, and then aggregating exposure at any point within a facility via the functional location hierarchy. Scenarios are developed with progressive levels of detail on an equipment-by-equipment basis and include fault-event-consequence sequences, consequence risk ranking, and other equipment involved or affected. Safeguards (installed protective equipment, spare parts, inspections, etc.) are discretely identified and given risk reduction credits for each applicable scenario. Safeguard analysis is used to calculate safeguard benefit-to-cost (BTC) ratios and monitor safeguard effectiveness, which facilitates risk-based EAM decision-making and quantitative RCM.

v  Integrate legacy risk assessment data (HAZOP, PHA, etc.) with SAP lifecycle data in the EAM process.

v  Use the SAP functional location (FL) structure to aggregate risk at any level within the FL  hierarchy.

v  Optimize EAM with risk-based benefit-to-cost evaluations of maintenance programs, spare parts, and other safeguards.