by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Reliability Engineering, Weibull Analysis Articles
By Dave Alexander, Managing Director, HolisticAM. Master of Maintenance and Reliability (Monash University); former Chair, Victorian Asset Management Council. Last updated: 8 September 2026. Weibull analysis is a statistical method for analysing failure data to...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Reliability Engineering
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured investigation method used to identify the fundamental causes of failures, incidents, or undesired outcomes. The goal is not to assign blame but to understand the chain of causes that allowed an event to occur so that...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | FMEA Articles, Reliability Engineering
By Dave Alexander, Managing Director, HolisticAM. Master of Maintenance and Reliability (Monash University); former Chair, Victorian Asset Management Council. Last updated: 8 September 2026. FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) is a structured,...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
Most maintenance organisations know their reactive maintenance ratio is too high. Fewer know what it actually costs them. After 30 years working across mining, rail, utilities, and manufacturing, the pattern is consistent: heavily reactive organisations spend far more...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Reliability Engineering
Reliability engineering is the discipline of ensuring that assets and systems perform their required functions without failure for a specified period under stated conditions. It combines engineering analysis, statistical modelling, and structured maintenance strategy...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Asset Management Plan, Reliability Engineering
Asset management is the coordinated activity of an organisation to realise value from assets across their full lifecycle. Governed internationally by ISO 55001, it provides a systematic framework for making decisions about assets that align with business objectives...
