Railway maintenance support
Our experience
Enhance your internal maintenance processes through proven techniques and best practice from across the rail sector.
Day-to-day rail operations rely on proactive, timely and well-planned maintenance regimes. Our experts will support you in implementing the latest models and best practices that are not only crucial for maintaining asset condition to meet RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety) KPIs, but can also help improve utilisation, extend asset life, and prevent rising costs.
We will guide your teams in identifying operational priorities, defining objectives and designing work programmes, and remain available to provide all the additional skills required to implement change across maintenance teams and supply chains.
Projects
Paris Metro - Energy Usage Calculations
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Saudi Arabia Railways Locomotive Maintenance Plans
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Amsterdam Metro
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Maintenance readiness for new assets:
- Ensure maintenance personnel and contractors possess essential skills.
- Comply with OEM maintenance standards.
- Apply advanced models like Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM3) for enhanced asset readiness.
Maintenance regime optimisation:
- Tailor maintenance based on actual asset performance for cost savings.
- Use risk-analysis methodologies, including obsolescence analysis on spare parts.
- Implement data-driven techniques, such as condition-based maintenance.
- Balance workloads to minimise downtime and ensure safety during transitions.
Maintenance organisation, quality, and process improvement:
- Define roles and responsibilities
- Optimise maintenance task planning and quality management processes.
- Conduct maturity-level assessments and gap analyses to identify improvements.
- Enhance accountability and streamline operations
Maintenance workflow and facility improvement:
- Recommend workflow and facility enhancements for productivity.
- Perform reliability and maintenance analysis on asset performance.
- Improve depot utilization and streamline processes for greater efficiency.
Use of technology in maintenance process improvement:
- Leverage innovative technology for automation and efficiency.
- Implement sector-leading vehicle damage detection and diagnostic systems.
- Conduct fleet audits to monitor asset condition and enable proactive maintenance.
- Reduce costs while boosting productivity and reliability.
Why choose Ricardo
Proven expertise in maintenance models
- Ricardo has extensive experience implementing advanced maintenance models, such as Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM3), ensuring optimised asset performance and reduced downtime.
Data-driven decision making
- We utilise risk-analysis methodologies and condition-based maintenance techniques, enabling clients to make informed decisions that lead to significant cost savings and better asset utilisation.
Comprehensive organisational improvement
- Our focus on optimising roles and responsibilities within maintenance organisations and business processes enhances accountability and streamlines processes, resulting in improved operational efficiency.
Innovative workflow and facility solutions
- Ricardo provides practical recommendations for enhancing maintenance workflows and facilities, significantly boosting productivity and ensuring operations run smoothly and efficiently.
Cutting-edge technology integration
- We lead in the application of advanced diagnostic systems and proactive maintenance strategies, helping clients reduce operational costs while increasing reliability and minimising downtime.
Condition Based Maintenance
Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) is a strategy for undertaking maintenance tasks based on the condition of a system or component, rather than following a fixed window or mileage-based regime.
It is an evolvement in maintenance maturity that can deliver:
- Increased asset availability
- Improved reliability
- Faster problem diagnosis
- Reduced maintenance costs
Moving from a ‘classical’ maintenance approach - such as Reactive and Preventive - to CBM requires a combination of operational knowledge and experience in condition monitoring and data management workflows.
Whether for fleet management or track infrastructure, we'll help you determine current asset maturity levels and organisational processes, then guide you through defining your strategy, objectives and development roadmap, implementation of hardware and software, and the introduction of a validation regime.
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