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Criticality Analysis

Prioritizing Your Assets

You can't do everything

Limited time. Limited budget. Limited attention.

How do you decide which equipment gets premium care?

Same Equipment, Different Consequences

⚠️ Pump A

€100K/hour

Feeds main reactor - plant stops if it fails

✓ Pump B

Fix next week

Backup utility - switch to alternate

Three Dimensions

1

Safety & Environment

What happens to people and planet?

2

Production Impact

Does the plant stop? Revenue lost?

3

Repair Cost

Time and money to restore?

Simple 1-5 Scoring

5
Fatality risk or major disaster
3
Medical treatment / partial line down
1
No impact

Take highest score across all dimensions

Running the Assessment

1
Define scope (one area or top 100)
2
Gather the right people (4-6)
3
Score together - discussion = value
4
Validate outliers
5
Document & update CMMS

Different Ranking = Different Strategy

A-Class: High

Predictive maintenance, full spares, priority response

B-Class: Medium

Preventive schedules, critical spares available

C-Class: Low

Run to failure OK, minimal spares, batch repairs

Keep It Current

Review after significant failures
When processes change
Annually as health check

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Scoring criteria + facilitation guide

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