Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analysis is not a one-time activity—it's a continuous discipline that evolves with your asset from conceptual design through decades of operation.
At Perennial Innovation, we deliver specialized RAM expertise at every stage of the project lifecycle, ensuring that reliability targets established during feasibility are validated through detailed engineering, verified during commissioning, and optimized throughout operational life.
Our model-based approach ensures continuity—design decisions made early in the project are tracked, validated, and refined using real operational data, creating a living reliability model that supports decision-making for the entire life of the asset.
| Lifecycle Stage | RAM Focus | Example Activities |
|---|---|---|
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Concept / FEED
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Define reliability targets, system architecture, and redundancy philosophy. |
Develop Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) to validate design concepts, compare configurations, and establish performance baselines. |
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Detailed Design
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Perform component-level reliability and maintainability modeling. |
Evaluate MTBF, MTTR, and failure modes; identify critical equipment; and optimize spares and redundancy strategies. |
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Operation & Maintenance
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Integrate equipment data, validate maintainability, and optimize performance. |
Compare actual uptime vs. predicted availability, update the RAM model with live data, refine maintenance strategies, and verify reliability KPIs using commissioning and operational insights. |
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Modification & Expansion
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Conduct reliability re-assessments for upgraded or modified systems. |
Simulate the impact of new capacity or design changes on system availability, and update lifecycle reliability targets accordingly. |