Compare RCM++ with Xfmea and MPC 3
ReliaSoft offers three software products that provide data management and reporting for FMEA and/or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM): Xfmea, RCM++ and MPC 3. This page provides some guidance on how to select which product will be right for you.
RCM++ vs. Xfmea
In general, Xfmea is recommended for those who wish to use FMEA and related techniques to evaluate risk and improve the design of a product or process (usually in a product development context). RCM++ is recommended for those who wish to use FMEA and/or Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques to evaluate risk and determine an appropriate scheduled maintenance strategy (usually in an equipment operations context). Specifically:
- Xfmea supports FMEA, FMECA and related analyses. [Click here for a detailed summary.]
- RCM++ provides all of the FMEA/FMECA functionality that is available in Xfmea and also provides support for RCM activities, including equipment selection, failure effect categorization, maintenance task selection and maintenance task packaging. [Click here for a detailed summary.]
- In addition, please note:
- If you have a license for RCM++, you do not need a license for Xfmea.
- You will be able to open the same database files with either application. If you open the file in Xfmea, some data will not be accessible because it is used only in RCM++.
RCM++ vs. MPC 3
In general, MPC 3 may be preferred by users in the aircraft industry and RCM++ is recommended for all other applications. Specifically:
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MPC 3 was designed specifically to meet the needs of the
aircraft industry for performing "systems and powerplant analysis"
according to the MSG-3 guidelines. It includes logic constraints
that are specific to the aircraft industry (e.g. uses ATA system and
subsystem numbers, requires analysis one level above the lowest
level in the system configuration, requires a task to be defined if
the issue has been identified as safety-related, etc.). It also
includes report output that has been accepted by the Air Transport
Association (ATA) for this type of analysis.
- RCM++ was designed as a general-purpose tool for FMEA and RCM analysis, data management and reporting. It allows you to configure the software with the Equipment Selection, Failure Effect Categorization and Maintenance Task Selection logic specified in the MSG-3 guidelines but enforcement of the logic is left to the discretion of the user (e.g. nothing forces you to define a task if the issue has been identified as safety-related). The report output was designed to meet general needs and has not been tested for compliance with ATA requirements for MSG-3.
- In addition, please note:
- You will be able to import data from MPC 3 to RCM++ but it is not possible to automatically transfer data from RCM++ to MPC 3.
