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Issue Highlights
- A less-rigorous approach to RCM
- Acoustic properties of industrial machinery

Hillbilly RCM
There is a tremendous amount of time and training — which translates to cost — required to conduct a full RCM analysis, especially if you insist that each participant be trained and certified in RCM techniques. Here's how to get much of the benefit with a lot less rigor.

Midlife crisis
If you're good at keeping old stuff running, how do you decide when to replace it? Editor in Chief Paul Studebaker gives his take on aging equipment in his latest column.

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