MCO 4151.22 — Condition Based Maintenance Plus (cbm+) Order

MCO 4151.22 governs Marine Corps policies for implementing Condition Based Maintenance Plus across applicable support organizations.

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  • Publication number: MCO 4151.22
  • Title: CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE PLUS (CBM+) ORDER
  • Date: 17 Jan 2020
  • Proponent: 04000 Logistics
  • Status: New

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It addresses CBM+ integration with maintenance programs, predictive maintenance capabilities, data collection, and Reliability Centered Maintenance. It requires CBM+ considerations in acquisition, sustainment, contracts, technology integration, and success measurement.

Applies to: This Order applies to ground, aviation ground support (AGS), and facilities support organizations.

Topics covered

  • Condition Based Maintenance Plus
  • Reliability Centered Maintenance
  • Predictive maintenance capabilities
  • Equipment condition monitoring
  • Sustainment key performance parameters
  • Materiel availability metrics

Questions and answers

What does MCO 4151.22 require CBM+ to increase?

Implement CBM+ in order to integrate predictive maintenance capabilities to increase operational availability and decrease life cycle costs, enhancing lethality and support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) mission. (paragraph 2)

What is CBM+ under MCO 4151.22?

CBM+ is the application and integration of processes, technologies, and knowledge-based capabilities to achieve target availability, reliability, and operation and support costs of Marine Corps' systems and components across their lifecycle. (paragraph 1)

What are the goals of CBM+?

The goals of CBM+ are: to perform maintenance only upon evidence of need that is provided through RCM analysis, to increase equipment availability by identifying the optimum opportunity to perform required maintenance, and to optimize the resources used to conduct maintenance. (paragraph 1)

What is Reliability Centered Maintenance used for?

RCM is used to develop failure management strategies that should be applied to ensure a system achieves the desired levels of safety, reliability, environmental soundness, and operational readiness in the most cost-effective manner. (paragraph 2)

What maintenance programs must include CBM+ requirements?

Including CBM+ requirements in the development of mandatory sustainment Key Performance Parameters (KPP) and supporting Key System Attributes (KSA) in accordance with reference (m) for Acquisition Category I (ACAT I) programs. (paragraph 3)

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