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Setting up MEI Override Reasons

An analysis team can use feasibility evaluation to determine if their proposed maintenance strategies are worth doing; that is, whether implementing the tasks will cost less than the savings achieved by avoiding the failure. Feasibility evaluation is performed on MTA2, RCM2, and RBI failure modes after risk evaluation is completed. APM uses the maintenance efficiency index (MEI) to determine if the cost of the tasks is justified.

In some cases, the proposed task is not justified but needs to be performed anyway, (for example, because of regulatory requirements). The analyst can select the Override result action and then select a reason from the list of MEI override reasons defined for the site. Even when a task is justified, the analyst can override the result and select a reason.

To Create an MEI Override Reason

1.	On the site’s Strategy Development view, select the Settings tab. Select the Failure Modes tab and the Failure mode settings node in the tree.

Tip: You can also select the site’s Administration menu, Strategy Development Settings, and then Failure Modes. The Failure Mode Management Settings dialog appears.

2.	Select the MEI Override Reasons tab.

3.	Click New. The MEI Override Reason Properties dialog appears.

4.	Enter the reason, for example, “regulatory inspection”.

5.	By default, the reason is available when tasks are not justified and when they are. You can change these options if needed.

6.	To change the icon that appears for this reason, click Change Icon, select a graphic, and click OK.

7.	Click OK to close the dialog. The override reason appears in the tab.