Maintenance Management-Get Regular Reports Using IBM-Maximo

Reliability vs availability: Understanding the differencesToday's customers increasingly expect businesses to deliver always-on service. However, even the most well-resourced companies can experience failures and outages. Two distinct metrics, reliability and availability, can help measure success and make improvements.

Reliability, or system readiness, measures performance at specific intervals against defined performance standards. Availability, or system function, measures the percentage of operability. Together, they offer insights into business system health and help identify areas for improvement.

This course discusses service reliability vs. availability, how to help measure them, and how to improve these key metrics. What is system reliability.

Reliability is the probability that a system or component consistently performs its intended function without failure over a specified period. Teams must understand how to measure and ensure reliability to make informed decisions about system performance and enhance customer satisfaction. For instance, payroll systems must reliably process direct deposits within a set timeframe each month, while cold storage systems must detect power outages and switch to backup generators without fail.