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  • 1.  ISO 14224 Failure Code Library for Food & Beverage (Bakery Industry)

    Posted 4 days ago

    Hello SMRP community,

    I am currently exploring the use of ISO 14224 for structuring failure codes and asset taxonomy within the food & beverage industry, specifically in a bakery manufacturing environment.

    While there is extensive material and prebuilt libraries available for oil & gas and petroleum industries, I am looking to understand how others have adapted ISO 14224 for equipment such as dough dividers, mixers, ovens, and conveyor systems.

    Has anyone successfully implemented ISO 14224 in food & beverage or similar manufacturing industries?

    Additionally, are there any vendors or solution providers that offer prebuilt or configurable ISO 14224–aligned libraries (failure codes, causes, asset classification) that can be adapted for this type of environment? (eg. swainsmith.com)

    I would appreciate any guidance, references, or recommendations.

    Thank you in advance!



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    Piyush Potey
    Principal Consultant
    Engineering Industries eXcellence
    Houston TX
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  • 2.  RE: ISO 14224 Failure Code Library for Food & Beverage (Bakery Industry)

    Posted 3 days ago

    There is an ISO14224 expert. His name is Tony Ciliberti with Reliability Dynamics, tony.ciliberti@rd-eam.com

    Here is his bio:

    Tony is the founder of Reliability Dynamics LLC, where he helps organizations build data-driven reliability programs that comply with ISO 14224 and deliver measurable improvements in asset performance. With more than 38 years of experience in equipment reliability, risk management, and data standardization, he has supported petrochemical, oil & gas, and utility companies in transforming how they collect, structure, and use reliability and maintenance data within CMMS and ERP systems. He serves as the U.S. Expert Member of the ISO 14224 Project Group and contributed to ISO 14224:2016 – Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries - Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data. He also chairs the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Process Equipment Reliability Database (PERD) Project, advancing global data quality standards for process equipment. He is the inventor of U.S. Patent 11,157,519 B2, "System and method for enterprise asset management and failure reporting," which underpins Reliability Dynamics' ISPM® technology for SAP S/4HANA. His focus is helping asset-intensive organizations bridge the gap between standards and practice-turning structured reliability data into actionable insight.



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    Jeffrey Smith
    Master Data Program Manager
    Loudoun Water
    Ashburn VA
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  • 3.  RE: ISO 14224 Failure Code Library for Food & Beverage (Bakery Industry)

    Posted 3 hours ago

    Hi Piyush, 

    There isn't a single universal failure‑code standard for food & beverage. ISO 55000 exists but is not industry‑specific, and equipment (mixers, dividers, ovens, conveyors) varies so widely by type, make and model that no one standard fits all. Typically teams adopt an existing code library (e.g., ISO 14224 templates, OEM lists or vendor libraries) and tailor it to the site/company and scope of the implementation.

    My team and I have done this exercise for implementations in the bakery industry multiple times. Feel free to reach out. resilientreliability@gmail.com

    Vernon 'Drew; Welch

    Resilient Reliability

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    VERNON WELCH
    Midland TX
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