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Common maintenance management and CMMS-related terms and definitions. Follow the links under each term’s description to learn about each concept in depth.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n Acoustic analysis, sometimes known as noise and vibration analysis, is the process of studying sound waves. Sound waves exist in all environments, from homes to offices to factory floors.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Advanced inventory management is a process that uses data to make better decisions about inventory. It helps you manage levels and costs, often in conjunction with demand planning.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An asset hierarchy is an important part of asset management. It helps you organize your assets and keep them working properly.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Asset lifecycle management (ALM) aims to maximize the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of assets throughout their lifespan to maximize the return on investment (ROI).<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An asset management policy is an essential component of having a solid and comprehensive asset management strategy.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n An asset naming convention also referred to as an asset numbering system, defines how your assets will be referenced in a system.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Asset performance management (APM) is a decision-making process to manage assets and improve asset efficiency, availability, reliability, maintainability, and overall lifecycle value while reducing downtime.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Asset tracking is the process of documenting all information about a piece of equipment or other assets for easy access should the need arise.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Asset turnover is a measure of the use of assets in a business. It’s used to determine how efficiently a company uses its assets, and to measure the financial performance of a business.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Maintenance triggers are used to alert technicians that maintenance is required on an asset. Planning, acting on and recording maintenance triggers is key to keeping equipment at its best and available when you need it, while avoiding extra work.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A bill of materials is a centralized source of information that includes a list of raw materials, asset parts, tools, instructions, documents, drawings, and any other materials needed to build, manufacture, or repair a product or service.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Breakdown maintenance is maintenance performed on equipment that has broken down and is unusable. It is based on a breakdown maintenance trigger.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Capacity utilization is a measure of how much of an organization’s resources it is using. It’s calculated by taking the total amount of available capacity and dividing it by the maximum possible output for that resource.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Computer aided facility management (CAFM) software helps businesses manage and monitor the various aspects of a facility.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Continuous improvement is a lean improvement technique that helps to streamline workflows, resulting in saved time and money for organizations.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Corrective maintenance is any task that corrects a problem with an asset and returns it to proper working order. Corrective maintenance tasks can be both planned and unplanned.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Cycle time is the time it takes to complete a project or process from start to finish. It can be measured in hours, days, weeks, months, or years.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Data collection standardization is the act of using consistent methods to collect data. It’s important because it makes it much easier to compare different sets of information and make better business decisions.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Defect density is the number of defects per square inch of product. It can be a valuable measurement for manufacturers, especially when tracking down problems in their manufacturing lines.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Also referred to as backlog maintenance or demand maintenance, deferred maintenance is planned or unplanned maintenance that has been postponed.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Deming cycle is a methodology for continuous improvement. It was created by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who believed organizations could improve their processes if they focused on four key steps: plan, do, check, and act (PDCA).<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) is a tool to help identify potential failures in a design. It’s used in the design and development stages and helps to identify possible failure modes and effects and possible solutions.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n It is a communication framework that connects data across the entire lifecycle of a product or process.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A digital twin is a digital representation of a physical asset or system that mirrors its real-time behavior, performance, and condition.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A distribution control system (DCS) is a computerized device that monitors and controls physical processes. A DCS uses a network of sensors to collect data about the state of machines, such as temperature or pressure.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Downtime tracking is the process of recording and analyzing downtime to improve your machinery and service.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n Emergency maintenance (also known as breakdown maintenance) is maintenance required when an asset or piece of equipment suffers an unexpected breakdown.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Equipment maintenance is the process of keeping equipment in good working order. It’s required for all types of equipment, including computers, vehicles, and machinery.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n An equipment maintenance log is a document where maintenance activities performed on an asset are recorded for easy reference. The process is simple: Work gets done, and a log gets updated.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n ERP (enterprise resource planning) is software that manages all the major functions of a company, including financials, supply chain, operations, commerce, reporting, manufacturing, and human resource activities, all in one system.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n A facility manager is a person who manages the maintenance and operations of a facility. They are responsible for the planning, organization, directing, and controlling of all activities necessary to provide the facility with efficient operation.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Facility maintenance keeps facilities (and all of their assets) in good working order. The goal is to reduce the amount of unscheduled downtime for facility assets.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A failure code is a short and simple way of cross-referencing against a list of reasons for failure. This allows maintenance workers to figure out why an asset or system failed during production.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n FMEA stands for failure mode and effects analysis and is a step-by-step risk management, process analysis tool for identifying where and how failures might occur in a design, manufacturing, or assembly process for a product or service.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) is a technique used to identify potential failures in systems and equipment.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Failure modes effects and diagnostic analysis (FMEDA) is a systematic methodology to identify potential failure modes within a system, component, or process to analyze the effects.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n FRACAS stands for failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system. It\u2019s a closed-loop system designed to help maintenance teams find, respond to, and fix the root cause of asset failure.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fault tree analysis, sometimes known as event tree analysis, is a method of identifying the possible causes of a system failure. A fault tree is used to graphically illustrate the different potential causes of a failure in the form of a diagram.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Field service management (FSM) software is a system accessible through mobile maintenance devices that helps managers and supervisors manage and monitor off-site workers and optimize the time and resources needed for each job.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n First pass yield is a measure of quality and productivity. It’s calculated by dividing the acceptable parts by the total number of parts produced during manufacturing.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n First time fix (FTF), sometimes referred to as a ‘rework’ or ‘resolution’ level, is a metric that’s commonly used to measure the amount of times a technician is able to fix an issue the first time, without the need for additional expertise, information, or parts.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fixed asset management is the process of managing fixed assets at your facility. Fixed assets are tangible assets with more than one year of useful life, such as buildings, land, machinery, and equipment.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ghost inventory is one of the most expensive lies in MRO. On paper, the part exists. In reality, it’s missing, damaged, obsolete, or sitting in someone’s locker, truck, or contractor toolbox.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fleet maintenance refers to maintaining and repairing company vehicles to ensure they are safe, reliable, and durable. It entails regular inspections and repairs to ensure no component malfunctions or fails that might endanger drivers or passengers.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Functional failure mode and effects analysis (FFMEA) is used to identify potential failure modes and their effects on product performance.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n The word gemba (sometimes spelled as genba) is a Japanese term literally translated as \u201cthe real place.\u201d<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Grounds (or sometimes called ground) maintenance is the process of caring for your building or facility’s exterior and keeping it maintained. This can include lawn care, but it’s not limited to grass.<\/p>\n Explore now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
A<\/span><\/h2>\n
Acoustic analysis<\/h3>\n
Advanced inventory management<\/h3>\n
Asset hierarchy<\/h3>\n
Asset lifecycle management (ALM)<\/h3>\n
Asset management policy<\/h3>\n
Asset naming convention<\/h3>\n
Asset performance management (APM)<\/h3>\n
Asset tracking<\/h3>\n
Asset turnover<\/h3>\n
B<\/span><\/h2>\n
Basic maintenance triggers<\/h3>\n
Bill of materials (BOM)<\/h3>\n
Breakdown maintenance<\/h3>\n
C<\/span><\/h2>\n
Capacity utilization<\/h3>\n
Computer aided facility management (CAFM)<\/h3>\n
Continuous improvement<\/h3>\n
Corrective maintenance<\/h3>\n
Cycle time<\/h3>\n
D<\/span><\/h2>\n
Data collection standardization<\/h3>\n
Defect density<\/h3>\n
Deferred maintenance<\/h3>\n
Deming cycle<\/h3>\n
Design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA)<\/h3>\n
Digital thread<\/h3>\n
Digital twin in predictive maintenance (PdMDT)<\/h3>\n
Distribution Control System (DCS)<\/h3>\n
Downtime tracking<\/h3>\n
E<\/span><\/h2>\n
Emergency maintenance<\/h3>\n
Equipment maintenance<\/h3>\n
Equipment maintenance log<\/h3>\n
Enterprise resource planning (ERP)<\/h3>\n
F<\/span><\/h2>\n
Facility manager<\/h3>\n
Facility maintenance<\/h3>\n
Failure code<\/h3>\n
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)<\/h3>\n
Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA)<\/h3>\n
Failure modes effects and diagnostic analysis (FMEDA)<\/h3>\n
Failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS)<\/h3>\n
Fault tree analysis (FTA)<\/h3>\n
Field service management software<\/h3>\n
First pass yield (FPY)<\/h3>\n
First time fix (FTF)<\/h3>\n
Fixed asset management<\/h3>\n
Fix ghost inventory<\/h3>\n
Fleet maintenance<\/h3>\n
Functional failure mode and effects analysis (FFMEA)<\/h3>\n
G<\/span><\/h2>\n
Gemba<\/h3>\n
Grounds maintenance<\/h3>\n
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