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CMMS (Computerised Maintenance Management System)

Software that holds the asset register, work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, spare-parts stock and maintenance history for a plant or building portfolio.

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EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)

A broader system than CMMS that also covers asset lifecycle costing, capex planning, procurement and often linear assets across multiple sites.

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Preventive maintenance (PM)

Planned work triggered by calendar intervals, running hours or meter readings, intended to stop failures before they happen.

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Predictive maintenance (PdM)

Condition-driven maintenance where sensor data and analytics decide when intervention is needed, rather than a fixed interval.

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Condition monitoring

Continuous or periodic measurement of machine health - vibration, temperature, oil debris, ultrasound, current signature - used to detect degradation early.

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RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance)

A structured method that ranks failure modes by consequence and selects the most cost-effective maintenance task for each one.

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TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)

An operating philosophy where operators take first-line ownership of equipment care, with the goal of eliminating losses and unplanned stops.

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MTBF and MTTR

Mean Time Between Failures measures reliability, while Mean Time To Repair measures how quickly a failed asset is returned to service; both feed availability calculations.

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OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)

Availability multiplied by performance and quality; a standard production metric used to link maintenance performance to plant output.

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MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations)

The consumables, spare parts and services bought to keep assets running, as distinct from direct production materials.

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Turnaround / shutdown maintenance

A planned production stop in which major overhauls, inspections and capital works are executed against a fixed schedule and budget.

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Shutdown critical path

The sequence of turnaround tasks that determines the earliest possible restart date; slip on this path costs production days.

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NDT (Non-Destructive Testing)

Inspection techniques such as ultrasonic testing, radiography, eddy current and dye penetrant that assess material integrity without damaging the component.

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Vibration analysis

Diagnostic technique that uses spectra and trending of machine vibration to identify imbalance, misalignment, bearing defects and looseness.

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Thermography

Infrared imaging used to find electrical hotspots, insulation losses, steam-trap failures and bearing friction without contact.

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Tribology and lubrication management

The science of friction, wear and lubrication; in practice it covers lubricant selection, contamination control, oil analysis and relubrication routes.

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Asset integrity

The discipline of keeping safety-critical static assets - pressure equipment, pipework, tanks, structures - fit for service under a documented inspection regime.

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Smart maintenance / IIoT

Use of industrial IoT sensors, edge gateways and analytics platforms so maintenance teams act on live asset data rather than paper rounds.

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Spare-parts criticality

Classification of inventory by failure impact and lead time, used to decide what must be held on site versus sourced on demand.

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RAMS

Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety; a specification framework used when buying capital equipment or designing a maintenance concept.