Glossary of Terms
Practical maintenance terms, CMMS language, reliability abbreviations, and plant maintenance definitions in one place.
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Maintenance Craft
A maintenance craft is a controlled trade or skill classification used to identify the type of labor required for maintenance work.
Maintenance Dashboard
A maintenance dashboard is a visual summary of current maintenance workload, asset risk, overdue work, performance, and operational exceptions.
Maintenance Data Quality
Maintenance data quality is the degree to which asset, work, inventory, cost, and reliability information is accurate, complete, consistent, timely, and usable.
Maintenance Delay Code
A maintenance delay code is a controlled classification explaining why approved work cannot proceed or finish as planned.
Maintenance Documentation
Maintenance documentation is the controlled collection of procedures, instructions, drawings, manuals, plans, specifications, and records used to manage maintenance work.
Maintenance Escalation
Maintenance escalation is the controlled process for notifying higher authority or additional functions when work, risk, delay, or failure exceeds defined limits.
Maintenance Inspection
A maintenance inspection is a structured examination of equipment condition, function, safety, or compliance using defined checks and acceptance criteria.
Maintenance Job Plan
A maintenance job plan is a reusable definition of the labor, steps, parts, tools, safety controls, references, and completion requirements for a maintenance task.
Maintenance Key Performance Indicator
A maintenance key performance indicator, or KPI, is a defined measure used to monitor whether maintenance processes and outcomes support business objectives.
Maintenance Kit
A maintenance kit is a predefined group of parts, consumables, tools, or materials prepared for a specific maintenance task.
Maintenance Labor Estimate
A maintenance labor estimate is the expected number of labor hours and required crew composition needed to complete a maintenance job.
Maintenance Labor Hours
Maintenance labor hours are the recorded time spent by technicians, contractors, or other personnel performing or supporting maintenance work.
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