Glossary of Terms
Practical maintenance terms, CMMS language, reliability abbreviations, and plant maintenance definitions in one place.
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Work Order
A work order is an authorized record that defines maintenance work to be performed, including the asset, priority, scope, assignee, instructions, labor, parts, status, and completion evidence.
Work Order Aging
Work order aging is the elapsed time that a maintenance work order remains open or unresolved from a defined starting point.
Work Order Approval
Work order approval is the authorized decision that proposed maintenance work is valid, appropriately prioritized, and permitted to proceed.
Work Order Assignment
Work order assignment is the allocation of maintenance responsibility to a team, technician, contractor, or other authorized resource.
Work Order Cancellation
Work order cancellation is the controlled decision to stop an authorized maintenance job because it is no longer required, valid, safe, or appropriate.
Work Order Closure
Work order closure is the final review and confirmation that maintenance work, documentation, evidence, costs, and required follow-up have been completed.
Work Order Completion Evidence
Work order completion evidence is the recorded proof that maintenance was performed and the required result was achieved.
Work Order Completion Rate
Work Order Completion Rate is the percentage of work orders completed during a period compared with the number selected for measurement.
Work Order Management
Work order management is the controlled process and software functionality used to create, approve, prioritize, plan, assign, execute, complete, and review maintenance work.
Work Order Priority
Work order priority is the assigned urgency used to determine how quickly maintenance work should be reviewed, planned, scheduled, and executed.
Work Order Status
Work order status shows the current stage of maintenance work, such as open, in progress, on hold, completed, closed, or cancelled.
Work Order Template
A work order template is a reusable predefined structure containing standard scope, type, priority, team, instructions, or completion requirements.
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