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Word of Phrase   Definition
Management of Change (MOC)   A process used to track and manage any physical or specification changes made to process related equipment in a plant.
Maintainability   The ease to maintain equipment.
Maintenance   Maintenance consists of corrective maintenance, preventive maintenance, and continuous improvement. illustration
Maintenance Engineering   Maintenance Engineers work on design specifications of minor modifications, preventive maintenance documentation, problem identification and elimination, maintenance training, and maintenance technical database.
Maintenance Management   Maintenance management is the collective term for describing the management process of leadership and organization, planning and scheduling, preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, execution of maintenance repairs, recording, root cause failure analysis, spare parts management, and management of technical data supporting the processes above.
Maintenance Opportunity   See maintenance window
Maintenance Planning   See definition for “Planning”
Maintenance prevention   All actions performed to prevent failures. Lubrication, alignment, balancing, installation and equipment design, operating procedures, detailed cleaning, adjustments, fixed time replacements, and filtration. Note: Maintenance prevention and condition monitoring are the two components of preventive maintenance
Maintenance Window   Defined time slots when maintenance can be performed on equipment without disturbing production.
Mean Down Time (MDT)   Average time equipment is down (for any reason).
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)   Total calendar operating time divided by number of failures.
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)   Average Repair time for component.
Mean Wait Time (MWT)   All time during downtime that isn’t repair time. MDT=MWT + MTTR
Mission Statement   Summarizes how to achieve a vision.
Model Work Order   See Standard Job Plan

 









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