Common CMMS, Maintenance, and Reliability Acronyms

A

• ACR: Asset Criticality Ranking
• API: Application Program Interface

C

• CAMA: Certified Asset Management Assessor
• CBM: Condition-Based Monitoring
• CI: Continuous Improvement
• CIP: Continuous Improvement Process (or Clean In Place)
• CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management System
• CMRP: Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional
• CMRT: Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician

E

• EAM: Enterprise Asset Management
• EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
• ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning

F

• FAMS: Facilities Asset Management System
• FMEA: Failure Mode & Effects Analysis

G

• GIS: Geographic Information System

H

• HSE: Health, Safety & Environmental

I

• IIoT: Industrial Internet of Things

J

• JIT: Just In Time

K

• KPI: Key Performance Indicator

L

• LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Windows)

M

• MP2: Maintenance Pack II
• MRO: Maintenance, Repair & Operations
• MRP: Material Requirements Planning / Manufacturing Resource Planning
• MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure
• MTTR: Mean Time To Repair
• MVP: Most Valuable Player

O

• OEE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
• OLE: Object Linking & Embedding
• OPC: OLE for Process Control
• OPC UA: OPC Unified Architecture
• OSHA: Occupational Safety & Health Administration

P

• PdM: Predictive Maintenance
• PLC: Programmable Logic Controller
• PM: Preventive Maintenance or Preventative Maintenance
• PPM: Proactive Preventive Maintenance

R

• RCA: Root Cause Analysis
• RCM: Reliability Centered Maintenance
• RIME: The ​Ranking Index for Maintenance Expenditures (RIME) Priority Number provides an alternative work prioritization method.
• RTF: Run To Failure

S

• SMRP: Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
• SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

T

• TPM: Total Productive Maintenance

V

• VSUP: Vertical Startup