MANUFACTURING GLOSSARY / CMMS
CMMS: Computerized maintenance management system
CMMS is software for managing assets, preventive and corrective work, technicians, parts, schedules, and maintenance history.
What it means in manufacturing
In a manufacturing environment, maintenance priorities often depend on production commitments, equipment condition, spare parts, and return-to-service authority.
A question to use in evaluation
When an asset fails during scheduled work, how are maintenance, material, schedule, and authorization decisions connected?
Keep the label and the evidence separate
Category terms describe a type of work; they do not establish what a specific software release, configuration, integration, or customer process can do. Test the proposed boundary with representative records, responsible owners, failure cases, and written acceptance criteria.
Your next step
Test the definition against your operation.
Use a real workflow to determine where the record lives, who decides, and what evidence the proposed scope must retain.