Glossary
Reliability, maintainability and supportability of investments

Supportability; maintenance support performance [EN 13306:2017]

Ability of a maintenance organization to set up the appropriate maintenance resources at the right place to carry out the requested maintenance activity when it is required.

Cause of failure; failure cause [EN 13306:2017]

Circumstances during specification, design, manufacture, use or maintenance that lead to failure.

Failure; failure [EN 13306:2017]

Loss of an asset's ability to perform a required function.

Degradation ; degradation [EN 13306:2017]

Adverse change in physical condition, with time, use or due to an external cause.

Durability; durability [EN 13306:2017]

Ability of an asset to perform a required...