Work order and condition monitoring systems provide data to the maintenance  organization. Why collect data? To support making the best decisions regarding what  maintenance to perform, where, and when. An “optimal” decision rule or policy will apply  the right maintenance at the right time to the right components in a way to achieve  highest long term profitability. Maintenance managers and engineers have long believed  that within their data lie the secrets to achieving optimal decisions. That realization has  driven the growth of high technology services and tools to collect, display, manipulate,  store, and analyze limitless quantities of data.

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