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Definitions#

The following table provides common definitions used throughout the document:

Acronym Definition
AD Active Directory
API Application Programming Interface
BOM Bill Of Materials
CAS Central Authentication Service
DEE Dynamic Evaluation Engine - a runtime execution engine based on C# business rules
EDC Engineering Data Collection
EFC Electronic Failure Catalog
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
MAO Maintenance Activity Order
MES Manufacturing Execution System
MPI Maintenance Plan Instance
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
Object A common type of elements that share the same properties and operations
OCAPS Out-Of-Control Action Plan
ODS Operational Data Store
OEE Overall Equipment Efficiency
OLAP Online Analytical Processing
OOS Out-Of-Spec
Operation An object level method which can be combined in other operations or services
PPH Pieces Per Hour
RFC Remote Function Call
SPC Statistical Process Control
Transaction A service which may involve many objects and that is performed atomically in the database - all or no operations are committed in case of success
UTC Coordinated Universal Time
WCF Windows Communication Foundation
WIP Work In Progress - also referred to as Work In Process

Table: Definitions