Definition of Durability | Glossary

Defect Elimination Program

The Defect Elimination Program consists in a culture involving the operational teams that constantly identify where the defects are to quickly define the priorities for defect elimination and move to the actions implementation to achieve the desire results.

Degradation

Irreversible process in one or more characteristics of an item with either time, use or an external cause.

Dependability

Collective item used to describe the availability and its influencing factors: reliability, maintainability and maintenance supportability.

Design for ROMSI

Design for ROMSI is a process that encompasses tools and procedures to ensure that an asset meets its reliability, operability, maintainability, safety and inspectability requirements, under its use environment, for the duration of its lifetime.
DfROMSI is implemented in the design stage of an asset to proactively improve reliability, operability, maintainability, safety and conditions for inspection. Designing reliable equipment and plants requires risk assessment, clear knowledge of the operating context, involvement from operations, maintenance and engineering domain experts, and a focus on optimizing the life-cycle cost.

Design out Maintenance

Design out Maintenance are the asset redesign/enhance performed to improve asset reliability and maintainability to maintain the asset As Good as New.

Durability

Ability of an item to perform a required function under given conditions of use and maintenance, until a limiting state is reached.