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A/P. Accounts Payable.
Account. Billing or revenue account. Useful if FASuite is to provide data to a general accounting system that relies on account codes.
Account group. Higher classification of account. You can define account groups to use for roll-up reporting purposes. An account group can include any number of accounts.
Additional inspection. Special inspection that recurs at a specified daily interval. Each additional inspection can include any number of specially defined PM tasks. FASuite tracks the completion of additional inspections, as well as associated costs, on work orders.
APS. Auxiliary Power System. Sometimes mounted on a truck with an onboard generator.
Assembled kit. FASuite treats an assembled kit as a single part. It represents a stock level of one issue unit, and the unit issue price is the sum of the unit prices of the components at the time the kit is assembled. You can transfer, issue, and return assembled kits to stock as single parts, and you can count and adjust inventory of them as single parts. When you charge an assembled kit to a work order, FASuite makes an entry in the Parts Issues (PTD_MAIN) table only for the kit part ID/suffix.
BPA. Business Process Assessment
C/C/C. Also known as 3C. Abbreviation of complaint, cause, correction.
Class PM program. Repeating sequence of one or more PM services performed at specified service intervals on all equipment units assigned to an equipment class for PM that are designated for class PM programs. The intervals between PM service performances are the same for each PM service included in a class PM program.
Class type. Group of equipment classes. The organization can define class types to use for roll-up reporting purposes.
Clock In. Acknowledge presence at work site
Clock Out. Leaving work site for day
Comeback. Repair task performed twice on the same equipment unit during the comeback period defined for the equipment unit's equipment class for maintenance. Prompt identification of comebacks is essential if the organization is to correct recurrent problems such as training deficiencies, poor-quality labor, or defective parts.
Comeback range. A number of days or meter units between occurrences of the same repair task on an equipment unit within which FASuite identifies the repeated repair as a comeback. At the occurrence of a comeback, staff should investigate for faulty labor or parts.
Company. Organizational entity higher than a department to which you can assign equipment units.
Component warranty. Warranty that applies to an assembly of components that is part of an equipment unit.
Consist. In railway terminology, consist describes either the group of rail vehicles that comprise a train or a train's contents or equipment.
Customer. Organizational entity that uses equipment units (equivalent to a department).
DBA. Database Administrator.
Department. Organizational entity that owns or operates equipment or that reports equipment usage.
Direct Time. Technician time that is directly associated with actively repairing or servicing equipment on a work order.
Economic order quantity (EOQ). Method of inventory management, the adherence to which results in a minimum effective investment while assuring parts are available, when necessary, from inventory. EOQ defines the optimal quantity to order that minimizes total variable costs required to order and hold inventory. It requires a computation of the optimum order quantity based on usage rates, lead times from order-date to receipt-date, unit prices of each part, costs to place and process orders, and the cost to invest a dollar in inventory.
Equipment class. Classification that groups together equipment units that have one or more of the following characteristics in common:
Maintenance cost and labor data
PM program
Rental rates
Standards
Shop resource requirements such as parts, labor skills, and bay types (Shop Scheduling Module)
Equipment class for PM. Equipment class to which equipment units are assigned for the purpose of identifying the PM services to be performed and the PM tasks that comprise each service. For equipment units on a class PM program, the equipment class for PM also specifies the service intervals between PM service performances. Equipment units on an individual PM program have unique service intervals for each PM service that is part of their PM program.
Equipment class for standards. Equipment class to which equipment units are assigned for the purpose of identifying the applicable cost and labor standards.
Equipment component. Equipment unit linked to another equipment unit in a hierarchical relationship.
Equipment subsystem. Assembly of one or more parts, which become a functional unit within an equipment unit. Examples include body, engine, belts, axles, transmission, and suspension.
Equipment type. Group of equipment units that use the same collection of parts. FASuite uses equipment types to associate parts used on equipment units and to assist in identifying parts no longer required in inventory after the organization disposes of equipment units.
FRA. Federal Railroad Administration. The FRA serves to promulgate and enforce rail safety regulations; administer railroad assistance programs; conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy; provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service; and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities.
FTA. Federal Transit Administration. The FTA assists transit agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Public transportation includes buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, monorail, passenger ferry boats, trolleys, inclined railways, and people movers.
GUI. Graphical User Interface.
Indirect Time. Technician time that is not directly associated with actively repairing or servicing equipment on a work order (e.g., meetings, training).
Individual PM program. Unique PM program for a single equipment unit, consisting of any PM services defined for the equipment class for PM to which the equipment unit is assigned. FASuite supports unique time, meter usage, and fuel consumption service intervals for each different PM service included in the equipment unit's individual PM program.
Insurance rate ID. Code assigned to equipment units to specify the annual amount charged to the equipment unit for insurance. If you assign an insurance rate ID to an equipment unit, FASuite automatically charges 1/12th of the annual amount associated with the insurance rate ID to the equipment unit when you run end-of-month processing.
Island Control Unit (ICU). Controls the dispensing of fuel from gas pumps.
Job On Task. Technician starts logging time against a work order task while repairing or servicing equipment.
Job Off Task. Technician stops logging time against a work order task.
Life cycle status code. Code assigned to equipment units to designate their status. The organization can use life-cycle status codes to track equipment units through their entire life cycle, from ordering to disposition. Examples include PLANNED, ON HOLD, ACTIVE, RETIRED, and DISPOSED.
Location. Organizational entity that functions as one or more of the following:
Shop (regular, mobile, external)
Equipment storage or operation site
Fueling site
Parts inventory location (warehouse)
Pool dispatch location
Station
Meter edit range. The number of MILES, engine HOURS, FLOW meter units, or KILOMETERS that FASuite adds to the last meter reading for an equipment unit to determine the maximum valid value to accept when it edits a new reading.
Min/Max (minimum/maximum). Method of inventory management for items whose usage is constantly changing. Whenever the inventory on hand reaches the user-defined minimum stocking level or reorder point, an order is placed for a quantity large enough to reach the maximum stocking level. You can set different minimum and maximum levels for each class of items or for individual items.
Operator. Individual assigned to an equipment unit or a motor pool reservation.
Order header type. Classification of headers that appear on the top of purchase orders. You can define headers to print on automatic orders, conventional orders, quick orders, warranty repair orders, and non-warranty repair orders. Typical order headers include: ORDER FOR STOCK, URGENT, CONFIRMATION, VEHICLE OFF ROAD, NON-WARRANTY REPAIR, REPAIR UNDER PART WARRANTY, REPAIR UNDER EQUIPMENT WARRANTY, AMENDMENT, and CANCELLATION.
OS. Operating System.
OSHA. Occupational Safety & Health Administration. OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.
Out of Service. The equipment is currently in the maintenance shop for repair or service and is therefore not actively being used by an operator when a defect is discovered.
Outside work orders. Work orders opened for equipment units owned by customers.
Part classification. A group of parts that share specific qualities, such as whether they are consumable, repairable at a fixed or negotiable price, exchangeable, or warrantable.
Part failure. A part issued to an equipment unit, which matches a part previously issued to the same equipment unit. Replacement of a part that FASuite did not issue (such as a part the manufacturer installed) does not constitute a failure, because a warranty on the equipment unit itself covers the part, if it is covered at all. A failure requires the following conditions:
Same equipment unit
Same task code
Same part number, or another inventory part number that is a cross-reference to the same part number
For each failure, FASuite determines whether the failed part is still in its warranty or expected-life period. If the failure occurs during one of these, FASuite records the failure in the Parts Failure table (PTD_FAIL). The Parts Failure report lists failed parts.
To identify failures, FASuite searches for previous issues of the same FASuite part ID and previous issues of all cross-references for the same part that are also FASuite part IDs. It then selects the most recent previous issue from all issues that it finds. FASuite cannot check for warranties on non-FASuite part IDs, because it has no warranty information on them.
Part ID translation rule. An option in FASuite that, when activated, causes FASuite to perform the following translations on all part IDs:
Conversion of all instances of the letter O to the digit zero (0)
Replacement of all slashes (/) or periods (.) that occur between two digits with a dash (-) (otherwise removal of the character and shift of all remaining characters one position to the left)
After FASuite performs the translations, any character other than a letter, a digit, or a dash (-) between two digits generates an error message.
Part suffix. Number that FASuite automatically assigns to a part to distinguish it from a different part with the same part ID.
Periodic inspection. Simple inspection, for any purpose, that recurs during the same month or months every year. FASuite identifies equipment units that are due for periodic inspection. However, it does not generate a work order for, nor record the results of, periodic inspections.
PM. See Preventive maintenance.
PM program. One or more PM services performed at specified service intervals. FASuite supports unique PM programs for each equipment class for PM as well as for individual equipment units. The number of different services included in a PM program depends on the number of unique services required to maintain equipment units that use the program.
PM service. Set of any number of PM tasks to perform on each equipment unit assigned to an equipment class for PM. A PM program can include any number of PM services.
PM task. Unit of work the organization performs as part of one or more PM services (such as change oil and filter, lubricate areas of the chassis, check specific components, and so on).
PO. Purchase Order.
Preventive maintenance (PM). Maintenance (including inspection, cleaning, and repair) of equipment on a regular basis that is sufficient to prevent unplanned failure.
Price type. Classification of a group of prices normally associated with an order of a part from a vendor. Typical price types include: FREE OF CHARGE, LIST, TO BE ADVISED AND AGREED, AGREED, and EXCHANGE.
Product category. A group of parts (such as filters, belts, tires, and so on) that share setup values such as review periods for non-moving parts and automatic ordering.
Quick order. Directly created purchase order. Use quick orders to order parts for stock replenishment or for specific needs or work orders. You can restrict the use of quick orders to order only parts needed for immediate use on specific work orders.
Repair group. Code that groups several related repair tasks. All the tasks apply to the same general system or assembly, such as brakes.
Repair task. Complete unit of repair work, which FASuite monitors.
Request parts. Send electronic notice to storeroom personnel that an inventory part is needed to complete the repair or service.
Safety stock. Minimal level of inventory that a company seeks to have on hand at all times to protect against fluctuations in demand and/or supply.
Scheduled. Planned work, such as preventive maintenance, inspections, campaign, or recall.
Service interval. Interval between performances of PM services for a PM program (class PM program) or PM service (individual PM program). FASuite supports the following service intervals:
Time interval (in weeks or months) since the last PM
Meter 1 usage (miles, kilometers, hours, or flow) since the last PM
Meter 2 usage (miles, kilometers, hours, or flow) since the last PM
Fuel consumption since the last PM
FASuite considers an equipment unit due for PM when the unit meets any of the four service interval parameters.
Special consumption issue. Issue of a part for special reasons, such as recall campaigns and special projects, which FASuite ignores when it calculates EOQ values for the part. Designate large, single-occurrence issues of a part as speial cconsumptions so that FASuite does not recommend higher inventory quantities based on these atypical issues.
Special PM task. Additional PM tasks performed on equipment units with costs in a repair group that exceed the standard in that group for the assigned equipment class for standards. Special PM tasks apply to all equipment units, regardless of the equipment class for PM to which they are assigned.
Statutory inspection. Simple inspection, for any purpose, that recurs after a specified number of months. FASuite identifies equipment units that are due for statutory inspection. However, it does not generate a work order for, nor record the results of, statutory inspections.
Stock part. Any part that has a FASuite part ID. It need not be in inventory at any time, and might never actually be stocked.
Stock part ID. FASuite part ID for a part.
Unassembled kit. FASuite treats an unassembled kit as a bill of materials. You cannot order or receive an unassembled kit, nor can you count or adjust inventory of one. When you issue, return, or transfer an unassembled kit, FASuite automatically converts the entry to an issue, return, or transfer of the appropriate quantity of each part ID/suffix that is a component of the kit. If inventory of any component is insufficient to support the transaction, FASuite displays an insufficient quantity validation message and cannot process the transaction. When you charge an unassembled kit to a work order, FASuite makes entries in the Parts Issues (PTD_MAIN) table for the appropriate quantity of each part ID/suffix that is a component of the kit.
Unscheduled. Work that is not planned or scheduled in advance
User. Individual who logs on to FASuite. Users are authorized to access only the screens, data, and reports you authorize for the users groups to which they are assigned.
User group. Group to which you assign users to determine their access rights to FASuite screens, data, and reports. Each user group has a defined set of access rights, which is applicable to all users assigned to the group. You can assign each user to any number of user groups; the total rights of a user are the sum of the rights of all the groups to which the user is assigned.
Warranty Claim. Claim created for the labor and parts charged when technicians repair equipment or equipment components. Claims created when parts with core parts or parts under warranty are replaced on equipment.
Wayside. The land through which a linear asset runs.
Work order. Also known as a repair or job order.