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Term of the Road Dictionary

maintenance management system

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Asset Management and Maintenance Asset Management
  • Definition : Process of coordinating and controlling a set of activities in order to maintain an asset (such as a road or road network) within an agreed policy of asset management, while making the best possible use of resources available.

System des Erhaltungsmanagements

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / German
  • Theme : Betrieb Erhaltung und Instandhaltung (syn. Asset management AT) Erhaltung
  • Definition : Prozess der Koordinierung und Kontrolle einer Serie von Tätigkeiten, um eine Anlage im Rahmen einer einvernehmlichen Anlagenmanagement-Politik zu unterhalten (wie eine Straße oder ein Netzwerk von Straßen), wobei bestmöglicher Gebrauch von den verfügbaren Ressourcen gemacht wird.