Dictionary of Industrial Terminology. Emma Jane Holloway

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      Words are important! They provide a compass to our thoughts and endeavors. Almost 2,500 years ago, Socrates stated, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” In a world that is more than ever tied up in the exchange of information, knowledge, and ultimately wisdom, we need to heed Socrates. In this fast-paced world, where communication aspires to be super-luminal, we need to be precise, concise, accurate and succinct, because success hangs on the efficacy of this communication. Since we are all in the pursuit of excellence, it is a boon to have an agreed-upon definition of words that we use on a daily basis and even words that we rarely use, provided we all understand the definition going forward and work towards that goal of reducing failure and producing excellence. The team of Holloway and Holloway has undertaken a mammoth challenge. Collecting and defining in agreement with what we all must drive towards—a universal understanding of communication of the utterances we use daily as not to contribute to confusion. Terms have been classified under various categories to assist the reader as well as various industrial acronyms, abbreviations and commonly used phrases have been thoroughly explained. The father/daughter team has established themselves as an asset to our industry.

      Dr. Raj Shah

      Director

      Koehler Instrument Company, NY

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      The 2nd edition of Dictionary of Industrial Terminology fills a much-needed role for stakeholders across numerous industries. By compiling a comprehensive lexicon of industrial terms—each contributed by a recognized subject matter expert—Michael and Emma Holloway have admirably updated and expanded the terms defined in this volume. Users will find expanded definitions and illustrations useful—particularly when translating terms from English to other languages. Where a given term is used in multiple ways, the Holloways have included all of the relevant definitions. The Dictionary uses clear concise language, making it a valuable desktop reference for engineers, operations personnel, and managers.

      Dr. Fredrick Passman President

      BCA, Inc.

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      “You two need to stop skylarking and turn to!!! I want this overhead dusted and the deck swabbed!” If you’ve ever served in the US Navy, you might have an idea of what you just read. You may have even heard it or something similar. If you’ve never been in the military, specifically the US Navy; that phrase may just sound like a bunch of gibberish. What it means is for the two sailors to stop messing around and get busy, the ceiling, with the vents and piping all need to be dusted, and the floor needs to be mopped. While I was in boot camp I learned, what seemed at the time an entirely new language. After I retired and started working in maintenance, I had to relearn English. Much of the terminology I learned in the Navy is different for the same items, and concepts in the civilian world.

If there had only been a text, I could turn to that would have helped me to translate what I was thinking into the civilian terms, that would have been a huge help and radically reduced the learning curve! Some of the terms in this book may be different than what you call them. That is fine, honestly that is kind of the point, to help us all to learn a common language so that we are literally on the same page when we are talking about things and comparing ideas and strategies.

      For this to be most effective you may need to challenge your preconceived notions of what something is or is not. We all come from different backgrounds and learned much of this maintenance and reliability stuff through tribal knowledge. It has been passed down from generation to generation of technicians since the beginning of time, or most likely, we made it up as we went along.

      In the few years I have been involved in maintenance and reliability, I have been blessed to have met and worked with many experts in our field. As an “expert” we get used to being asked all of the questions, so we begin to think that we are always right. I challenge you, to humble yourself, as this text may not contain the words that you would use as a particular term, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong, it’s just different. A good friend of mine says, “seek first to understand, then to be understood.” I think that this applies here, as new technologies are developed, new terms will develop as well. As technologies advance so should our reliability language that may require us to take off the “expert” hat and become the student for a bit.

      In closing I want to say “Thank You” to Michael. For both putting something like this together, I truly wish I had found something like this earlier in my civilian career! It would have helped me to at least sound like I knew what I was talking about. Also, to say thank you for honoring me, by asking me to write this.

      Loren Green, MLTII, MLAIII, MLE, CLS

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      This book is like a relief valve for me, to relieve my frustrations associated with how people interpret words that are ill-defined in the marketplace. Under such circumstances, individuals will utilize this ambiguity in understanding, to hijack that word for their own purposes (i.e.—confirmation bias). Oftentimes such interpretations are made for commercial reasons. Sadly, I have been in the problem-solving business (Root Cause Analysis or RCA) for over 35 years, and I have been unable to solve this dilemma alone. Even in my field of RCA, the term is so ill-defined it is useless. No matter what approach anyone is using to solve problems, they will call it ‘RCA’. This makes it impossible to compare effectiveness of any one approach. As this book will demonstrate, my experience is not unique by any means. Just look at commonly used terms like Reliability Centered Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Failure, Reliability, Safety and the list goes on. There will certainly be preconceived opinions about the terminology in this book and that will evoke a constructive debate. That is how we will define the success of this book!

      This book seeks to unify these 21,000+ words, terms, and phrases, for the betterment of our respective fields. The gracious contributors to this book are the Who’s Who of experts in their respective fields. They share a passion for ensuring that we, as practitioners, have unity in purpose when it comes to operating our facilities in a safe and responsible manner. We do so while being good stewards to our employees, our customers, and the communities in which we operate.

      My gratitude goes out to Michael and Emma for taking on this enormous, but necessary challenge. This is a must read for those who constantly experience undesirable outcomes due to miscommunications, simply because the same words meant different things to different people. This book will literally help steer your career!

      Robert J. Latino

      CEO

      Reliability Center, Inc.

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