Reference
Glossary
The terms the interface uses, defined the way they behave in the product rather than the way a dictionary would put it.
- Ad-hoc item
- A reusable one-off check attached to an individual work order rather than mapped into the checklist library for a whole work type and asset type. Checklist library →
- Asset ID
- The workspace-wide identifier for a piece of equipment. Every work order, refuel entry and health check joins to it, which is why the convention is worth agreeing before the first bulk load. Asset registry →
- Asset type
- The classification of a piece of equipment — tug, belt loader, GPU and so on. It carries the checklist key that decides which inspection items an asset receives and which PMI groups pick it up.
- Checklist key
- The value on an asset type that links it to the set of inspection items in the checklist library.
- Command centre
- The dashboard: operational counters and a due-date calendar across every station in your scope. Command centre →
- Defect
- A fault recorded against a work order or found during a daily health check. A defect can raise its own follow-on work order rather than being buried in a note.
- Due date
- The date a work order is expected to be completed by. Work past its due date is counted as overdue and rendered in red throughout the workspace.
- GSE
- Ground support equipment — the vehicles and machinery that service aircraft on the apron: tugs, belt loaders, ground power units, stairs, de-icers, water and lavatory trucks.
- GSE number
- The local identifier a station paints on a machine. Distinct from the asset ID, which is global to the workspace.
- Health check
- The daily pre-use inspection of an asset, producing a serviceable or unserviceable outcome plus any defect found. Daily health checks →
- Idempotent generation
- PMI generation that can be run repeatedly without creating duplicates. A second run reports its work as skipped rather than raising the same work orders again. Preventive maintenance →
- Labour hours
- Time booked against a work order for the job itself, recorded separately from person hours where several people worked on one task.
- Lifecycle status
- Where an asset sits in its working life — in service, out of service, withdrawn. Distinct from serviceability, which is the day-to-day condition.
- Meter reading
- A recorded hours, kilometre or cycle count from the equipment, captured on the work order with its unit.
- Module
- A section of the workspace — work orders, refuelling, reports and so on. Which modules an account sees is decided by its role. All modules →
- My day
- The personal queue of work orders assigned to the signed-in user, sorted by urgency then due date. My day →
- Person hours
- The total human time consumed by a job across everyone who worked it, as opposed to elapsed labour hours.
- PM sequence
- The rotation of services through a PMI cycle — the A/B/C pattern where a deeper service comes round every third or sixth occurrence.
- PM type
- A reference value classifying the kind of preventive maintenance a job represents.
- PMI
- Preventive maintenance inspection. A PMI group defines recurring maintenance for an asset type at a frequency, and generates the due work orders itself. Preventive maintenance →
- Provider company
- A contractor performing maintenance. It carries the stations it covers, and provider accounts are scoped to work rolled out to it.
- Role
- A named set of visible modules plus a provider flag, defined once in workspace setup and applied to accounts. Roles & permissions →
- Rolled out to
- Whether a work order is being done in-house or by a service provider. It decides who can see and be assigned the job. Work orders →
- Safety stock
- The level below which a spare part should be reordered. Set it from supplier lead time, not from a round number. Inventory →
- Serviceability
- Whether a piece of equipment is fit for use right now. An unserviceable outcome on a health check takes it out of service.
- Station
- An airport or operating location. Station scope on an account decides which records that account can see anywhere in the workspace.
- Station pool
- Work orders that exist but are not assigned to a named person. Pool work does not appear in anyone's My day until it is allocated.
- Stock movement
- A recorded add or use against a spare part, with a note. Counts change through movements rather than being edited directly, so the history explains the number.
- Super Admin
- The administrative level that governs user accounts and password resets. Reserved because the ability to create an account is the ability to grant access to everything.
- Work order
- The central maintenance record: the job, the asset, ownership, checklist, defects, materials, labour, signature and audit history. Work orders →
- Work type
- The category of a job. Combined with asset type, it decides which checklist items a work order is populated with.
- Workspace
- One organisation's RampWorks: its stations, people, roles, fleet, reference data and records.
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