A structured list of physical equipment maintained throughout the asset lifecycle.
Equipment Register is a commonly used industry term describing the structured inventory of physical equipment within a facility together with key identifying information such as equipment tags, descriptions, locations, classifications and attributes. In this glossary, Equipment Register is treated as a redirect to the canonical term Asset Register.
An Equipment Register provides the foundation for maintenance, inspection, operations and asset information management by identifying and organizing physical assets.
Many organizations use the terms Equipment Register and Asset Register interchangeably, although some distinguish between equipment assets and broader asset classes.
Canonical term: Asset Register (A1928). Equipment Register is retained as a searchable synonym and redirect for users familiar with that terminology.
Asset Information Management; Asset Management; Engineering Documentation.
Asset information.; Maintenance.; Engineering.; Operations.; Digital handover.
ISO 14224; ISO 55000
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