Enterprise asset management (EAM) is a business application used by manufacturing and other asset-intensive industries to optimize maintenance and repair of industrial plants and equipment. It is focused on solutions for organizations in asset-intensive industries such as heavy discrete and process manufacturing industries, rail and energy/utilities Such organizations use EAM software products to address physical asset support requirements. An alternative term used for EAM is “computerized maintenance management system” (CMMS), generally considered to be small-scale, single-site applications with less functionality around parts management and resource scheduling.