maintenancewhere

Maintenancewhere is a term describing an approach to maintenance management that explicitly incorporates the geographic and contextual location of assets into planning and execution. It treats 'where' as a core dimension alongside 'what' and 'when', supporting location-aware maintenance workflows.

Core components include a geocoded asset registry, GIS integration, spatial analytics for risk and proximity, routing and scheduling that minimize travel, and mobile work orders for field teams. Data sources typically include maps, facility plans, asset sensors, and location-tracking devices.

Applications span facilities management, utilities, manufacturing sites, transportation networks, and IT estates with distributed hardware. In practice, maintenancewhere helps prioritize work by spatial factors, coordinate crews across sites, and trigger actions when assets are in high-risk zones or subject to site constraints.

Benefits include faster response, lower travel costs, improved safety, better regulatory compliance, and greater efficiency through spatial optimization.

Challenges involve maintaining accurate location data, integrating with existing CMMS or ERP systems, addressing privacy and security for sensitive sites, and managing dynamic environments where access or conditions change.

The term is used mainly in academic or industry discussions about advanced maintenance strategy and is not uniformly adopted; usage varies by sector and organization.