Thus the potential of digital technologies offers new options to deal with the resulting vat amount of data. Two types of e-maintenance initiatives [4] have evolved:-
• e-CBM. Remote sensing devices are deployed to monitor the condition and performance of each physical asset. The captured data are transmitted to a secure site for analysis and decision-making.
• e-CMMS. The web enables computerised maintenance management systems (CMMSs) to be used. The entire application is available over the web, through the application service provider (ASP). The expert ASP knows the user’s software requirements and provides the user with a total solution and hence the driving forces that makes this option increasingly appealing [13]. In the e-maintenance model, internal processes are expanded to cover other applications on the web.