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# TLAs and Communication Challenges in Risk Management
June 25, 2014
Three-Letter Acronyms (TLAs) are a mainstay of both manufacturing and technology. Sure, it's verbally more efficient to use TLAs than say or write "Operational Risk Management" or "Environment, Health & Safety" but challenges arise when all parties to the communication don't share the same frame of reference. A conversation about asset integrity and reliability can easily derail when the acronym soup gets a little too thick. In this post LNS Research takes a look at some of the acronyms and shares responses from manufacturers when those enterprises were asked how they view asset performance technology.
[Learn more »](https://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/199079/EAM-APM-AHM-What-s-in-a-Name?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=18016679&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yXMuyIKS1FAS_iLnjwhYAjJ6TOsFBApXfMX7jRlRMvqLwwmBczXlmGTMr15UVShT4_Uh6-_7ffeeasWe_TTgEn9Wy3Q&_hsmi=18016679)
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