Course Description for Preventive Maintenance

This course in PM processing involves developing a maintenance plan, to ensure that the equipment is properly cared for, so that costly breakdowns and interruptions to the production can be avoided and the need for corrective maintenance minimized.

The maintenance plan consists of preventive maintenance actions (PM actions). On each PM action you can define:

In order for the PM actions to generate work orders on a regular basis (calendar based generation), or based on the condition of the object (condition based generation), or because of a certain type of event that has occurred (event based generation), you need to enter one or several generation criteria on the PM action.

The PM actions in the maintenance plan can be either route PM actions or separate PM action. A separate PM action is used for defining a maintenance tasks for an equipment object, which require material, and/or one or several types of competencies in order to be executed properly. A route PM action, however, includes tasks that should usually be performed together with other tasks on the same route. A route consists of a number of route PM actions. Usually, PM actions that put less demands on preparation and history are collected into a route. The advantage with the route is that the PM tasks on a route are combined into one route work order, ensuring that execution can be done as efficiently as possible.

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is 4h 30 min.

Target Audience

This course was designed primarily for application consultants in Maintenance or employees working within this area.

Separate PM Action

This chapter covers the following functionality: creating and preparing a separate PM action that includes general information, materials, crafts, budget and customer information.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate course in Equipment Administration.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1h 45 min.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for PM engineers and service managers.

Route PM Action

This chapter covers the following functionality: using a route PM action as opposed to a separate PM action, creating route lists and route PM actions, preparing a route PM action with information on personnel and material, renumbering the order of PM actions in a route list.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the PM Action - Introduction lesson.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 1 hour.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for PM engineers, inspectors and service managers.

PM Action Generation

This chapter covers the following functionality: defining generation criteria for PM actions based on calendar, condition and event, using the maintenance plan, generating work orders from PM actions.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the Separate PM Action or Route PM Action chapter.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for PM engineers, inspectors and service managers.

PM Administration

This chapter covers the following functionality: copying PM actions, creating structures of PM actions, replacing PM actions, updating multiple PM actions, using overdue, inspection note and permit types.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the Separate PM Action or Route PM Action chapter.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 45 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for PM engineers and service managers.

Basic Data and Requirements

This chapter covers the following functionality: basic data for Preventive Maintenance Processing, for instance: actions, parameters, events, permit types, permit attributes, route definitions and standard job.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed the intermediate course in Equipment Administration.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 30 minutes.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for PM engineers and service managers.