In order to efficiently maintain equipment and optimize maintenance tactics, is directly through effective Planning and Scheduling.
Work Planning enables efficient execution and quality of work. Planning defines the required steps in creating a work order, diagnosing the failure, and ensuring each maintenance work order is properly scoped and estimated. Good Work Planning also requires recording the required resources, materials and services. The skill levels and time estimates are included in the work plans. These are critical steps in the overall process and can have a major impact on the overall maintenance productivity.
Work Scheduling is having work done at the right time by the right people. Scheduling needs to be aware of resource capacities and competencies so that the schedule can be maximized, in addition to activities required to manage the inventory for future work. Scheduling Activities involves optimizing the efficiency of the resources that the asset has available to execute work.
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Maintenance PDCA Work Cycle
The chart below shows a Plan, Do, Check, Act Work Process Flow typical of a maintenance work cycle.
