maintenance order

Plant Maintenance (PM)

Requirement to execute a maintenance task on a maintenance object for a specific deadline.

Classification

Business object

Use

In addition, the maintenance order is a means of documenting maintenance work. In particular, maintenance orders are used to

The system enters the maintenance order data in the maintenance history. This data is extremely important for evaluations and future planning.

Structure

A maintenance order contains operations that describe the individual work steps. If greater detail is required, operations can be subdivided into sub-operations.

Operations can be executed sequentially, in parallel with, or overlapping one another.Their chronological sequence is defined in the relationship.

Operations and sub-operations can be processed internally or externally.

An operation or sub-operation to be processed internally refers to a work center that is responsible for the execution. In order to execute the operation or sub-operation, the necessary capacity requirements can be planned.

The services defined for an operation are requested by ordering.

Spare materials and utilities that are needed for maintenance work can be planned in the operation.

In the case of complex and extensive maintenance tasks, several lower-level orders can be assigned to an order. This enables order hierarchies to be generated.

Integration

A maintenance planning plant is responsible for the planning of the maintenance task to be carried out to a maintenance onject.

If several similar maintenance notifications exist, they can be grouped together and completed in one maintenance order .

Maintenance tasks on several similar maintenance objects can likewise be executed using a single maintenance order.