The following inspection cycles have been defined for the maintenance strategy of a boring head:

• Package 1: Every 100 operating hours (small inspection)
• Package 2: Every 500 operating hours (large inspection)

The last inspection of the boring head was performed after 100 hours. The boring head comes back from the oil platform after 480 operating hours.

Despite the current counter reading of 480 hours, the system still determines Package 1 at 200 h as the next maintenance call on the basis of the strategy.

However, as the counter has already reached 480 hours and both a small and a large inspection are due simultaneously at 500 hours, you want to skip Package 1 at 200 h ( as well as Package 1 at 300 h and Package 1 at 400 hours).

This is possible using customer exit IPRM0005. You can use your own rules to determine which maintenance packages are due next and which can be skipped. If the logic in the customer exit means that packages are skipped, the system performs a start for the cycle for the maintenance plan in the background.