In this section you define the maintenance order types allowed and the technical dependencies for the individual order types.
When considering how many order types to define for maintaining processing, you should first use the business significance of the maintenance order type as a reference.
It is generally best to use separate order types for different business tasks (capital spending orders, repair orders, inspection orders, replacements and so on) since many technical controls depend on the order type. As a result, settings dependent on the order type can be used effectively during analyses to make commercially useful selections via the individual order types.
However, you should not set up a separate order type for every conceivable operation. The maintenance activity types are available for the fine tuning of maintenance tasks. For each order type you can define the maintenance activities allowed. This then provides another level on which you can differentiate between the possible maintenance tasks.