Creating the Maintenance Plan 

Use

We have already created an analog measuring instrument as a piece of equipment. This needs to be checked every 30 days. You now create a maintenance plan for this purpose.

Procedure

  1. Use the following procedure to call the transaction:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Plant Maintenance ® Preventive Maintenance ® Maintenance Planning ® Maintenance Plans ® Create ® Strategy Plan

    Transaction Code

    IP42

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Maint. plan cat.

    Plant maintenance

    		  

    Strategy

    B

    Key date scheduling

  3. Choose .

    4. The Create Maintenance Plan: Strategy plan screen appears.

  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Maintenance plan text

    Calibrate multimeter

    		  

    Equipment

    10003540

    Multimeter, analog

    Order type

    PM06

    Calibration order

  5. Choose .
  6. Choose the Maintenance plan scheduling parameters tab page.
  7. Enter the following data:
    8.

    Field

    Data

    Description

    Call horizon (%)

    90

    Determines when the PM order should be generated for the maintenance call.

    Scheduling period

    365

    The scheduling period during which the system generates maintenance calls.

    Start of cycle

    One month before today’s date

    The system generates a maintenance order from the maintenance plan every 30 days, so you set the cycle start one month in the past. This ensures that an order is available after scheduling.

  8. Choose .
  9. Do not leave this screen.