Maintenance Setup
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Use the Maintenance Setup program to:
Maintenance Entities consist of rules that determine when maintenance is due and define the specific Tasks to be performed to carry out the maintenance. Maintenance Entities are set up for a Site and/or Equipment at that Site. They can also be set up at Model level and then published to all Equipment of that Model. The Equipment will then inherit the Model Maintenance Entities.
Using Model maintenance can be particularly handy if there is a lot of Equipment in the system of the same Model so data entry operators do not have to re-key identical information each time. After publishing Model maintenance, it is also possible to make specific changes to certain Equipment records only, providing ultimate flexibility. For example, a troublesome Equipment may need extra Tasks performed. The publish function will not override any additional Tasks added to an Equipment maintenance record.
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Maintenance can be set up for a Site that has nothing to do with any specific Equipment record and is related only to the site. For example, clean foyers, check fire escapes for debris, check fire alarm systems or exit signs, etc.
There are four steps to setting up maintenance:
1. Create a Maintenance Entity
2. Add Conditions (or triggers) to identify when maintenance is due
3. Add Tasks that will be created as a result of the condition falling due
4. Specify Period Groups (if applicable)
Once the Maintenance Entities have been set up for a Site, you can calculate and view Loadings for an entire Maintenance Calendar period for all or specific Equipment at a Site. Loadings are used to determine resource requirements for employees, contract labor commitment and parts usage.