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Fundamentals
of Maintenance Planning Series
By: Daryl
Mather, Maintenance Consultant
As
economic demands have increased and technology for maintenance
has moved forward there has been an increasing demand on the
time of the maintenance-planning department.
Areas
such as:
- Equipment
profiling (Plant Index information)
- Parts
listings (APL’s)
- Equipment
strategy philosophies, investigation of proactive
methods
- Analysis
of system data
- Spares
criticality assessments, ANSI management
- Advanced
shutdown systems
- Equipment
overhaul / replacement / repair procedures
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All
are key to progressing the maintenance delivery systems
towards world-class status. Organizations may use various
positions to analyze this function.
Roles
such as Plant Engineers, Stores analysts, shutdown planning
specialists as well as outside consultants can provide these
functions. Functional decision of this nature determine the
effectiveness of the maintenance effort as a whole and need to
be considered early in the development / review process.
Often
overlooked, or not clearly identified, are the basic systems
that require attention for execution of everyday works.
Coupled
with this has been the proliferation of advanced ERP/EAM
systems, designed to manage the processes of an entire
enterprise’ requirements. However very little time is spent
integrating the new system with established and functioning
processes.
Claims
by vendors that their software will be able to replace 40
other systems or so are only valid if there is a focus on
integration also.
Resulting
from this combination of new technologies and system
management focus is a requirement for a definite scheduling
function for short-term maintenance works.
This
function revolves around the following areas of
responsibility:
- Backlog
Management
- Weekly
Scheduling
- Execution
systems
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