by Graham | Aug 9, 2018 | Jobs, New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM, What's New
Version 3.9 will see the introduction of the new System PPM utility which simplifies recording the maintenance of multi-component devices, such as camera stacks. Almost invariably each module of a system is serviced as an individual item (rather than having a single... by Graham | May 8, 2016 | Assets, Jobs, Maintenance Events, PPM
There are many situations where e-Quip will display a warning or an alert. It is very difficult to document all of them because there are so many and most are self-explanatory. If you see a message that says “The work end date is before the call date” then... by Graham | Jan 3, 2016 | E-Quip AM, Jobs, Planned Maintenance, PPM, What's New
All e-Quip users probably know that job templates lie at the heart of the automated PPM scheduling mechanism. Broadly speaking, if a PPM schedule is a definition of a set of work instructions which need to be carried out at a specified interval, then a job template is... by Graham | Mar 16, 2013 | E-Quip AM, Jobs, Planned Maintenance, PPM
Summary I have produced a fairly in-depth technical article which explains in some detail how and when the equipment last & next PPM dates are calculated and displayed. Understanding these details will give you a thorough knowledge of how PPM scheduling functions... by Graham | Nov 23, 2011 | Jobs, New Features, New Releases
New in 1.19.0 – Projects Sometimes it’s useful to be able to group jobs together. For example, at the start of BST you might need to create a job for each device with an internal clock to move the clock forwards by an hour. Of course, creating these jobs... by Graham | Sep 27, 2011 | Jobs, New Releases, Test Equipment
New in Version 1.17.0 A useful new field has been added to the equipment screen, called Calibration Expiry Date. It is intended for use on test equipment records but it can be used for any asset. It records the date after which the test equipment should not be used....