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 | Dec 21, 2016 | New Features, PPM
The commission request screen has turned out to be an extremely popular feature and, thanks to user feedback, it has developed tremendously since we first added it for Portsmouth back in 2014. It is particularly useful as a standard way of commissioning particular... by Graham | May 12, 2016 | Planned Maintenance, PPM
Model-based PPM scheduling has been added to commission requests. The model screen now has a technical tab with a field named Preferred PPM Schedule. When using commission requests, once you select a model, if that model has a preferred PPM schedule then you will be... 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 | Jul 20, 2015 | New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
As from version 3.2 we have added a new feature to improve the handling of planned maintenance when: a. Anchored schedules are used b. A PPM is missed (not found or not made available) c. The device is then found shortly afterwards The Problem Suppose that a device is...