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 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 | 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... by Graham | May 5, 2015 | E-Quip AM, New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
The pre-emptive PPM scheduling used by e-Quip has many advantages, but one of its limitations is that it is difficult to produce a calendar of planned work for devices on schedules of less than 12 months. If a device is on a 3-monthly schedule and the last PPM job is... by Graham | Sep 20, 2014 | New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
e-Quip version 2.15.0 includes a new priority-based PPM scheduling feature. As soon as I get a few minutes spare I will post a “What’s New in 2.15.0” article, but I thought I’d give you a preview of this feature. Suppose that a device is on 4...