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Subject: Staggered PM auto-generation Design suggestion
This tip is a Maximo 7x design suggestion open for discussion.
Background:
Some clients desire a method to auto-generate PM activities for a list of asset/locations.
The sequence of this generation is important and thus a "route-like" listing is needed.
The catch isÂ….the client does not want all of these child work orders to be generated all at once, rather, only one at a time.
The reason for this design is as follows:
1) They only want the next PM-asset generation to occur after the previous one is completed.
2) They may insert new assets into this list over time, or move the sequence around.
3) There is no standard frequency, e.g. every year.
I know of industries (from universities to utilities) where the Maximo administrators and maintenance supervisors are afraid of generating more PM work then they have staff to perform work. With this approach they have a controlled auto-generation which adheres to a sequence and only fires when the preceding PM-workorder is completed. Plus they have absolute control over the sequence.
It appears Maximo out-of-the-box would have to be altered to support this.
Your thoughts and feedback are welcome.
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John Reeve
Manager, Practice Leader Maintenance and Reliability Solutions
Cell: 423 314 1312
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