Maintenance Management

Maintenance Planner and Scheduler are Two Separate Roles. Planning is Always Done Before Scheduling

Planning maintenance work means developing the work breakdown structure activity by activity, including buying parts and services. Scheduling maintenance work means organizing and coordinating resources so a job is done on the agreed date.

A lot of people mistakenly think that maintenance scheduling is maintenance planning. They are not the same. There is a big difference between the two functions. The job description might say Maintenance Planner and Scheduler, but in reality they are two roles. Maintenance Planning needs to be done before you can do maintenance scheduling. One person may be tasked with the maintenance planning and scheduling functions, but each has its own duties and responsibilities.

First comes maintenance planning, and then you do maintenance scheduling. A maintenance work pack must be developed and completed in full first, so that comprehensive scheduling can be done using the work pack.

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Introduction to the Concepts and an Overview of the Purpose of Maintenance at the Turn of the 21st Century

Maintenance management is a key element of enterprise asset management and applies for the whole lifetime of your physical assets. The purpose of maintenance is much more than ‘fixing things up’; it is the appropriate management of asset health for its lifetime.

The philosophy that “a stitch in time will save nine” is very appropriate and is an important part of maintenance. On operating plants where this approach is formally recognised and acted upon, there is a very significant lift in the reliability of the plant.

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