Maintenance Planning is devising a process for doing, making or arranging maintenance work. It involves preparing job plans and other resources to enable the craftsperson to perform the work quicker and more efficiently. It often deals with the “what” and “how”.
The majority of maintenance work activities can be planned.
Increasing productivity or value-added work of maintenance personnel depends a great deal on properly planned activities.
Maintenance Planning has several sub-processes. Developing appropriate tasks is one of those important sub-processes and it is done by:
Identifying Critical Components
Critical components each with the tasks that are necessary to maintain the integrity of the equipment using Reliability Centred Maintenance methodologies are identified.
Devise Maintenance Strategies
Devise maintenance strategies for a clearly defined set of assets, equipment or components, each within different condition under which it operates.
Defining Operating Context
Consider the importance of the asset in relation to its operating context and then select an appropriate maintenance strategy in line with the maintenance objectives.