There are two primary tasks associated with maintenance management: planning the optimum schedule of work and ensuring that the effort has been effective. It would be reasonable to suggest that the more intensive effort is associated with the first area of work: it has to be responsive to both business objectives of the plant and the current integrity of the equipment. Planning has to incorporate a variety of task types from breakdown work, preventative maintenance and survey work, [1]. In addition, it has two modes: planning for overhauls and day to day tasks required for operating plant. Hence planning absorbs a large portion of time for personnel ranging down from the maintenance manager, the planning group and the trades staff who are responsible for executing tasks.
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