Hi Jason,
I think that there is still utter confusion! Firstly, let's discuss the word
independent. You have four job plans: A, B, C, and D. The frequency does not matter. Typically, each subsequent job includes all the activities of the prior, but this is not always true, so this gives:
(Scenario A)
- B includes A
- C includes B + A
- D includes C + B + D
In your case, I think your saying:
(Scenario B)
- B = B
- C = C
- D = D
I.e. the subsequent job plan bears no activities from the prior.
This can mean that when D is release A, B, and C could also still be active. Move forward one cycle, it could mean that when A is released that in total there could be A, A, B, C, D because someone is not doing their job.
As Christpher pointed to the "Use Last Work Order's Start Date to Calculate Next Due Date?" field, he's correct. This really means the fixed or floating. Checked = fixed, unchecked=floating. So, what's the difference.
- Fixed means that the PM will generate without regard if the prior generated work order has been completed. In other words, it keeps pump out the work order based solely on your frequency.
- Floating means that the next work order will not be generated from the PM until that work order has reached COMP status. As such putting the PM into a hiatus. When that work order reaches COMP the next PM will generate based on complete date + frequency.
You need four PM's as you are running scenario B and they need to be FIXED. I say this because when you check the wiper blades you have indicated that it's all they do. I don't believe that. Unless your saying really that checking wiper you also don't check the water level or do the exchange tank at the same time. Do you really want to bring the vehicle in three times in the same week to do three activities, NO. At least in a well planned world the answer is no. Yes you could move the work order such that the schedule dates align to bring the vehicle only once.
There is still another solution that allows you to keep "as such" the independant job plans. I say "as such" because I don't know where the job plans apply nor the exact tasks within each job plan, but that said, have you heard of nested job plans. With nested job plans you add a task and reference another job plan, so B has a task for A, C has a task for B, and D has a task for C. If you change a task in A, then when B, C, or D is generated, it automatically has the change. There is a consequence for using nested job plans. Each nested job plan will result in a child work order.
BTW job plans don't get completed, work orders do.
I hope that gives you some ideas and perhaps clarity for the others.
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Craig Kokay
ISW
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