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Craig Webber posted 09-12-2024 15:36

Hi,

I'm curious to learn how other might tackle a problem we have in our business keeping a set of PM activities aligned.

We have a service for an asset that is due at 18 Months, which has a specific JP. We have another service, which is due every 3 years, also with its own JP. And then a final service at 10 years, again with its own JP.

How would folks out there manage the work order call to ensure:

When the 18 months service is due, only the 18 month JP is called.
When the 3 year service is due, both the 3 year and 18 month JPs  are called.
When the 10 year service is due, the 10 year, 3 year and 18 month JPs are called.

I'd love to hear how others manage this kind of activity! 

Thanks

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Wayde Prejean posted 09-13-2024 09:06

Using Job Plan Sequence makes sense to me.  The only issue is the 10 year Job Plan would need to come out at 9 years to utilize the sequencing with a single PM.  

Job Plan 1 - Sequence 1  (include 18 month requirements)

Job Plan 2 - Sequence 2 (include 18 and 36 month requirements)

Job Plan 3 - Sequence 6 (include all 3 sets of requirements)

Craig Kokay's profile image
Craig Kokay posted 09-15-2024 21:58

Hi Craig

JP sequencing does work, however, there are several issues, and you have to answer for yourself which approach to use.

Using the approach mentioned by Wayde requires that you duplicate the previous JP and then add the extension tasks for the latter JP.  The issue with this approach is, if in the future the lower order JP detail changes, you need to visit each and every JP that you duplicated and update the corresponding tasks.

Another approach is to create nested JP's.  This way on the JP2, one of the tasks also refer to JP1 and for JP3 it refers to JP2, there is not need to mention JP1 as that is part of JP2.  The consequence is that when the work order is generated, for JP2 there will be a master work order and one child work order, and for JP3 there will be one master work order and one child work order that itself has one child work order.

One other thought is that the generate ahead by, might not be the same for JP2 or JP3 as typically they may involve a longer lead time to organise materials or people.  Maximo does accommodate for this.  Is there a solution? Of course!  The simplest is to run Maximo for Transportation as that has an ability to enable/disable PM's.  

So, using the three JP scenario will also require 3 PM's.  You then tell each to do this.

Initial state = JP1 Active, JP2 = Inactive, JP3 Inactive.

When JP1s work order is completed = JP1 Inactive, JP2 Active, JP3 Inactive

When JP2s work order is completed = JP1 Inactive, JP2 Inctive, JP3 Active

When JP3s work order is completed = JP1 Active, JP2 Inactive, JP3 Inactive

Good luck.

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