Create work orders for breakdowns/ maintenance requests - Step 1 of 2 (FastMaint Web)

Maintenance tasks scheduled based on a calculated frequency (e.g. jobs done weekly/ monthly/ etc.) are automatically scheduled by FastMaint. However, equipment breakdowns or alarm conditions will result in the need to schedule unplanned maintenance work.

    When you define task templates as shown in the previous demo (How do I define maintenance tasks?), you can also create task templates for unplanned work. Such tasks can have a frequency of Unplanned or Alarm (based on an alarm condition). The Unplanned frequency option on a task will allow you to schedule tasks on any dates & times you specify. This option is good for breakdown type tasks or tasks that are scheduled on a request basis. The Alarm frequency option on a task will schedule the task whenever an alarm condition is reported on a specified equipment. This is a good option when a specific equipment condition may require many different & possibly unrelated tasks to fix. A single alarm report will schedule all tasks based on that alarm.

    To create such work orders you can click the New button next to Work Orders on the Home page. This will bring up a wizard page that will allow you select the type of work order to create. Alternatively you open up the specific equipment you need to create work orders for and click on the Create Work Orders button at the bottom left (of the equipment page).

    You can filter task templates by Equipment/ Location to make it easier to find the task you wish to create work orders for. Only tasks whose frequency is "Unplanned" will be shown in the list of tasks. Enter information as needed and select the Create button to create work order(s).