How do I define maintenance tasks - Step 1 of 4 (FastMaint Web)

Tasks Are Used As Templates For Creating Maintenance Work Orders:

Save time & reduce repetitive data entry for maintenance jobs. Once you create tasks, you (as well as other maintenance personnel) can use them as templates to create work orders as needed.

Note: You do not need to define tasks for all your maintenance jobs, just the ones you may want to do detailed analysis or reporting on (e.g. costs by job type, etc.). For other types of ad-hoc jobs e.g. "change a light bulb", "lubricate a motor", etc. use a standard task template to create work orders as needed (e.g. the task "Unplanned Maintenance (Any)").

Tasks can help you:

• identify & classify the set of standard maintenance practices
• provide the same interface to manage planned & unplanned maintenance
• save time creating work orders - much information is copied from the task
• use a powerful Planning module to plan & schedule maintenance activities
• capture best practices (in task instructions) from work order to work order
• organize work classification resulting in better analyses & identification of areas for improvement

    Identifying & setting up such maintenance tasks can take some up-front time. However, the long term benefits can be substantial. Many FastMaint customers have reported seeing a downward trend in equipment breakdowns & spare parts usage.