by Graham | May 5, 2015 | E-Quip AM, New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
The pre-emptive PPM scheduling used by e-Quip has many advantages, but one of its limitations is that it is difficult to produce a calendar of planned work for devices on schedules of less than 12 months. If a device is on a 3-monthly schedule and the last PPM job is... by Graham | Sep 20, 2014 | New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
e-Quip version 2.15.0 includes a new priority-based PPM scheduling feature. As soon as I get a few minutes spare I will post a “What’s New in 2.15.0” article, but I thought I’d give you a preview of this feature. Suppose that a device is on 4... by Graham | Feb 8, 2014 | New Features, Planned Maintenance, PPM
Quite a few users have requested a PPM Calendar which shows a list of equipment and a table of weeks (or months) showing when each device will be (or was) serviced, along with colour coding to indicate whether each service was done early or late. e-Quip has always... by Graham | Mar 16, 2013 | E-Quip AM, Jobs, Planned Maintenance, PPM
Summary I have produced a fairly in-depth technical article which explains in some detail how and when the equipment last & next PPM dates are calculated and displayed. Understanding these details will give you a thorough knowledge of how PPM scheduling functions... by Graham | Dec 12, 2012 | E-Quip AM, PPM
There is a great deal of documentation (both in the product Help and on this blog) which describes how planned maintenance can be managed using e-Quip. I thought that it might be useful to provide a brief overview of these techniques to act as a roadmap to... by Graham | Nov 21, 2012 | New Features, PPM
New in 2.6.0 A useful new feature is arriving in version 2.6.0 which allows you to specify a PPM Schedule for a location. This is used in conjunction with the Maintenance Week field (which has been there for quite a while) to automatically link new devices to a...