How to schedule preventive maintenance

To schedule preventive maintenance effectively, intervals should follow usage rather than the calendar wherever usage is measurable. In Jestor, an asset record carries its usage counter and its maintenance history, and an automation raises the work order when the threshold is reached.

Why preventive maintenance gets postponed

Preventive work competes with production, and production always looks more urgent. Postponement is rational each individual time and destructive cumulatively.

Without a record, nobody can see that a machine is three intervals overdue until it stops.

What structured scheduling changes:

Maintenance postponed indefinitely without visibility
Intervals based on the calendar when usage varies
No history of what was done to which asset
Breakdowns treated as bad luck rather than as a pattern
Spare parts ordered reactively at premium cost

Calendar based or usage based

Basis	Suits	Risk
Calendar	Assets used steadily	Over or under maintaining when usage varies
Usage counter	Machines with measurable output	Requires the counter to be recorded
Condition	Critical assets with monitoring	Requires instrumentation
Mixed	Most operations	Whichever threshold comes first

Step by step to structure it

Create an assets registry, one record per machine or vehicle.
Record the usage counter as part of the operating routine.
Define the interval, by usage where measurable and by date otherwise.
Raise the work order automatically when the threshold is reached.
Record what was done, including parts consumed.
Link spare parts to stock, so consumption triggers reordering.
Track the ratio of corrective to preventive work, which is the real measure.

Why that ratio is the metric to watch

Counting completed preventive tasks measures activity. The ratio of corrective to preventive work measures whether the programme is working: if breakdowns are not falling as preventive work rises, the intervals or the tasks themselves are wrong.

Why choose Jestor

In Jestor, assets are records with their own history, automations raise work orders from a usage counter or a date, parts consumed connect to stock so reordering is triggered automatically, and dashboards show cost per asset alongside the corrective to preventive ratio.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should intervals be based on dates or usage?

Usage wherever it is measurable, since a calendar over or under maintains when use varies. See jestor.com.

How do I know the programme is working?

Track the ratio of corrective to preventive work, not the count of tasks completed.

Can parts consumption trigger reordering?

Yes, by linking parts used to stock records with minimum levels.

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