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July10,2016

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Objective:

Themainobjectiveofthisblogistoexplainhowscheduling
parametersinfluenceonthecalculationoftheplandatein
preventivemaintenancetimebasedsinglecycleplan.

SchedulingParameters:
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wemaintaintheschedulingparametersforthesinglecycleplandirectlyinthe
maintenanceplanasshownbelow

SchedulingIndicatoristhebasisforcalculatingtheplanneddates:

Time:Thecalculationbasisforthemonthisalways30daysallcalendar
daysarecounted.Example:Cycle1month,startofcycleJuly9thresultsin
aplandateofAugust8th.

TimeKeydate:Thecalculationbasisistheeffectivedaysofa
month.Ex:Cycle1month,startofcycleJuly9thresultsinaplandateof
August9th.

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Timefactorycalendaristhebasisforthemonthisalways30days

onlythefactorycalendardaysarecounted.Ex:Cycle1month,factory
calendarSaturday/Sunday/publicholidayfree,startofcycleJuly9thresults
inaplandateofAugust22nd.SelectingfactorycalendarasGerman
standard01.

Callcontrolparameter

Completionrequirement:Ifyouselectthecompletionrequirement
checkboxthenthesystemwillgeneratesubsequentordersoncethe
previousorderhasbeencompleted.Itwillgiveapopupmessagelikeone
whichisshownbelow.

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SchedulingPeriod:
Itisusedtocreateapreviewofthependingmaintenancedates.Itgivesthe
periodofthepreviewindays,months,oryears.Forexampleifyouwantto
haveapreviewfortheentire12monthsforamaintenanceplansetthe
schedulingperiodto12months.Belowscreenshotsshowsthescheduling
periodofamaintenanceplanwithamonthlycycle,astartdateofJuly9th
andaschedulingperiodof12months.

MaintenancePlanwithschedulingperiod

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CallHorizon:
Weusethecallhorizontospecifyinpercentagewhenanordershouldbe
createdforacalculatedmaintenancedate.Thedateasofwhichtheorder
canbecreatedisknownasthemaintenancecalldate.Followingscreen
shotsshowsthebehaviorforacycleplanofonemonthwith90%,100%&
0%callhorizonsettings.

Aboveistheschedulingperiodwithcallhorizon90%

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Aboveistheschedulingperiodwithcallhorizon100%

Aboveistheschedulingperiodwithcallhorizon0%

With90%&100%settings,theschedulinglistofthemaintenanceplanhas
theholdstatus.

Inpractice,Ifyouwantthecallhorizontocontrolthemaintenancecall
directly,thanset0%forcycleswhichareshorterthanoneyearandif
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cyclesarelongerthanoneyear,setthecallhorizontoahighpercentage
value(>80%)toensurethatordersarenotcreatedtooearlyandremainin
thesystemtoolong.

Ihopethisblogwillhelp&foranysuggestionsplz.feelfree.

InpartII,IamgoingtoshareonDatadeterminationwhichincludesshift
factor,tolerance&cyclemodificationfactor.

Thanks,

PSR

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