Calendar-based Maintenance Scheduling of preventive maintenance is not effective because it's based on a typically inaccurate assumption of the actual run time or cycle count of the machine/tooling. ProductionACE’s Maintenance Scheduler module uses actual, automatically collected machine run time and cycle count data to schedule maintenance, thereby reducing downtime due to unplanned maintenance issues.
The P.M. module tracks total cycle count and runtime for the machine, tool, and sub-tool...each with their own maintenance limits. Color-coding identifies tools that are "near due" and "due". A log of Maintenance Activity is maintained for analysis and process improvement. Data can be easily exported to corporate EAM and CMMS systems to eliminate the errors and non-productive labor inherent in manual data collection and transcription.