Fixed plant planning
At the plant, you don't waste a maintenance window
Crushers, conveyors, mills. The cycle is more predictable, so every planned window should be full. In practice, you find out the day before that a part isn't there or that the crew is committed elsewhere.
Today
The cycle is predictable, but maintenance windows are still poorly used.
Resource and parts conflicts are discovered when the job starts.
Work orders, parts and crew availability aren't consolidated anywhere.
Consolidation
Work orders, parts and crew in the same window
Group everything that has to be done while the asset is down, confirm parts and crew availability, then fill the window instead of promising it blind.
Control
The planner validates and prioritizes before committing the window
A work order without a confirmed part doesn't take another one's place. Priorities are settled in the view, not in an email.
What changes
Before and after
| Today | With PlanMI |
|---|---|
| Maintenance window underused for lack of coordination | Window planned with parts and crew confirmed in advance |
| Resource conflict discovered when the job starts | Conflict detected at the planning stage |
| Parts tracking disconnected from the plan | Parts availability visible in the same plan |
| No visibility on the gap between planned and actual hours | Actual hours compared against the plan, by asset |
From plan to execution
The validated window becomes an executable work order
Who it's for
The people who live this use case every day
- Maintenance planner
- Fixed plant maintenance superintendent
- Storekeepers and procurement
Frequently asked questions
What we hear, and how we answer
We already handle this in Excel, and it works.
It works until the day the person who maintains the file is gone, or until a window is lost for want of a part. PlanMI doesn't replace the CMMS; it eliminates the shadow file.
How do you handle parts availability?
The status of the parts a work order requires is among the upcoming features on the roadmap, and integration with your inventory system is validated site by site. Nothing is announced before it's confirmed.
Our team isn't tech-savvy.
The interface is designed for a planner: a Gantt view and drag and drop, not one more complex system to learn.
What was the last maintenance window you lost, and why?
Thirty minutes with your planner and your real data, and we'll see whether it holds up.
