In this video presentation overview (below) we’ll look at routine maintenance planning basics from the perspective of a shipyard supporting a drilling fleet both onshore and offshore, where planning and maintenance services add measurable value to the owner through proactive planning standards and inventory management.

Scenario background: The owner of exploration drill and storage ships employs onshore repair and planning services, supported by scheduling and controls. Maintenance services are aboard the fleet during its operation at sea. A fabrication shop and spare parts warehouse is located onshore, with consumables and emergency spares aboard the fleet. The reliability and engineering teams established the maintenance and spare parts strategies for the fleet’s offshore operation. Planning services created Standard Job Plans (SJPs) for Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Scheduled Corrective Maintenance (SCM).

§  Planning services created Standard Job Plans (SJPs) for Preventive Maintenance (PM) and programmed them into the corporate enterprise Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

§  Planning services created SJP libraries for Scheduled Corrective Maintenance (SCM) by physical production asset type and work type.

§  SJP templates are used for Unscheduled Corrective Maintenance (UCM), based on physical production asset type and work type.

§  Bill of Materials (BOMs) were created by planning services and inventory management and attached to SJPs.

§  Maintenance, Reliability, and Process Operations performs Predictive (condition-based) Maintenance (PdM) on board, with no production interference.

§  Planning services support an inventory management program and just-on-time delivery, reducing overhead costs.

§  Increased direct resource tool-time efficiency resulting from effective planning ensures more work is performed with fewer resources.

§  Planning ensures that all proactive PM, PdM, and SCM work is executed as a priority, with UCM minimized due to physical production asset performance resulting from the SJPs.

§  Onshore fabrication and repair services are still planned, with logistics services, using SJP templates.

§  Planned Job Packages (PJPs) are created onshore by planning services, reducing contracting services overhead.

To summarize: Routine maintenance planning services are common around the world, in industries ranging from commercial building management, infrastructure, fleet management, mining, petrochemical, oil and gas, manufacturing, and power generation. Most employ a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and are work-order-based; however, not all follow planning basics (nor a formal basis of planning methodology). If you’re employed to perform the function of routine maintenance planning remember, without the knowledge and understanding of planning basics, reliability asset management program strategies, basis of planning, and Standard Job Plans (SJPs) for Preventive and Predictive Maintenance, Scheduled and Unscheduled Corrective Maintenance, much of the planning value could be potentially lost as reactive repair work overshadows your contribution.

📌 Remember, both Planning and Maintenance (including repair) are services provided to the Asset Management Team (AMT) Asset Owners and Gatekeepers.