Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM)

Keep every asset on its maintenance schedule without spreadsheets, missed jobs, or last-minute scrambles.

64 hrs
Time saved/month
8
Companies have mapped
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About This Automation

Planned preventive maintenance requires operations managers to manually review schedules, identify due items, and coordinate work orders across multiple tools each week. Manual scheduling creates delays, missed appointments, and duplicate bookings that frustrate customers and waste technician time.

Automation monitors the maintenance schedule continuously, identifies due items automatically, creates work orders, assigns technicians based on availability and location, and notifies all parties in real time.

Key features
Monitor maintenance schedules automatically and flag items due within the next 7 days
Pull customer and equipment details from existing records without manual lookup
Create and populate work orders in your service management system instantly
Assign technicians based on location, skills, and current workload
Send personalized notifications to customers and technicians through email and messaging
Update maintenance records and track completion status without manual data entry

How The Automation Works

The full workflow, from trigger to completion.

1. Maintenance Due Date Reachedtrigger

The automation checks the maintenance schedule daily and identifies equipment or assets that have reached their next scheduled service date.

2. Fetch Customer and Equipment Data

The system retrieves the customer contact details, equipment specifications, service history, and technician availability and.

3. Generate Work Order

A new work order is automatically created with all required fields populated from the maintenance schedule and customer database.

4. Assign Technician

An intelligent evaluates technician skills, location, and current workload, then assigns the work order to the best-fit technician.

5. Schedule Appointment

The system checks technician and customer availability, then books the appointment and creates a calendar event.

6. Send Customer Notification

An automated email is sent to the customer with the appointment date, time, technician name, and any relevant service details.

7. Alert Technician

The assigned technician receives a notification with the work order details, customer address, and special instructions.

8. Update Maintenance Records

The maintenance schedule is automatically updated to mark the item as scheduled and log the appointment date.

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Estimated Time Saving
64hrs/month
Process pain:8.2/10
Mapped by:8 Companies

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