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Module 2 of 5 · CMMS · Block 2

Preventive and planned maintenance

Preventive maintenance gets ahead of failure through planned periodic checks, instead of waiting for the equipment to break down.

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Maintenance plans

A set of preventive tasks defined for each equipment, with their frequency based on time, hours of use, or cycles.

Maintenance calendar

Automatic scheduling of preventive tasks to avoid overlaps and anticipate the maintenance team's workload.

Spare parts management

Linking each preventive task to the spare parts it needs, to ensure availability when it's time to act.

What an auditor usually asks for

  • Preventive maintenance plan per critical equipment
  • Scheduled, visible maintenance calendar
  • Spare parts linked to each preventive task
  • Preventive plan compliance tracked

How to cover this block in Kimobox

  1. 1Define preventive maintenance plans per equipment in Kimobox.
  2. 2Schedule the maintenance calendar with automatic alerts.
  3. 3Link each preventive task to the required spare parts in inventory.

The preventive maintenance calendar builds itself, with nothing relying on someone remembering to schedule it.

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Where each figure comes from

References to the official text in force. If a standard is revised, this page is updated and the review date says so.

  1. EN 13306:2018 — Maintenance terminology CEN · 2018 ed.
  2. EN 15341 — Maintenance key performance indicators CEN · Current European standard