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If the plant management information system is the global economy, then the maintenance work order system is the national economy.
The WO system needs to efficiently handle huge amounts of information and many kinds of input and output, yet be understandable at its interface by the least skilled operator, clerk and maintenance worker. In other words, a good WO system has internal complexity that is transparent to its users; transparent because you have developed lists and tables of standard coding and standardized wording that describe the equipment, the failure, the repair and the resources expended. If there is one shortfall of all CMMS and EAM software, it is their inability to translate that which they do not know. If CMMS is to create and maintain meaningful history, the trade filling in the completion portion of the work order must know and understand the standards.
Printing all of the tables of codes, words and phrases on the reverse of the work order form has been attempted, however only one person in 10 could read them because the print was so small (to contain all of the information). Here are a couple of alternative methods.
Utilize a Work Order Clipboard that has the coding tables laminated onto the front and back.
Use a metal, lidded "document carrier" that has laminated copies of all the coding tables tethered inside.
There are undoubtedly a number of other ways to...
