Work Order System

Work Order System

Work order system is the information system used by the industry to keep track of its maintenance works. Work permits are components of work order. Maintenance department issues work permits to different executing agencies permitting them to start their work.

A maintenance work order are generally gives the following information:

•        Work order number and code

•        Departments address and code

•        Date of issue

•        Detail of approval

•        Date of receipt of work order

•        Priority

•        Location

•        Equipment details

•        Nature of work

•        Material requirement

•        Completion data and report

•       Special requirement

Work permit are components of work order. Maintenance department issues work permits to different executing agencies permitting them to start their work. A work permit mentions the work permit number ,work order number, section from which work originated and information as mentioned in work order.

A well designed organization should have proper strategies to execute,monitor and control over the various maintenance tasks.

•        Monitoring:

a)Gather information about deviation and delay in execution of

maintenance may provide idea about the need to add more resources to complete the maintenance task in scheduled time frame b)Communication of the changes in job content to the various follow up agencies

c)ovide information about constraints in technical issues and necessary steps can be taken to improve the existing techniques

Method of monitoring: Feedback:

•        Unscheduled / pending job

•        Work status

•        Suspended work

•        Work completion

•        Manpower requirements and actual utilization

•        Cost of maintenance

•         Technical difficulties Control:

•        Continuous or periodical monitoring

•        Inspection of status

•        Comparison of status with the predetermined standard and initiating corrective measures.