Use this activity to create a route definition (a route id). A route id is used to group route PM actions. Routes are typically used for simpler tasks such as 'Inspection', 'Lubrication' and 'Calibration', and a route PM action within a route represents a 'stops' on the route. Routes can for example, also be used for grouping a series of minor visual or lubrication checks to be carried out by trained operations staff as opposed to the maintenance staff.
The order you define for the route PM actions in the route represents the sequence in which the 'stops' should be done when 'doing the round'. Typically the PM actions are arranged according to the geographic location of the objects to minimize travel time/walking distance. If there is a need to reorganize the order, a function for renumbering the route PM actions within a route is available.
The route PM actions can all have different generation criteria. One route work order generated from a route one week may therefore look different than a route work order generated from the same route the next week, depending on what PM actions ('stops') are due at the time.
Before a route definition is created, the following must have been completed:
As a result of this activity, the route definition can be used for linking route PM actions to a route list.
Use the following procedure to create a route identity: