Aptean Logo

Key Features and Benefits of TabWare Preventive Maintenance

Monday 23 September 2019

Featured in this post

A Preventive Maintenance (PM) system is critical to effective asset management. From inspection tasks designed to detect impending failures to lubrication and wear part replacement, your PM system is the first line of defense against unplanned downtime and equipment failures.

Aptean EAM TabWare Edition provides a single platform to easily plan, organize and manage all your PM work including building PM Master Plans, linking them to equipment and scheduling PM work order generation. Aptean EAM provides a comprehensive audit trail of all PM work and reports schedule compliance.

Key Features

  • PM Master Plans are pre-planned work orders stored in Aptean EAM

  • Link a single PM Master Plan to multiple equipment items (such as all pumps)

  • Link a single equipment item to multiple PM Master Plans (PM program for equipment)

  • Schedule PM work orders by time and/or units such as hours of operation or meters

  • Automatic PM roll-up for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual PMs

  • Hold generation of a new PM pending completion of an existing PM

  • Changes to equipment operating status (out of service/in service) stops/starts PM work

  • 52-week PM look ahead shows resource requirements and allows adjustments

  • Schedule compliance reported on KPI dashboards

Benefits

  • Maximized asset performance and reduced unplanned downtime

  • Increased throughput and line efficiency

  • Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

  • Automatic PM work order generation with lead time for scheduling

  • Quickly identify all affected equipment for each PM master plan

  • Improved management command and control

  • Improved regulatory compliance

  • Identify complete PM program for a particular piece of equipment

  • Support for Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs

  • Support for lean maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) programs

We recommend your PM system be based on a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program to define the necessary tasks and schedule their execution to maximize asset performance. A preventive maintenance system is an integral part of a maintenance management solution and maximizes asset performance. An effective preventive maintenance system also supports predictive maintenance by planning and scheduling their tasks as PM work orders.

The Food Industry Trends To Watch In 2026
Blog

The Food industry Trends To Watch In 2026

What food and beverage trends will matter most in 2026? See how consumer demand, AI and operational shifts are changing what it takes to compete.

Feb 11th, 2026
Democratising AI: What It Means and How No-Code AI Tools Empower Your Employees
Blog

Democratising AI: What It Means and How No-Code AI Tools Empower Your Employees

Discover how no-code AI puts powerful capabilities into the hands of nontechnical staff, helping every employee work faster, smarter and more confidently.

Nov 19th, 2025
AI Route Optimisation: Logistics Levels Up
Blog

AI Route Optimisation: Logistics Levels Up

Discover how AI route optimisation gives logistics the Daft Punk treatment: “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” Smarter routes, lower costs, happier customers.

Nov 14th, 2025