Preventive Maintenance

PM that schedules itself and runs on time

Define a PM once, apply it to every asset it covers, and let PulsePlant handle the rest. Templates, schedules, instances, and work orders generate automatically so your crews always know what's due and when.

Unlimited
PM templates
Days, weeks, months, years
Frequency units
Pass/fail, measurement, text, checkbox
Checklist types

How it works

Preventive maintenance in PulsePlant is built around a simple idea: define the work once, and the system handles every recurrence. A PM template captures what needs to be done, how often, with what checklist, and what safety notes. Link the template to a piece of equipment, set a start date, and the schedule generates instances forever — until you suspend it.

Checklists live on the equipment, not the template. That means any pump in the fleet can inherit a generic 'Quarterly Pump Inspection' but each unit brings its own measurement steps, critical flags, and pass/fail checks. Change a checklist on one pump and every template referencing it updates automatically.

Work orders are generated ahead of the due date based on a configurable lead time — 7 days for routine, 30 days for contractor-dependent work. Frequency can be time-based (every 3 months), usage-based (every 500 hours), or both, whichever fires first. Compliance rates and overdue counts surface on every dashboard.

Calendar views show the whole plant's PM workload at a glance. Statistics pages break compliance down by equipment, template, and time period. Overdue PMs show up in red everywhere they appear so nothing stays invisible.

What you get

Template + schedule model

Define the work once in a template. Link it to equipment with a start date. Instances generate automatically.

Inherited checklists

Equipment owns the checklist. Templates aggregate from every linked asset so customization never breaks.

Time and usage triggers

Every 3 months, every 500 hours, or both — whichever comes first. Meter data drives real PM timing.

Lead-time generation

Work orders spawn N days before due so planners have time to get parts, crew, and access lined up.

Compliance dashboard

On-time completion rate, overdue count, upcoming load — the KPIs that measure your PM program.

Suspend and resume

Take equipment offline for a turnaround? Suspend its PMs and resume them when it's back in service.

Bulk WO generation

Generate every overdue or upcoming work order in one click. Shorten your planning cycle from days to minutes.

Safety notes baked in

PPE, LOTO flags, and hazard warnings ride from template to generated work order automatically.

Trade and outage defaults

Templates pre-fill trade (Mech, E&I, Contractor) and outage type so generated WOs need no setup.

Common ways it's used

Moving from reactive maintenance to a genuine PM program with measured compliance
Generating hundreds of turnaround work orders from a single bulk action
Standardizing inspection checklists across similar equipment
Meeting regulatory PM requirements with a clean, timestamped audit trail
Cutting unplanned downtime by catching wear before it causes failure
2x
PM compliance vs. legacy CMMS
Auto
Work order generation on schedule
Zero
Missed PMs from manual oversight

Works alongside

All modules

See Preventive Maintenance on your data

A 30-minute walkthrough, configured with your equipment, your locations, and your workflow.