Operations · Maintenance

Keep Machines Running and Spares Under Control

Breakdowns, planned maintenance, spares and machine history live on the machine record, so repeat failures are visible before they stop production.

1Operational impact

What It Costs Today

  • Plant headDowntime has a price

    Breakdowns cause missed production, emergency purchases and unreliable delivery commitments.

  • MaintenanceRepeat failures go unnoticed

    Without a machine history, the same fault is fixed again and again.

  • PurchaseEmergency spares

    Spares are bought in a hurry, at whatever rate is available.

2Milestone capability

What Milestone Does

Each capability works on the same database as the rest of Milestone, so nothing is copied between systems.

  • Machine register and historyEvery machine with its faults, work done and spares used.
  • Breakdowns by fault categoryRepeat failures become visible by machine and cause.
  • Planned maintenanceScheduled work raised before the machine stops.
  • Spares issued against the machineSpares consumption traced to the machine and the job.
  • Open maintenance workWhat is waiting, in progress and closed.

Everything listed here is available today unless it carries a status tag.

3Process transformation

Maintenance Cycle Around the Machine Record

Select a step to see its document, who acts and the control applied.

Production
Maintenance
Stores
Information moves onHistory informs the next maintenance planSteps in the same column run in parallel

01 · Breakdown or plan due

Document
Breakdown report or schedule
Who acts
Production
Control
Every stoppage recorded
  1. 1
    ProductionBreakdown or plan dueEvery stoppage recorded
  2. 2
    MaintenanceMaintenance requestAssigned with a fault category
  3. 3
    StoresSpares issueIssued against the machine
  4. 4
    MaintenanceRepair and closeDowntime and work recorded
  5. 5
    MaintenanceMachine historyRepeat failures visible↺ History informs the next maintenance plan
Read the steps as text
  1. Breakdown or plan due (Production). Breakdown report or schedule; Every stoppage recorded.
  2. Maintenance request (Maintenance). Maintenance work order; Assigned with a fault category.
  3. Spares issue (Stores). Spares issue; Issued against the machine.
  4. Repair and close (Maintenance). Work completion; Downtime and work recorded.
  5. Machine history (Maintenance). Machine history; Repeat failures visible.

4Management visibility

What Management Sees

  • Which machines fail repeatedly?Breakdowns by machine and fault
  • Which spares are consumed, and where?Spares by machine
  • What work is open?Requests waiting and in progress
Milestone ERP · Machine history
  1. 1Fault history by machine
  2. 2Spares consumed per machine
  3. 3Open maintenance work

5Business outcome

What Changes

Directions, not percentages. Your baseline is measured during the study, and improvement is measured against it.

Unplanned stoppagesFewer

Before
Each one a surprise
With Milestone
Patterns seen and planned for

Emergency spares purchasesFewer

Before
Bought when the machine stops
With Milestone
Planned from consumption history

Machine availabilityHigher

Before
Unknown until output falls
With Milestone
Tracked machine by machine

See It Running on Your Own Process

Bring one live process. We will walk through it with your documents and show it running end to end in Milestone.