Schedules Overview

Organizing an Inspection (or other work) involves creating a plan that outlines which tasks need to be accomplished and when. This plan is outlined in a Schedule. It can be used for upcoming Planned Events, like Turnarounds, next Opportunities, Campaigns, Pitstop, for ongoing inspections of Equipment, for repairs, or for maintenance. Creating a Schedule allows you to determine the scope of the inspection (or other work), that is, which Equipment you need to work one, the Next Inspection Date - NID, i.e. when you need to do the work, and how.

Schedule activities can be things such as: Perform an external visual inspection; Take Wall Thickness (WT) readings; Do a Repair; etc. As an example, the Planner / Inspector checks which Schedules are due (having a NID close to Today), then performs the inspection according to the Scope, captures the inspection results, and credit the Schedule(s) in the Equipment Condition History (ECH). In case of recurring Schedule(s), a new Schedule will automatically be created with a new due date (see Schedule Lifecycle).

In PEI Hierarchy - Overview you can see a visual depiction of the PEI Workflow. It illustrates how the flow between the different objects in IMS occur. Take note of the flow to and from the different Schedule types.