Plan preventive maintenance from the asset register

Open the asset register and mark the equipment that needs scheduled attention, from the plant that must not fail to the items a warranty says to service. Note the maker's interval for each.

Why: The register is the only complete list of what you actually own to maintain. Starting the plan from it, rather than memory, is what stops a critical unit being missed until it breaks.

Create the recurring service tasks against each asset at its interval, say who does them and what each visit checks, so the work is queued before it is due rather than after it fails.

Why: A frequency in a manual does nothing until it is a task with an owner and a date. Turning the intervals into a live schedule is what actually gets the filter changed and the belt checked on time.

Run a report that lines the schedule up against the register to show which assets are covered, which are not, and how much planned work lands in each month. Close the gaps.

Why: A plan you cannot see the holes in is a plan with holes. The coverage view is what proves every critical asset is on the schedule and that the workload is spread, not stacked into one week.