Introduction – Equipment Module

Planned Maintenance (PMS) in MMV connects three things: an Equipment record, a maintenance schedule on that equipment, and tasks that MMV can auto-create when the maintenance becomes due. Understanding how these fit together saves time and prevents missed maintenance.

How Planned Maintenance fits together

1. Equipment record— every piece of equipment on the vessel is registered in the Equipment module. See Add Equipment.
2. Planned Maintenance Schedule (PMS)— you attach one or more maintenance schedules to each piece of equipment. A schedule defines the maintenance interval (hours, calendar days, or both), what needs to be done, and whether it should be Active.
3. Task automation— when a schedule becomes due, MMV can automatically create a task. This is what most fleets set up so nothing must be tracked manually.
4. Recurring tasks— for maintenance that repeats on a fixed calendar (e.g. every 3 months, regardless of hours), the Recurring Tasks feature handles the schedule directly without going through PMS.

How the task flow works

When Task Due Automation is set up:

1. MMV monitors the equipment's Hour Log (see Update the Equipment Hour Log) and the calendar clock.
2. When the maintenance interval is reached, MMV creates anew task automatically, linked to the equipment and the schedule.
3. The task appears in the Tasks module for the crew to complete.
4. The crew completes the maintenance and marks the task complete— see Mark a Task Complete.
5. The schedule's next-due date/hours are recalculated and the cycle continues.

PMS vs. Recurring Tasks — which do I use?

1. Use PMS when maintenance is tied to equipment usage (engine hours, generator hours) or the equipment lifecycle. PMS gives you the traceability of which piece of equipment was maintained when.
2. Use Recurring Tasks when a task repeats on a fixed calendar not tied to a specific piece of equipment (e.g. weekly safety drills, monthly muster reports). See Create a Recurring Task.

Related articles

1. Create a Planned Maintenance Schedule — the full step-by-step for setting up a schedule
2. Update the Equipment Hour Log — hour-based PMS needs current hour logs to fire correctly
3. Create a Task — task fundamentals
4. Create a Recurring Task — for calendar-based maintenance that doesn't need equipment linkage