Method and system for assigning and reporting preventative maintenance workorders

A method of storing a preventative maintenance workorder in a database, a workorder including equipment data, scheduling data, and a checksheet associated with a required maintenance procedure, the method comprising:

• receiving the equipment data and the scheduling data;
• providing data cells for construction of the checksheet;
• associating each data cell of the checksheet with a respective type of maintenance data;
• identifying an out of specification tolerance for the maintenance data parameter;
• identifying at least one responsible person for notification of maintenance data exceeding out of specification tolerance;
• and
• storing the equipment data, the scheduling data, the checksheet, and the at least one responsible person in the database.

A system for assigning and reporting a plurality of preventative maintenance workorders, a workorder including equipment data, scheduling data, and a checksheet associated with a required maintenance procedure, the system comprising:

• a central computer;
• a database in communication with said central computer for storing preventative maintenance workorders;
• a supervisor interface including a first electronic mailbox adapted to view the preventative maintenance workorders, assign the preventative maintenance workorders to at least one technician, and release the workorder to the at least one technician;
• a technician interface including a second electronic mailbox adapted to view a released workorder assigned to the respective technician, complete the checksheet by inserting maintenance data to the checksheet, and store the completed checksheet in the database;
• and
• a computer network interconnecting the central computer, the technician interface, and the supervisor interface.