The general walk-around catches the unglamorous things that cause most unplanned downtime: a dry lube point, a loose guard, a weeping seal, a belt starting to fray. None are urgent individually, which is exactly why they need a scheduled owner.
The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.
The general walk-around catches the unglamorous things that cause most unplanned downtime: a dry lube point, a loose guard, a weeping seal, a belt starting to fray. None are urgent individually, which is exactly why they need a scheduled owner.
A slow accumulation of small defects that eventually coincide, producing a week where everything seems to break at once.
Monthly. Split it by area rather than doing the whole plant in one pass — a shorter, focused route actually gets completed.
This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.