What is PM (Preventive Maintenance)?
Preventive maintenance is scheduled service performed before a failure occurs, based on time or usage.
In depth
Rather than waiting for equipment to break, preventive maintenance (PM) triggers work orders on a fixed calendar or after a set amount of usage — for example, every 90 days or every 500 operating hours.
Asetavo generates PM work orders automatically from each asset’s schedule, so nothing is missed and every completed service is logged against the asset’s history.
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Explore Maintenance →FAQ
Preventive maintenance is scheduled before failure; reactive maintenance happens after something has already broken.