By L8MS Team · Updated 10 Nov 2026
A PPM (planned preventive maintenance) is a standard piece of work — Monthly temperature monitoring, Weekly flushing — with its schedule and its tests. A task is built from a PPM. Administration › Standards › PPMS lists them by company and discipline.
PPMs.
Add or edit a PPM
Click Add New (or a PPM). Set the Company Name, PPM Name, Discipline and Entry Type.
Set the schedule: Frequency and Interval, the days it can be done, Missed Risk, days Before and After (the window), and whether it can rotate with Max Rotations. Save.
List Tests shows its tests. Add or edit a test: Test Name, Test Type, Order No, Low Limit / High Limit, Decimal Places, low and high result risks, and settings such as NA Allowed?, Yes Is Bad?, Is Required?, Standard Action and a Help Tip for engineers.
- Copy makes a PPM from an existing one; Extract downloads the list.
Existing tasksA task takes its PPM’s settings when it is created. To change limits on assets already set up use Highs & Lows; to change tasks use Alter Tasks.