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Plan Equipment Maintenance Scheduling

Use time or meter triggers to calculate due work, choose a work-order generation mode and keep servicing with the same asset workspace.

Lachlan McRitchie

Lachlan McRitchie

Co-Founder & GM of Operations

Updated 27 September 2026
MapTrack Plant Service Plan with 250, 500 and 1,000-hour services and a sequence preview showing which service covers the smaller ones.

Build a plan with separate service levels

The plan runs a 250-hour service, a 500-hour service that covers it, and a 1,000-hour service that covers both. The sequence preview shows the whole 1,000-hour cycle and where it starts again.

MapTrack app · Demonstration data · Captured

About this screenshot

Demonstration plan. Each level carries its own triggers, procedure, parts and work-order defaults. Follow your equipment manufacturer’s service intervals.

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Plan the next job from the service that is due

A machine can need several different services over its life. An ordered service plan helps a planner see which level is due next without maintaining a separate disconnected schedule for every level.

  1. 1. Check next and last service together

    Use the Service Board to compare the current reading, next service, last recorded service and open work orders before allocating workshop time.

  2. 2. Test the plan on one asset

    Review the sequence and starting readings before enrolling a larger group. Check the generated or manually raised job and reopen the saved result after completion.

Setup and limits

  • Maintenance setup and the Service Board require a connection. An already-open lower-level job is not automatically merged into a later higher-level job.

The problem

Equipment maintenance is often reactive or calendar-based. Not tied to real usage. When work orders live in a separate system from the asset register, you lose context (who has it, where it is, last inspection). Servicing gets missed or duplicated, and downtime spikes.

How MapTrack addresses it

MapTrack brings maintenance into the same workspace as asset records. Configure time or meter-based schedules, enrol the right assets and choose manual, per-asset automatic or batch automatic work-order generation. Inspection follow-up uses a separate manual or configured automation path. Once a work order is loaded on the device, technicians can record its procedures and per-asset results offline, then complete it once they reconnect.

How it works

  • 1

    Work orders on the asset

    Work orders are tied to each asset. See service history and open tasks in one place alongside compliance and assignments.

  • 2

    Meter-based triggers

    Set an interval or threshold against a meter. When an enrolled asset becomes due, the schedule follows its configured work-order generation mode.

  • 3

    Inspection follow-up

    Create a linked work order manually, or configure and test a form-submission automation for selected inspection results.

  • 4

    Offline field results

    Load the work order before reception drops, then record its procedures and per-asset outcomes offline. Add costs and complete it once you reconnect.

Every type of equipment servicing, one system

Planned servicing, breakdowns, inspections, calibration and electrical test and tag all run against the same asset register, so nothing lives in a side spreadsheet.

MapTrack work order WO-00033, 250 hour service - Plant Service Plan, with its timer running: In Progress, High priority, Preventative, raised automatically per asset every 250 hours at meter 4146/4393; 0 of 1 assets done, 1h 30m logged of a 3.5h estimate and a $479 total cost; assigned to Dave Harris, due 19 Oct 2026, vendor Southside Plant Services; next asset the CAT 320 Excavator at Clyde North Stage 4.

The work order a reading raised

The Plant Service Plan raised this 250 hour service work order for the CAT 320 on its own (Auto, per asset) at a meter reading of 4146. With the job started, its timer runs, and the page shows the assignee, due date, estimate, time logged and total cost so far.

MapTrack app · Demonstration data · Captured

About this screenshot

Demonstration workspace at a 1280 px desktop viewport. The schedule raised the work order when a reading was entered by hand; the due date, logged time and costs were then added in the app. Requires an asset enrolled in a meter-based schedule.

Preventive servicing and work orders

Schedule services by time or meter. Choose manual, per-asset automatic or batch automatic work-order generation for each schedule.

Preventive maintenance scheduling

Reading in, next service out

A runtime-hours reading typed into Record service on a CAT roller, and the next 250 hour service MapTrack calculates from it.

MapTrack app · Demonstration data · Recorded

Meter-based servicing

Record meter readings manually, or use an integration where it is configured and verified. The schedule evaluates the reading against its interval or threshold.

Meter-based maintenance
MapTrack work order WO-00034 on a desktop, Pre-start fault - CAT 320 Excavator: To Do, High priority, Reactive, raised by a failed check on the excavator pre-start, triggered by nine checks with Hydraulic hoses and fittings: Fail and the other eight Pass; Ready to start, assigned to Dave Harris, High priority.

The job a failed pre-start raised, on a desktop

One failed check on the excavator pre-start, the hydraulic hoses, raised this work order through the rule set on that form: named for the machine, High priority, assigned, with the answers that triggered it.

MapTrack app · Demonstration data · Captured

About this screenshot

Captured at a 1440 x 900 desktop viewport at 2x in a demonstration workspace, cropped right of the sidebar. The rule was set up on the pre-start form and tested that day with one submission.

Inspection follow-up

A configured form-submission automation can create a task or work order from selected results. Manual linked work remains available.

Pre-start inspections

Service work order, on site

A 250 hour service work order on a phone, its timer running, then the plan card with the meter reading that raised it.

MapTrack app · Demonstration data · Recorded

Mobile work orders for field crews

Once a work order is loaded on the device, crews can work through its procedures and checklists and record per-asset pass or fail outcomes without reception; those sync when the device reconnects. Adding costs and moving the work order to Completed need a connection, so close the job once the device is back online. Creating or loading a new work order, initial setup, imports, exports and server-side automations also need a connection.

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Why operations teams run maintenance in MapTrack

Loaded work orders, results recorded offline

Once a work order is loaded on the device, crews can work through its procedures and checklists and record per-asset pass or fail outcomes without reception; those sync when the device reconnects. Adding costs and moving the work order to Completed need a connection, so close the job once the device is back online. Creating or loading a new work order, initial setup, imports, exports and server-side automations also need a connection.

Triggers that scale across the fleet

Use time or meter triggers across enrolled assets, then select manual, per-asset automatic or batch automatic work-order generation.

Every servicing type in one register

Planned services, breakdowns, calibration due dates, electrical test and tag and inspections all sit on the same asset record, alongside tracking, custody and compliance.

Field-simple, independently rated

Built for crews first, admins second. Rated 4.9/5 on G2 and 5.0/5 on Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice by operators across construction, mining and field services.

Proactive maintenance in one system

Full access to every feature. No credit card required. Per-asset pricing so you scale as your fleet grows.

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Frequently asked questions

A meter-based maintenance trigger compares a reading, such as hours or odometer, with the interval or threshold configured on a preventive-maintenance schedule. When the asset becomes due, the schedule follows its selected manual, per-asset automatic or batch automatic work-order generation mode.

A configured form-submission automation can create a task or work order from selected inspection results. Test the trigger, conditions and action with a controlled submission before relying on it operationally.

MapTrack includes work orders, preventive maintenance and meter-based triggers. CMMS-style capability in the same platform as tracking and compliance. For mobile equipment that moves across sites, one system often works better than a separate CMMS. Explore the full CMMS and maintenance software capabilities, or see how operations teams use MapTrack as a complete equipment maintenance solution. For fixed-asset-only maintenance, a dedicated CMMS may still suit; book a demo to discuss.

Use asset fields and attached files to retain calibration or test-and-tag dates and evidence. Configure any reminder or follow-up workflow separately and test it against your required process before rollout.

Once a work order is loaded on the device, crews can work through its procedures and checklists and record per-asset pass or fail outcomes without reception; those sync when the device reconnects. Adding costs and moving the work order to Completed need a connection, so close the job once the device is back online. Creating or loading a new work order, initial setup, imports, exports and server-side automations also need a connection.

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