Patent ID: 8949262
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for planning maintenance of an automation installation by monitoring a maintenance state of individual components of the installation using life cycle data, the components being connected to one another via a communication network, the method comprising: reading device-identifying data from the individual components via the communication network; locating identified components in a current component database containing an item of replacement part availability information; evaluating the replacement part availability information relating to the located components with regard to determining a specified procurement action within a current maintenance interval; and generating an alarm list comprising information for all of the following maintenance events: a component is no longer a current product version; a component is available from a manufacturer for a last time as a replacement part; a component of an older product version has a limited range of functions; a component is to be urgently replaced as being outdated for the system; a component is currently being produced and developed; a component is currently being produced but development has already been switched to a successor product; a component is no longer produced but is still repaired and is distributed from stock as long as a supply suffices; and a component is not available in stock or in a stock of replacement parts.