To plan and schedule maintenance tasks 7. To estimate and evaluate material readiness 8. To detect areas requiring additional or improved personnel training and improved maintenance techniques or attention 9. As mentioned before, the Planned Maintenance System is a management tool. By using PMS, the commanding officer can readily determine whether his ship is being properly maintained.
Reliability is intensified.
Preventive maintenance reduces the need for major corrective maintenance, increases economy, and saves the cost of repairs. The Planned Maintenance System assures better records since it provides additional useful data to the shipboard maintenance manager. The flexibility of the system allows for the program-ming of inevitable changes in employment schedules. This advantage helps the shipboard maintenance manager plan preventive main-tenance more effectively. Better leadership and management can be realized if a manager can reduce frustrating breakdowns and irregular hours of work.