{"id":4904,"date":"2020-06-11T16:46:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/?p=4904"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:19:17","slug":"planned-maintenance-percentage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/planned-maintenance-percentage\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering the Planned Maintenance Percentage Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The planned maintenance percentage (PMP) is a key indicator that compares the number of planned maintenance tasks (i.e., scheduled maintenance) to all maintenance tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Any maintenance task that is scheduled or planned before asset failure is considered planned maintenance. PMP is expressed as the percentage of planned maintenance hours out of the total maintenance hours during a specific period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">[Planned Maintenance Hours \/ Total Maintenance Hours] x 100 = PMP<\/p>\n<p>Together, CMMS software and PMP will give you the picture you need to accurately assess how your department is functioning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/planned-maintenance-percentage\/#How_Does_Knowing_My_Planned_Maintenance_Percentage_Help\" >How Does Knowing My Planned Maintenance Percentage Help?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/planned-maintenance-percentage\/#Whats_the_Right_PMP_for_My_Organization\" >What\u2019s the Right PMP for My Organization?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/cmms\/planned-maintenance-percentage\/#Data-Driven_Decision_Management\" >Data-Driven Decision Management<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Does_Knowing_My_Planned_Maintenance_Percentage_Help\"><\/span>How Does Knowing My Planned Maintenance Percentage Help?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Maintenance managers use PMP to measure progress towards becoming a proactive organization rather than a reactive one. You can benefit from knowing your PMP by using it to\u2026<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Identify ways to reduce reactive maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Track the success of preventive or predictive maintenance strategies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The goal is to keep assets running and unplanned maintenance to a minimum by finding areas where changes can be made to reduce inefficiencies and equipment failure. That can lead to other benefits for the entire organization, such as\u2026<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reducing asset downtime<\/li>\n<li>Improving productivity<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining compliance with organizational policies and industry regulations<\/li>\n<li>Optimizing personnel costs<\/li>\n<li>Controlling the cost of maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_Right_PMP_for_My_Organization\"><\/span>What\u2019s the Right PMP for My Organization?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Your PMP will look different than another organization&#8217;s PMP. It also will vary by industry.<\/p>\n<p>First, use your CMMS software to gather data on planned versus unplanned maintenance tasks. You can see where you are now. Then, after you make changes, compare your new PMP to your old one.<\/p>\n<p>For example, MPulse customer Tony\u2019s department averages about 1200 hours of billable maintenance activity per month. Last month, Tony\u2019s team spent about 700 hours on planned maintenance, giving a PMP of just over 58%. His long-term goal is 70-75% planned maintenance, which is a best practice for his industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut where it\u2019s really helpful is when we compare last month to the same month a year ago,\u201d he explained. \u201cOur PMP for this same time period was closer to 30% last year. So, we know the changes we\u2019ve made are starting to pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Data-Driven_Decision_Management\"><\/span>Data-Driven Decision Management<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>PMP is one step towards data-driven management, which simply means making management decisions backed by reliable data. With good data to work from, your organization can make good decisions, which will improve its ability to compete effectively and efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of constantly putting out fires, modern maintenance operations can use CMMS data and PMP to forecast, manage, and monitor maintenance activities.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about PMP and how it can help you. <a href=\"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a>. We\u2019re just a phone call away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The planned maintenance percentage (PMP) is a key indicator that compares the number of planned maintenance tasks (i.e., scheduled maintenance) to all maintenance tasks. Any maintenance task that is scheduled or planned before asset failure is considered planned maintenance. PMP is expressed as the percentage of planned maintenance hours out of the total maintenance hours during a specific period. [Planned Maintenance Hours \/ Total Maintenance Hours] x 100 = PMP Together, CMMS software and PMP will give you the picture you need to accurately assess how your department is functioning. How Does Knowing My Planned Maintenance Percentage Help? Maintenance managers use PMP to measure progress towards becoming a proactive organization rather than a reactive one. You can benefit from knowing your PMP by using it to\u2026 Identify ways to reduce reactive maintenance Track the success of preventive or predictive maintenance strategies The goal is to keep assets running and unplanned maintenance to a minimum by finding areas where changes can be made to reduce inefficiencies and equipment failure. That can lead to other benefits for the entire organization, such as\u2026 Reducing asset downtime Improving productivity Maintaining compliance with organizational policies and industry regulations Optimizing personnel costs Controlling the cost of maintenance What\u2019s the Right PMP for My Organization? Your PMP will look different than another organization&#8217;s PMP. It also will vary by industry. First, use your CMMS software to gather data on planned versus unplanned maintenance tasks. You can see where you are now. Then, after you make changes, compare your new PMP to your old one. For example, MPulse customer Tony\u2019s department averages about 1200 hours of billable maintenance activity per month. Last month, Tony\u2019s team spent about 700 hours on planned maintenance, giving a PMP of just over 58%. His long-term goal is 70-75% planned maintenance, which is a best practice for his industry. \u201cBut where it\u2019s really helpful is when we compare last month to the same month a year ago,\u201d he explained. \u201cOur PMP for this same time period was closer to 30% last year. So, we know the changes we\u2019ve made are starting to pay off.\u201d Data-Driven Decision Management PMP is one step towards data-driven management, which simply means making management decisions backed by reliable data. With good data to work from, your organization can make good decisions, which will improve its ability to compete effectively and efficiently. Instead of constantly putting out fires, modern maintenance operations can use CMMS data and PMP to forecast, manage, and monitor maintenance activities. Learn more about PMP and how it can help you. Contact us. We\u2019re just a phone call away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmms"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mastering the Planned Maintenance Percentage Formula<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The planned maintenance percentage compares the number of planned maintenance tasks (i.e., scheduled maintenance) to all maintenance tasks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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