Industrial maintenance app for the shop floor
PM Run's app brings work orders, notifications, time confirmations, and readings to the technician's phone on the shop floor, online or offline, and sends everything back to your SAP PM.
What an industrial maintenance app is
An industrial maintenance app is the app that takes maintenance execution to the field: the technician receives the work order, records the notification, books the hours, and attaches the photo straight from the phone, online or offline. PM Run does this integrated with SAP PM, which remains the central record of work orders, notifications, and assets.
What the PM Run app does in the field
Features of PM Run's Mobility module, all connected to SAP PM.
Execute the work order on the phone
Hour confirmation by operation, automatic or manual time booking, and a checklist generated from the work order's long text.
Create work orders and notifications in the field
Creates the work order mirroring the fields of SAP's IW31 screen and opens the notification with cause, symptom, and part catalogs.
Machine Down button
Records the start and end of the breakdown and calculates the downtime, improving MTBF and MTTR in SAP PM.
QR Code scanning
Opens the work order, notification, and measuring point by scanning the equipment's QR Code, with no need to search the code in a list.
Photo and PDF attachments
Attaches a photo from the camera or gallery to the notification and the work order, and views the PDF generated by SAP.
Offline work with sync
The sync downloads the technical objects and the materials list to the device, so the team works even with no signal.
Measuring point with limits
Reads the measuring point by QR Code, hierarchy, or list, and an out-of-range reading forces a notification to be opened.
Geolocation of each confirmation
Records on a map where the technician was at the moment of each confirmation, for traceability of the work.
How the technician uses the app day to day
- 1
Syncs before starting
The app downloads the work orders, technical objects, and materials list to the device, the basis for offline work.
- 2
Receives the day's work orders
The work orders come from SAP PM, ordered by the IRPE that the Operational Cockpit calculates.
- 3
Executes at the equipment
Scans the QR Code, completes the checklist item by item, and books the hours by operation.
- 4
Records the failure right away
Opens the notification with the Machine Down button, cause, symptom, and an attached photo.
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Syncs back to SAP
The time booking goes up to SAP PM and the Integration Log confirms the data arrived.
Maintenance on paper and in the PM Run app
| On the shop floor | Paper and spreadsheet | With the PM Run app |
|---|---|---|
| Time booking | Written on paper and retyped later | On the phone, by operation, at the moment of execution |
| No signal | Work stops when the network drops | Offline with sync, sends when the signal returns |
| Failure record | Loose description, no standard | Notification with machine down, cause, symptom, and photo |
| Locating the equipment | Manual search by code | QR Code scan opens the work order and notification |
| Arrival in SAP | Retyped at the office | Syncs to SAP PM, validated in the Integration Log |
| Safety | Loose paper checklist | Safety form that can block execution |
Frequently asked questions
Does PM Run replace SAP PM?
No. PM Run's app is the execution layer that runs on top of SAP PM. SAP remains the central record of work orders, notifications, and assets. The app takes execution to the field and sends the time confirmation back to SAP, without creating a parallel system.
Does the app work without internet?
Yes. Before starting, the technician syncs and the app downloads the work orders, technical objects, and materials list to the device. Execution happens offline on the shop floor and the time confirmation goes up to SAP PM as soon as the signal returns.
Can I attach media to the work order?
The technician attaches a photo from the camera or gallery to the notification and the work order, and the app views the PDF generated by SAP. The attachment goes up to SAP on confirmation. The app works with images and PDF, not with video.
Does the app run on Android and iPhone?
Yes. PM Run's maintenance app is available for Android and iOS, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. The same operation serves field teams across different plants and languages, with the data always connected to SAP PM.
How does the app ensure the data reached SAP?
Every notification, work order, and measurement document sent is marked in the Integration Log as success or failure. That way the technician and supervisor know the time confirmation reached SAP PM, without relying on a manual check at the office.
What can the technician do with the QR Code?
By scanning the equipment's QR Code, the technician opens the work order, creates the notification, and reads the measuring point without searching the code in a list. When the reading goes out of the configured range, the app forces a maintenance notification to be opened.
Book a demo of the PM Run app and take maintenance to the field
We show the app running work orders, notifications, and readings online and offline, connected to your SAP PM.