Maintenance Planning as a Service

Expert maintenance planning, delivered as a managed service.

A certified maintenance planner costs $85,000 to $130,000 a year and is notoriously difficult to recruit and retain. PlanRight delivers the outcome that role produces: planned, scheduled, well-documented maintenance, engaged as a service and scaled to fit your operation.

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Clear, upfront rates — no black boxes Runs on your CMMS or ours No platform migration Price locked from day one — no hidden fees
The maintenance planning cycle Delivered as a service

Planning is a discipline of its own — distinct from doing the maintenance. It is the weekly cycle a certified planner runs so work reaches the floor ready to execute:

1
Scope the workInspect, define, and prioritize what actually needs doing.
Plan
2
Build the job planExact steps, parts, labor, and time for each job.
Plan
3
Kit & stage partsEverything staged before the technician starts.
Prep
4
Schedule & protect the weekWork sequenced, committed, and compliance-tracked.
Schedule
Targets for a mature planning function
2×Wrench time
90%+Schedule compliance
4–6 wkBacklog health

Compatible with the maintenance systems you already run

MaintainXUpKeepLimbleFiixeMaintSAP PM+ the PlanRight CMMS
The planning gap

Most operations own the software. Few own the planning.

Planning and scheduling is a discipline of its own, distinct from the work of maintaining equipment. Small and mid-sized operators rarely staff it, so technicians improvise, chase parts, and respond to failures as they occur. The cost of that gap is real, and it is largely hidden.

Reactive work is expensive

Unplanned, break-fix maintenance typically costs two to five times as much as planned work once overtime, expedited parts, collateral damage, and downtime are accounted for.

Planners are scarce and costly

A certified planner runs $85,000 to $130,000 fully loaded, assuming you can hire and retain one. The role is difficult to fill, difficult to evaluate without prior experience, and often the first cut when budgets tighten.

Wrench time goes to waste

With no one protecting the schedule, technicians spend much of the day locating parts and prints rather than turning wrenches. Properly planned, supported wrench time roughly doubles.

2–5×

Cost of reactive versus planned maintenance

2×

Wrench time when work is properly planned

$85K+

Fully loaded cost of one in-house planner

5

Engagement levels, from software-only to fully managed

The PlanRight model

Engage only the layer you are missing

PlanRight separates maintenance planning into three stackable layers — software, planning, and management. Engage one, two, or all three, and move between them as your needs change. The platform underneath stays the same, so you never re-implement or lose data.

LAYER 01

Software

The CMMS platform, or an integration with your own.

  • Asset and location hierarchy
  • Work orders and PM scheduling
  • Parts, reporting, and dashboards
LAYER 02

Planning

Trained planners who run the weekly cadence.

  • Job plans and parts kitting
  • Weekly scheduling and backlog control
  • Planning metrics, reported on cadence
LAYER 03

Management

End-to-end orchestration of the program.

  • Planning supervision and governance
  • Vendor and parts coordination
  • Your team employs the technicians

Those layers map to five levels of involvement, from a self-serve software license to fully managed operations. See all services, pricing, and how billing works →

Services & pricing Five levels of involvement, flexible billing, and transparent all-in rates. Explore → How it works The before-and-after, the 90-day onboarding, the metrics, and how we compare. Explore → About the venture The two firms behind PlanRight and the philosophy that guides the work. Explore → Questions, answered CMMS replacement, fractional planners, pricing, and how fast you can begin. Explore →
Get started

Begin with a 30-minute assessment

We will baseline your operation, identify the tier that fits, and give you a clear price. No obligation, and no lengthy sales process.

1You tell us about your operationAsset count, current CMMS, and where the planning gap hurts most.
2We map it to a tier and a priceA clear recommendation and an indicative monthly figure on the call.
3You see a running schedule, fastSoftware-only tiers go live immediately; services reach steady state in about 90 days.

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