PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-562
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 562
SEPTEMBER 1999
Ever spend an
hour
flipping back and
forth from
pa ge
to
page
to gather
information
scattered
throughout
the TM?
I’LL, SAY!
I can’t tell
you how many
times I’ve said
that I
wish
this
stuff
was
all in one
place
.
well, These
new TM
s
solve
those problems
and
others
,
too.
I'll
bet
you a
dinner
you're going to
like what's
been done.
You're
on!
Plus, Jones
and i can both
use it at the
same time
.
Got it.
But what
are these
other
numbers
?
That's your
page number within the
work package. See, 0001 00-1
is the
first page
in WP
one. 0001 00-2 is the
second page
.
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The new TM
s
are
called
MIL-STD
-40051
TM
s
, but I call them
WP
TM
s
.
The WP stands for
work
packages
and
that's the
biggest
difference
in these TM
s
compared to the
old ones.
Work packages are
the reason there are
no paragraphs and no
traditional page numbers.
Each WP is a
self-contained
document
. Each page of the
WP has a
work package
page number
. The first WP
is
0001
and every page of
that WP will start with
that number. The next WP
is
0002
and every page
in that WP will start
with that number.
get it?
The info in these TM
s
is broken
down into
self-contained
,
task-oriented work
packages
. These WP
s
can be
pulled out and taken to the
piece of equipment to perform
the tasks. You won't
have to lug that
TM around anymore.
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