METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TIME AND EXTENT OF MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
The invention relates to a method for determining the time and the extent of maintenance operations for a system having a plurality of maintenance positions, each position having to be carried out in a corresponding tolerance range, a minimal maintenance distance being pre-determined between successive maintenance operations. According to the invention, the time of a maintenance operation is provisionally fixed at the latest at the end point of a tolerance region, which follows, as the first of the end points of the tolerance region of maintenance positions corresponding to the maintenance times, a previous maintenance operation, while maintaining the minimum maintenance distance. The extent of the pending maintenance operation at least consists of the maintenance positions, the end points of the tolerance range of which are situated before the planned maintenance time. The inventive method can be applied, for example, to the maintenance of a vehicle.