Maintenance teams and management must stop treating every notification as an emergency. Prioritizing work based on risk is critical for efficient operations. Here's a simple framework to assess the "likelihood", "severity", and "impact" to Safety, Health, Environment (SHE) and Business/Production if a maintenance job/task remains incomplete within 2, 7, 30, 90, 180, or 365 days: 🚧 2 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: Low | Business/Production: Low - Severity: SHE: Minor | Business/Production: Minor - Impact: Slight safety or environmental risk; minimal operational hiccups. 🚧 7 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: Moderate | Business/Production: Moderate - Severity: SHE: Moderate | Business/Production: Moderate - Impact: Possible safety incidents; noticeable production delays. 🚨 30 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: High | Business/Production: High - Severity: SHE: Serious | Business/Production: Serious - Impact: Significant safety or environmental hazards; major workflow disruptions. 🚨 90 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: High | Business/Production: High - Severity: SHE: Severe | Business/Production: Severe - Impact: Critical safety or environmental violations; substantial production losses. 🚨 180 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: Very High | Business/Production: Very High - Severity: SHE: Critical | Business/Production: Critical - Impact: Severe safety or environmental damage; extended operational downtime. 🚨 365 Days: - Likelihood: SHE: Very High | Business/Production: Very High - Severity: SHE: Catastrophic | Business/Production: Catastrophic - Impact: Devastating safety or environmental harm; massive financial and operational setbacks. Set correct End Dates in the notifications so work order backlog is easily managed. Also having a risk category applied/configured in the notification can help with Planning, Scheduling and Execution stages where the IW38/IW37N report can have a column for the risk category. Planners and schedulers can filter by End Dates, Risk category and streamline their activities to ensure the execution teams have the right jobs in the weekly schedule. 💡Takeaway: Implement a risk-based approach to prioritize maintenance notifications. This ensures resources are allocated effectively, protecting SHE and minimizing business disruptions. Let’s work smarter, not harder!