The Days Ahead field was designed to allow you to generate a PM work order a few days before work is scheduled to begin. It can be applied to either the start or end dates. For example, if you have a PM that is scheduled to generate every three months, you may want the work order in hand a few days before the work is scheduled to start. In this situation, you could enter a "2" in the Days Ahead field. This means the work order will now be generated exactly two days ahead of schedule.