Connect Tools and Facilities

Explanation

Use this activity to connect each tool and facility to a site, maintenance organization, and/or sales part. This connection allows you to  define valid tool and facilities for each site and maintenance organization, and then to validate tool and facility usage during planning of the work order. You can also connect a sales part to each tool or facility on a site so that the use of a tool or facility can be invoiced to a customer. The amount of tools are also registered for each site, which enables you to evaluate whether all planned work orders that are dependant of tools can be performed on time.

If the amount of tools is greater than one (1) and if the tool or facility is not serialized or separate individuals, you will not be able to register the connection with equipment objects. 

Prerequisites

• The tool or facility ID, site, and maintenance organization must exist IFS/Basic Data for Maintenance.
• An equipment object must be registered in IFS/Equipment before it can be connected to a tool or facility.

System Effects

Tools and facilities will be defined for use on operations in IFS/Vehicle Information Management (IFS/VIM) on work orders, PM actions and standard jobs in IFS/Maintenance.

Window

Tools and Facilities Basic Data

Related Window Descriptions

Tools and Facilities Basic Data
Tools and Facilities Basic Data/Connect Tools and Facilities

Procedure

1. Open the Tools and Facilities Basic Data window and click the Connect Tools and Facilities tab. Create a new record (F5).
2. Enter a tool or facility ID, site and maintenance organization in the respective fields. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value
3. Specify the availability of the tool and facility in the Maximum Load/Pre Booking field. You can enter a value between 0 and 100.
4. In the Quantity field, enter a quantity. 
5. Optionally enter values in the Sales Part Site and Sales Part fields. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
6. Save the information.