Tool requirements planning
The tool requirement
planning module is used to check the availability of tools for:
- Planned Production Order from the Order Planning module in Enterprise Planning.
- Production Order Advice from the Inventory Analysis module in Warehousing.
- SFC Production Order from the Shop Floor Control module in Manufacturing.
- Service Order from the Service Order Control module in Service.
Tools planning is based
on the material resource concept. It is critical to plan tools at the right
place, at the right time, and in the right quantity. Tools are considered as
items. The scope of the Tools Requirement Planning module does not include the revision control and
renting of tools.
LN updates the tool requirement planning in the Availability Planning (titrp0513m000) session if one of the following is true:
- The production order
planning is entered or updated in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session.
- A Service Order from the Service Order Control module in the Service is entered or maintained.
- The tool type of an
estimated tool requirement in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session is changed.
- The tool number of a
tool type in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session is changed.
- The Tool Usage field in
the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session is changed.
- The Generate Availability Planning (Planned Production Orders) (titrp1213m000) session is
used.
- The Generate Tools Availability Planning (whina3205m000) session is used.
- When a service order is
entered.
- When you run the Service Order Resource Planning (tssoc2260m000) session in Service.
Store availability
planning of tools in the Availability Planning (titrp0513m000) session. When you run the Availability Check for Tools (titrp0213m000) session, LN prints a report with
the following information:
- Required tool usages, to
check how many tools are actually required for the appropriate date of the
operation, line number, or activity line.
- Planned tool usages
available to complete the operation.
- The shortages of tools
for each operation.
- Recommended purchase
quantity required. LN calculates this quantity by LN with the following formula:
Shortage of the tool type / Tool life
If there is a shortage
of tools, the data in the Production Orders (tisfc0501m000) session is not affected.