Tool - Defaults (titrp0109m000)

 

Item Group
A group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults.
Type
Specify the type of tool.

Allowed values

Tool Type

Tool's Life Based On
A tool's life is a value based on the number of times the tool can be used or the number of hours the tool can perform. You can modify this field if the Tool is not yet entered the Availability Planning (titrp0513m000) session.
Planning Method
The planning method to estimate requirements and to issue tools to the Production Order or Service Order.
Schedule Constraint
If this check box is selected, scheduling constrains may apply to the tool's life cycle.
Critical in Availability Planning
If this check box is selected,, LN performs time-phased availability planning for the planned and actual production orders to check if the tool type is available. The values indicate if this tool type is critical for availability planning of planned and actual production orders.
Tool's Life
The capacity of the tool expressed as the number of hours or times it can be used.
Note

If the Tool's Life Based On field is set to Not Applicable, you cannot maintain this field.

Refurbishing Point
The number of times the tool can be used before it must be refurbished. The refurbishing point is based on the number of times or the number of hours that the tool is used.
Note

You can specify of usages if the Life field is based on Number of Times Used or the Number of Hours Used.

Maximum Number of Refurbishings
The maximum number of times the tool can be refurbished. If this value is 0 (zero) the amount of refurbishing orders you can create is unlimited.
Refurbish by
Specify the type of order required to repair the tool.

Allowed values

  • Production Rework Order
  • Service Order
  • Work Order
Refurbishing Point Reduction Percentage
Thepercentage by which the refurbishing point of the tool is reduced after refurbishing.

The refurbishing point of a tool is reduced by the percentage specified, after you complete a service order to refurbish the tool.

Example

If the refurbishing point is 25, and the reduction percentage is 40, the refurbishing point after completion of the service order is 15 (40% * 25 = 10. If you subtract 10 from refurbishing point 25, the new refurbishing point is 15).

Warning Percentage
The point at which a warning must be displayed that the tool must be refurbished.

Example Refurbishing point = 1000 Warning percentage = 25% If the warning percentage is 25 for each tool type, a warning is displayed when the tools have been used approximately 750 times.

Unit Set
The unit set you defined for the tool in the Unit Set field in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.