Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000)

Use this session to list, select, and maintain data referring to tools. LN identifies tools by means of a combination of tool type and tool number.

 

Tool

The tool type is the first level that is used to identify the tool in the coding system for tools.

Some examples of tool types are:

  • Hammer
  • Screwdriver
  • Wheelbarrows

Hammer 1, screwdriver 2 and wheelbarrow 3 are examples of tool types in combination with a tool serial number, and represent unique tools.

Tool Number

A number to identify a tool. The combination of a tool type, for example, hammer, and a tool serial number, for example, 1, results in a unique identification of a tool in LN.

Tool Used in Job Shop

If this check box is selected, the tool can be used by job shop orders.

Tool used in Repetitive

If this check box is selected, the tool can be used by production schedule lines.

Tool Used in Service

If this check box is selected, the tool can be used by service orders.

Tool Used in Maintenance

If this check box is selected, this tool can be used by work orders in Work Control System in Service.

Planner

The employee responsible for the maintenance of this tool type.

Buy-from Business Partner

The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.

Warehouse

The warehouse where the tool is stored when it is purchased.

Status

The status of the tool, which can be New, Available, Blocked, Allocated, or In Refurbishing.

You can only change the status of a tool component from Available to Blocked if the status of the other components linked to the multipiece tool is not one of the following:

  • Available
  • Allocated
  • In Refurbishing

If the usage status of a tool is Requested, Returned, or Unallocated, the status of the tool can be changed from:

  • Available to Blocked.
  • Available to In Refurbishing.

The tool status cannot be changed to Allocated or In Refurbishing.

Allowed values

Possible values

Life Time Serial Number

A number to identify a tool. A lifetime serial number can be, for example, a combination of the functional number and the year of acquisition. Lifetime serial numbers are used to group the components of a multipiece tool.

Multipiece tools without a lifetime serial number can have components linked either with or without lifetime serial numbers.

Example

A multipiece tool X has a life time serial number 1990. One of the following must be true for the tool's components:

  • The lifetime serial number of the components is the same as the multipiece tool (that is, 1990).
  • The components that are linked to the multipiece tool do not have a lifetime serial number.
Note

A multipiece tool is defined in the Tool Components (titrp0506m000) session.

You cannot modify this field if the tool is used as either a multipiece tool or as a component in the Tool Components (titrp0506m000) session.

Tool Signal

In this field you can assign a signal code to a tool.

A signal code is the code of the message that appears on the screen when a combination of tool type and tool serial number is entered in the following sessions:

  • Tools by Tool Kit (titrp0104m000)
  • Tool Components (titrp0106s000)
  • Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)
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 in the Tools (titrp0101m000) session is Not Applicable, this field is empty.

Tool's Life Unit

The unit in which the tool's life is expressed. A tool's life can be expressed as the number of times or the number of hours the tool can be used.

Note

The unit entered in this field must be present in the unit set, which is defined for this tool type in the Unit Sets (tcmcs0106m000) session.

Unit Set

The unit set that belongs to the tool type you defined in the Items (tcibd0501m000) session.

Service Date

The date the tool is ready to be placed into service or into use.

Request / Return Tools

If this check box is cleared, the tool is used in a specific work center so you do not want to request or return the tool.

Note

If there are no requirements for the tool in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session, you can alter this field in the current (details) session.

Tool Serial Number Text

If this check box is selected, a text is present.

Refurbishing Point

The number of usages after which the tool must be refurbished.

In the Refurbish At field, you can enter the number of usages after which the tool must be refurbished. The refurbishing point is based on the number of times or the number of hours the tool is used.

Refurbishing Point Unit

In this field you can define the unit in which the refurbishing point of the tool is expressed.

  • If the life of the tool is based on the number of times the tool is used, the physical quantity of the unit in this field is Piece.
  • If the tool's life is based on number of hours the tool is used, the unit in the physical quantity field is Time.
Number of Times Refurbished

This field specifies the total number of times the tool is refurbished. LN updates when the service order for refurbishing a tool is completed.

Date Refurbished

The date on which the tool was last refurbished. The field is updated when the service order for refurbishing of the tool is completed.

Refurbishing Order

The number that is used to store the service order for refurbishing the tool.

Actual Usage

Total number of times or hours the tool is used, irrespective of the number of times the tool is refurbished.

Note

If you close operations of a Production Order and/or service activities of an Service Order, and actual costing took place, this field is updated.

Planned

The number of times the tool is planned for future use in a production or service activity.

Actual

The number of times the tool is used after the last refurbishing of the tool.

Remaining Tool Life (Tool)

The tool's remaining life, displayed in the life unit of the tool. The remaining life of the tool is calculated as follows: Life- Actual Usage.

Remaining Tool Life(Tool Number)

The remaining life of the tool, calculated as the tool life minus the total times the tool is used. The remaining life of the is expressed in the tool's life unit.

First Usage Date

The date on which the tool was first used.

Last Usage Date

The date on which the tool was last used. This field is updated when the tool is used.