Tool status

A tool can have the following statuses:

Note: If the tool is Blocked, the tool is not considered when new estimated requirements are planned, or while performing the availability check for tools.

New

When you enter a tool, the status is New status. You can change the status from New to Available, or to Blocked.

Available

To allocate the status to a Production Order or Service Order, the status must be Available. You can manually change the status to Blocked or to In Refurbishing.

Blocked

Tools with this status cannot be planned or issued to a Production Order or to a Service Order. The status of the tool is set to Blocked if:

The tool's life becomes less or equal to the total number of hours/times the tool is used.
The status is manually changed in the Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000) session to Available or to In Refurbishing.

Allocated

The Allocated status is assigned to a tool when it is issued to either a Production Order or a Service Order. You cannot manually assign the Allocated status in the Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000) session.

In Refurbishing

The In Refurbishing status is assigned to a tool when the tool is requested by means of the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session for refurbishment. Tools with this status are not planned for issue to a Production Order or to a Service Order within the planned period of maintenance.

If the tool is returned with the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session, the status of the tool changes from In Refurbishing to Available.