Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000)

Use this session to link tools directly to an operation, or to an operation step of a microrouting.

Note:

To use this session the Job Shop by Site parameter in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session must be set to Inactive.
You can define tools in the Tools Requirement Planning module, a module that is used to control, track, and plan tools.

To link tools to an operation

If the sequence in which the tools are presented on the production order documents is not important, you can link tools directly to an operation. To link tools to an operation, select a record in the Routing Operations (tirou1102m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Tools. As a result, the Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000) session starts, in which you can link one or more tools to an operation. These tools are presented directly below the operation number on production order documents.

To link tools to an operation step

Tools information linked to operation steps can indicate, for example, which tools are required to carry out a specific operation. To add several tools to a specific operation in a specified order, you must link a tool to an operation step. After you defined operation steps for the operation in the Operation Steps (tirou1105m000) session, you can link one or more tools to each operation step. Select an operation step in the Operation Steps (tirou1105m000) session for the correct item/routing/operation combination, and on the appropriate menu, click Tools. As a result, the Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000) session starts, in which you can link one or more tools to an operation step.

Note: You can either link tools to a specific production order's operation or to operation steps. However, you cannot link tools to both an operation and operation steps, because planning of tools can only be performed on one level.

Default value

If the current session is started for an operation that makes use of a task relationship to which tools are linked in the Task Relationship - Tools (tirou0115m000) session, the tools from the Task Relationship - Tools (tirou0115m000) session are defaulted to the current session. When operation steps are added, these defaults are removed again.

You can list and define the tools that are required for an actual production order's operation in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session. Based on the data in the current session, tools information is defaulted to the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session on operation level, or on operation step level. However, in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session, you can link additional tools to an operation, or to an operation step of an actual production order in the following ways:

By inserting a new record.
By starting the Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000) session, in which you can define additional default tools information. To start the Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000) session, select a record in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session and on the appropriate menu, click Operation/Operation Step - Tools.

Note: If you add additional tools to the production order by means of the Operation (Step) - Tools (tirou1110m000) session, the inserted tools are defaulted to future production orders that make use of the relevant operation or the relevant operation step.