Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000)

Use this session to modify the estimated tool requirements for production orders, production schedules, and to list tool requirements for service orders, and work orders.

Tool requirements include data about the tool, and the number of hours or times that it is required to perform an operation, or activity. Tool requirements do not specify the work center where the tool is used. You can maintain tools that are estimated to be issued, or tools that are planned for the job shop or the service center. The estimated tool requirements for service orders or work orders are only displayed.

The availability planning for actual orders is generated by means of the Availability Planning (titrp0513m000) session, after the orders have been entered in this session.

Specific menu

The estimated tool requirements can be returned to the next requirement, to a warehouse, work center, or another order by using the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session. This session is started by clicking Request and Return Tools from the appropriate menu.

Click Tool Requests from the specific menu to start the Tool Requests (titrp0515m000) session. In this session you can view whether a tool is available at the work center or the service center.

Note: You can only modify production orders. For more information on modifying order types, refer to the field Help of Order Type.
Note: There can only be one estimated tool requirement present for a refurbishing order. For a refurbishing order, the Line field is always filled.

Field Information

Site

The site ID.

Note: Only visible if multisite functionality is active.

Order Type

Select the type of order for which you want to plan tool availability.

If a production order status is Scheduled, you cannot alter its tool requirements.

Note: 
  • You can only modify the estimated tools requirements for production orders. The work orders and service orders requirements are maintained in Service .
  • If you click the New Group button, only production orders are displayed. The Order Type field is disabled.

Allowed values

Production Order

This type of order represents the actual production order from the Job Shop Control module.

Service Order

This type of order represents the actual service orders from the Service package.

Maintenance Work Order

This type of order represents the actual work orders from the Service package.

Production Schedule

This type of order represents the actual production schedules from the Repetitive Manufacturing package.

Order Number

Select the order for which you want to plan tool availability.

Note: 
  • If a production order has the Scheduled status, you cannot alter its tool requirements.
  • There can only be one estimated tool requirement present for a refurbishing order. No line number, or activity line is specified for a refurbishing order.
Line

The line number for which the tool is issued.

Note: This field is only applies to service and work orders.
Activity

operation

Note: Only applies to production orders.
Step

operation step

Sequence Number

sequence number

Tool

tool type

Tool types are defined in the Tools (titrp0101m000) session.

Tool Number

tool number

The tool serial number is defined in the Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000) session.

Use in Tool Planning

If this check box is selected, the tool is used for planning purposes, as well as printed on the production order documents for instruction purposes.

If this check box is cleared, the tool is only printed by operation on the production order documents, and not used for tool planning purposes.

Tool's Life Based On

The tool's life can be based on the number of times the tool can be used or the number of hours the tool can perform.

Tool Usage

Amount of the tool's life that will be used during the operation or activity.

When reporting operations complete for Production Order and service activities for Service Order, the tool's remaining tool life is reduced by the amount specified in this field. For Production Schedule activities, the amount of tool's life used is calculated at the completion of the schedule line.

You can maintain the tool usage field to plan the tool for a longer time, such as for refurbishing reasons.

The Tool's Life Based On is expressed in the Number of Times Used or the Number of Hours Used, depending on the default entered in Tool's Life Based On field in the Estimated Tool Requirements (titrp0111m000) session.

Tool Requirement Status

The status of the estimated tool requirement.

Allowed values

In Use

LN sets the usage status to Requested if:

  • The tools are requested or returned by means of the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session. In other words, a request line for this tool exists.
  • The Tool Present check box for the requirement is selected.
Not Applicable

LN sets the usage status to Not Applicable if a new estimated tool requirement is added for which the Use in Tool Planning is cleared, or for which the Request / Return Tools check box in the Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000) session is cleared.

Note: If the usage status of the requirement is Returned, you can manually change the usage status. You can now change the status of the tool to Unallocated.
Unallocated

LN sets the Unallocated usage status if:

  • The estimated tool requirement is added.
  • The Request / Return Tools check box in the Tool Numbers (titrp0102m000) session for the requirement is cleared.
Returned

LN sets the usage status to Returned if the tools are returned to either the next operation, work center, warehouse, or an order in the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session.

Requested

LN sets the usage status to Requested if:

  • The tools are requested by means of the Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000) session.
  • The Tool Present check box in the Tool Request - Lines (titrp0516m000) session for the requirement is selected.