Moving equipment

Moving Equipment

This page allows you to move the equipment from one location to another and / or from one parent equipment to another. Tell me more.

Select the “Move Equipment” link from the “Select Equipment” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked equipment in the multiline of the same page.

The “Move Equipment” page appears.

The system displays the following fields:

Eqp. Movement No.	The number automatically generated by the system, to keep a record of the equipment movement.
Date	The date and time on which the equipment is moved. The system displays the current date and time.

Enter the following field:

Desc.	The reason for which the equipment is being moved (Alphanumeric, 150).
	Zoom facility available.

The system displays the following fields:

Eqp.	The equipment that must be moved.
	The description of the equipment is displayed alongside.
	Zoom facility available.
Last Moved On	The date on which the equipment was last moved. If the equipment had not been moved before, the system displays the date on which the equipment was attached to its parent equipment.
	The system displays alongside, the time at which the equipment was last moved.

Enter the following field:

Move Date	The date on which the equipment is moved (Date Format). Mandatory. Ensure that the date entered here,
	Is not a future date.
	Is not earlier than the date on which the equipment was attached to its parent. If there is no attachment date for the equipment, ensure that the date entered is not earlier that the installation date of the equipment.
	Is not earlier than the date on which the equipment entered in the “New Parent” field is installed.
	Enter the time at which the equipment is moved, in the edit box alongside (Time Format).

The system displays the following field:

Current Loc.	The current location of the equipment.
	The description of the current location is displayed alongside.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following field:

New Location	The location to which the equipment must be moved (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. Ensure that the location is already defined in the “Create Location” activity of the “Maintenance Organization” business component and is in “Active” status. The system displays the current location, by default.
	Help facility available.
	Press <Enter>. The system displays the description of the location.
	Zoom facility available.

The system displays the following field:

Current Parent	The parent equipment of the equipment.
	The system displays the description of the equipment alongside.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following field:

New Parent	The parent equipment to which the equipment is to be attached (Alphanumeric, 30) Ensure that the equipment,
	Is already defined in the “Create Equipment” activity and is in the “Active” status.
	Is of type “Normal” or “Tool”.
	Is not attached in the equipment hierarchy as a child equipment of the equipment that is moved.
	The system displays the current parent by default.
	Help facility available
	Press <Enter>. The system displays the description of the equipment.
	Zoom facility available.

Note: Ensure that the new location and the new parent equipment is not the same as the current location and current parent equipment.

The system displays the following field:

Current Eqp. Condition	The present condition of the equipment.
	The system displays the description of the equipment alongside.
	Zoom facility available.

Enter the following field:

New Eqp. Condition	Use the drop-down list box to specify the condition of the equipment after it is moved. The system lists all the equipment conditions that are defined in the "Define Equipment Condition” activity and which are in the “Active” status. Leave the field blank, if you do not wish to specify any equipment condition. The system leaves the field blank, by default.
	The system displays the description of the condition alongside.
	Zoom facility available.
Ref. WO	The work order by which the equipment was moved (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the work order is already defined in the “Create WO” activity of the “Work Order” business component. Help facility available.
	The system displays the description of the work order alongside.
	Zoom facility available.
Remarks	Any additional information on moving the equipment (Alphanumeric, 150).
	Zoom facility available.
Reason for Movement	Reason for the movement of the equipment. (Alphanumeric, 150).
	Zoom facility available.

Note: Before moving the equipment, ensure that there are no work orders other than “Closed” or “Cancelled” status, created for the equipment.

Click the “Move” pushbutton to move the equipment.

The system does the following:

Generates a unique number for the movement and displays it as the “Equipment Movement No”.
If a parent equipment is entered in the “New Parent “ field, the system changes the attachment date of the equipment that is being moved, to the date on which it is moved.
Refreshes the “Current Location” and “Current Parent” fields, with the new location and the new parent.
If the source of updation of parameter values for the equipment that is moved, has been set to "Parent”, the parameter values of the equipment are updated from its new parent.

Moving equipment – An overview

You can record the equipment details such as:

The date and time at which the equipment is moved.
The new location to which the equipment is moved.
The new parent equipment to which the moved equipment is attached.
The condition of the equipment after the movement.
The work order based on which the equipment was moved.
Any additional information about the equipment movement.

The system records the details of the movement under a unique transaction number and stores the date and time of moving the equipment.

Prerequisite

“Create Location” under the “Maintenance Organization” business component.

What you can do in this page

Record the equipment movement details

Enter the date and time on which the equipment is moved, in the “Move Date” field.

Enter the new location to which the equipment is moved, in the “Location” field.
Click the “Move” pushbutton.

The system generates a number for the equipment movement transaction.

If the source of updation of parameter values for the moved equipment has been set to “Parent”, the parameter values of the equipment are updated from its new parent.