Assigning tools to the work order

This page allows you to assign tools required to the work order. Tell me more.

Select the “Tools Assignment” link from the bottom of the “Select Work Order” page.

The “Tools Assignment” page appears.

If you wish to assign tools to a work order other than the work order selected in the previous page, enter the following field:

WO No.	The work order for which tools are to be assigned (Alphanumeric, 18).
	Press <Enter>. The system retrieves the details of tools that are assigned to the work order. The description of the work order is displayed alongside. You can enter the modified description of the work order (Alphanumeric, 150).
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The system retrieves the tasks belonging to the work order in the “Assign. To” drop-down list box. The tools that are already assigned to the work order are retrieved in the multiline.

Enter the following field:

Assign. To

Use the drop-down list box and select “Work Order”, to specify tools for the work order. If you wish to specify tools for the task belonging to the work order, select the appropriate task from the drop-down list box. The system displays “Work Order” by default.

The system displays the following fields:

WO Status	The status of the work order, which can be “Scheduled” or “In-Progress”.
Task Status	The status of the task.
Sch. Start Date	The date on which the work order is scheduled to start.
Compl. Date	The date on which the work order must be completed.
WO Date	The date on which the work order is created.
Work Group	The work group that is responsible for carrying out the work order.
WO Est. Hrs.	The estimated number of hours for which tools are required for the completion of the work order.
WO Assign. Hrs.	The total number of hours for which tools are actually assigned to the work order.
Planning Group	The planning group of the work order.
Task Est. Hrs.	The estimated number of hours for which tools are required for the completion of the task.
Task Assign. Hrs.	The total number of hours for which tools are actually assigned to the task.

The system retrieves the tools that are already assigned to the work order or for the tasks that are specified for the work order in the multiline. If you are assigning tools to the work order for the first time and if the status of the work order is “Scheduled”, the system retrieves the estimated tools in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the “Assignment Details” multiline to specify tools for the work order or for the tasks that are specified for the work order:

Tool Code	The tool to be specified for the work order (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the tool is already defined in the “Define Tool” activity of the “Tools” business component and is in the “Active” status.
	Help facility available
	Press <Enter>.
Tool Sr. No.	The serial number of the tool (Alphanumeric, 20). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if a tool has been specified in the “Tool” field. Ensure that the tool serial number has already been defined for the tool in the “Define Tool” activity of the “Tools” business component.
	Help facility available
	Press <Enter>.
Qty. (Nos.)	The number of tools that are required (Decimal).
From Date	The date from which the tool is assigned to the work order (Date Format). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if you have specified a tool in the “Tool Code” column in the multiline. Ensure that the date entered here
	is not earlier than the current system date.
	is not earlier than the scheduled date of the task or the work order, if the scheduled date is later than the current system date.
From Time	The time from which the tool is assigned to the work order (Time Format). Ensure that you enter the time in this field only if you have specified a date in the “From” field.
To Date	The date till which the tool is assigned to the work order (Date Format). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if you have specified a tool in the “Tool” column in the multiline.
To Time	The time till which the tool is assigned to the work order (Time Format). Ensure that you enter the time in this field only if you have specified a date in the “To” field.
Hrs. / Day	The number of hours in a day, for which the tool is assigned to the work order (Decimal).

The system displays the following field in the multiline:

Est. Duration (Hrs.)	The number of hours for which the tool is required for the work order.
No. Of Days	The number of days for which the tool is assigned to the work order.
Desc.	The description of the tool.

If you wish to view the details of the work orders to which the tool has already been assigned before assigning it to the work order,

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the tool.
Select the “Assignment Details” link from the bottom of the page.

If you wish to view additional information about tools before assigning them to the work order,

Select the “Tools Loading” link from the bottom of the page to view the percentage loading of tools for the assignment period.
Select the “View Estimated Tools” link from the bottom of the page to view the estimated number of hours for which tools are required for the completion of the work order.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark for deletion the assignment of the tools to the work order or task.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline to delete the rows selected for deletion.
Click the “Assign” pushbutton to assign tools to the work order.

The system performs the following:

assigns tools to the work order or to the tasks that are specified for the work order.
if the tools are assigned to any task of the work order, the total number of hours for which the tools are assigned to the task is calculated and displayed in the “Task Assign. Hrs.” field.
the total number of hours for which tools are assigned to the work order is also calculated and displayed in the “WO Assign. Hrs.” field

The system displays the following fields in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the work order.
Created Date	The date and time of the creation of the work order.
Last Modified By	The login ID of the user who last modified the work order.
Last Modified Date	The date and time when the work order was last modified.

Assigning tools to the work order – An overview

This page allows you to assign tools required to the work order as well as for the tasks that are specified for the work order. You can assign tools to the work order selected in the “Select Work Order” page. You can also directly enter a work order other than the work order selected in the main page and assign tools to it.

You can enter the tool directly or select a tool using the help facility. You can also modify the details of the tools that have already been assigned to the work order. Details such as the start date and time from which the tool is assigned, the end date and time till which the tool is assigned and the number of hours for which the tool is assigned in a day can be specified. You can also delete an existing tool, from the work order or from the tasks belonging to the work order.

Note: You can also modify the description of the work order in this page.

Prerequisite

Define Tools under the “Tools” business component.

What you can do in this page

Assign tools to the work order

You can assign tools to the work order in this page.

Enter the tool code and serial number of the tool to be assigned to the work order in the “Tool Code” and “Tool Sr. No.” field.
Enter the number of tools required in the “Quantity (Nos.)” field.
Enter the period for which the tool is required in the “From Date” and “To Date” fields.
Click the “Assign” pushbutton.