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   <Header>
      <Title>Tools planning and tracking</Title>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Use tools planning and
		tracking to determine the planned and current locations of tools and the
		tooling historical data.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The tools defined in ERP Enterprise can be:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Present in a warehouse.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Planned or issued for a <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/trp.otyp#sfc.order" role="option">SFC Production Order</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Planned or issued for a <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/trp.otyp#sma.order" role="option">Service Order</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In maintenance.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The tools planning and
		tracking information is generated for the production order when the operations
		to which the tool is assigned are planned in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc" role="module">Shop Floor Control</GUIRef> module. The data is generated for service orders when the service activities
		are planned in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In tool planning and tracking you can:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Maintain the estimated
		  requirements of tools for production orders/operations and service
		  orders/activities.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Check the availability
		  of tools before the planned production is transferred from: <List>
               <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp" role="module">Resource Requirement Planning</GUIRef> module.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/ina" role="module">Inventory Analysis</GUIRef> module to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc" role="module">Shop Floor Control</GUIRef> module.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can also print the
		time-phased availability for planning of tools, for planned and actual
		production orders, and for service orders.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">Tool requirements planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>