| # Tool Tracking (titrp0512m000) Use this session to list the history data of tools or tool types for production orders, work orders, and service orders. The following data is displayed: Day and time the tool is requested. Where the tool is requested. To which operation or line of order the tool is linked. Period during which the tool is present at a specified work center for a specified order, operation, line number, or activity line. Note If you have started this session by zooming, you can only find and select a record. Related topics Tools planning and tracking Tool tracking Tool Type The tool type is the first level that is used to identify the tool in the coding system for tools. Some examples of tool types are: Hammer Screwdriver Wheelbarrows Hammer 1, screwdriver 2 and wheelbarrow 3 are examples of tool types in combination with a tool serial number, and represent unique tools. Tool Serial Number A number to identify a tool. The combination of a tool type, for example, hammer, and a tool serial number, for example, 1, results in a unique identification of a tool in LN. Request Date/Time The day and the time the tool is requested. Usage End Date/Time The date or time the tool is no longer needed. Order Type The type of order for which the tool is requested. Order Number The order number code. Operation One of a series of steps in a routing that are carried out successively to produce an item. The following data is collected during a routing operation: The task. For example, sawing. The machine used to carry out the task (optional). For example, sawing machine. The place where the task is carried out (work center). For example, woodwork. The number of employees required to carry out the task. This data is used to compute order lead times, to plan production orders and to calculate cost prices. Line Number The line number of the Service Order for which the time phased availability of a tools is carried out. Activity Line The activity line on the service order for which the tool is issued. Work/Service Center A specific production area consisting of one or more people and/or machines with identical capabilities, that can be considered as one unit for purposes of the capacity requirement planning and detailed scheduling. Operation Step A suboperation connected to a routing operation. An operation step can contain information such as, instructions, process information, and tools information. |