Examples of equipment include air conditioning plants, pumps, vehicles, and printers.
You can restrict a user's ability to view or modify equipment.
Instructions
1.Complete the form (see below) and click Save. Click Quit to return to the previous page. Click Clone to make a new record based on this one.
2.If required, click Requests/Breakdowns to create a work order.
Listing
•Name: Identifies the equipment, a name e.g. "Forklift Truck 1" or an internal code e.g. "VH-FLFT-1".
Tip: If you have a large quantity of equipment, it may make sense to switch to using a unique equipment code/identifier. Put the equipment code in the “Name” field and a detailed equipment name and description in the “Description” field.
•Description: One-line description of the equipment.
•Location: The location where this equipment is based or kept.
•Category: The equipment belongs to this category.
•Vendor: The vendor who supplied this equipment. Click New to add one to the list.
•Part Of: Use this if the equipment is part of another piece of equipment.
•Model # and Serial #: As supplied by the manufacturer.
•WO Tag: Any special lockout data/ shutdown information for the equipment that will appear on work orders.
•Retired: Flags if this equipment has been retired and is no longer in service. This way you can retain the equipment's history (work orders, etc.) even if it is no longer used.
•Comments tab: Any additional information about the equipment, e.g. pictures, or links to manufacturer’s manuals. You may enter several pages of comments.
•Alarm tab: You can specify if an alarm condition is reportable on this equipment (e.g. an overheated bearing, a regulatory inspection, etc.). You can enter/ modify dates the alarm condition is reported. You can set up different tasks to be scheduled whenever this equipment has an alarm - see Tasks- Frequency tab. This when used in conjunction with Create Work Orders For Breakdowns/ Requests or the Work Requests screens can be used to report alarm conditions and schedule work orders from the tasks.
•Log tab: Clickable list of log entries relating to the equipment e.g. issues reported by operators, or changes made to operating parameters. Click Add New to add a new entry. Click Delete to remove a selected entry.
•Meter tab: Enables you to set up and update a meter which can then schedule work orders. For example, you could set up a Ascending/ Descending type "mileage" meter for a car and then have an "oil change" task scheduled for every 3000 miles. Or you could have a Batch meter where one tracks how much product was made per day e.g. 150 widgets one day, 200 widgets the next day and so on. So you can schedule a task say every time about 1000 widgets have been produced (cumulatively).
To set up the meter, select Has a meter, then decide whether to schedule tasks by Estimated use, or Actual use and fill in the details. If you select Estimated Use, FastMaint will try to estimate meter readings over time and schedule any associated tasks accordingly. Calendar holidays & non-working days for the equipment will be excluded in the estimate (meter does not run). If you selected Actual use, then somebody must use the Add readings button to add regular readings or periodically import the readings using the Import feature.
For setting up tasks triggered by a meter, see the Tasks - Frequency tab.
•Non-working days: Specify a calendar to use when calculating estimated use (see above, "Meter tab"). You can also click the Add New button to enter Vacation/ Off Days and click the Edit/ Delete button next to an existing entry to change or delete it.
•Parts: Clickable list of parts associated with this equipment. To edit the list, click Add/remove Parts From List. To have FastMaint use the existing tasks to work out what parts are required, click Identify Parts Used From Tasks Done.
•Tasks tab tab: List of tasks associated with this equipment. Use the Change button to change the list. Adding or removing tasks will not change associated work orders that already exist. Click the Edit button next to each task to change the task frequency (for this equipment).
•Work Orders tab: List of work orders associated with this equipment. Click the Edit button next to each work order to edit it.
•Custom Fields tab: Enter specific information not covered in the other tabs. In the Home page, under Administration, in the Custom Fields section click on the Equipment link to add fields, e.g. customer number, contact person, or contract renewal date.