Associating tools with departments

Associate tools with departments for scheduling purposes. Once you have associated a tool with a department, the system allows you to schedule the tool on a work order for the department.

To associate tools with departments:

  1. Select Equipment > Setup > Departments.
  2. Select the department with which to associate a tool, and then click the Tools tab.
  3. Click Add Tool.
  4. Specify this information:
    Organization
    Specify the organization to which the tool belongs if you use multi-organization security.
    Tool
    Specify the tool to associate with the department. The system automatically populates Tool Org.
    Quantity
    Specify the available quantity of the tool.
    Rate
    Specify the hourly rate for the tool.
    Hours
    Specify the number of hours the tool is available.
    Currency
    The system displays the base currency of the organization
  5. Click Submit.