- Set optional or required tools at the step level.
- Set tool validations at selection time, such as the exact tool that must be used for an operation.
Implement tool requirements
Step 1: Complete a tool and operation analysis
- List all operations in your manufacturing process.
- List all tools required to perform those operations.
- Map each operation to its corresponding tool requirement.
Step 2: Complete a tool maintenance analysis
- List the maintenance cycle and criteria for each tool used in your processes.
Step 3: Add the requirements to your procedures
Incorporate the tool requirements and validations from your analysis into the relevant procedures:- Add a Tool field to each step that needs one. See Record tool usage on a run.
- Set the field’s validations and whether a tool is required, including which tools are valid for the operation.
Visualize tool data
Pull tool information into reports to manage tools better. The fields available on a tool unit (see Manage tool inventory) include:- Tool
- Serial number
- Location
- Service due date
- Last service date
- Service interval
- URI
- Status (Available or Unavailable)
Tool management reports
Automate the delivery of tool inventory reports based on a cadence or specific conditions. For example:- Send a weekly report on all tools to your tool manager automatically.
- Get a report of tools two weeks before their service due date so a calibration or maintenance date is never missed.
- Get a report of tool inventory that is currently unavailable and requires maintenance or recalibration.
- Get a report of tools that have been unavailable for a certain period.