Enter Rental Tool Information
Explanation
This activity is used to define rental information for tool/equipment
resource demands. You may have to rent tools/equipment to fulfill a specific demand for a work task.
The required tool group has to exist on the demand line and the sourcing option
on the resource demand indicates whether the tool/equipment is supplied by an
internal resource or the tool/equipment is to be rented.
All demands for tools/equipment with sourcing option Rental
appear in the Rental section of the Resources tab. The rental can then be
planned in the Rental Section. You can decide whether the tools is to
be rented in from a supplier (i.e. Rent In) or use tools from your own inventory
(i.e. Internal Charging). This is
defined in the Rental Supply Option field . It is required to enter the part number
and other planned rental information to initiate rentals for tools/equipment.
Prerequisites
- Tool/Equipment resource groups must have been defined and connected to
the work task site
- Tool/Equipment resource group should be valid to use in Maintenance
- Purchase parts must have been defined for rental tool/equipment and the
Acquisition Type of purchase part should be set to Purchase and Rental
or Rental Only.
- If tool/equipment is rented with Rental Supply Option Internal
Charging, the internal rental price for the purchase
part must have been defined in the default Internal Rental Price
List page for work task site.
System Effects
As a result of this activity,
- For rented in tools, corresponding purchase requisition line and
material line will be created and connected to the work task. (Material line
will only be created for inventory parts)
- For internal charging, corresponding material line will be created and
connected to the work task
- Planned cost amount for the rental period will be calculated
automatically and
displayed in the Cost Amount field in Demands
tab. Unit cost per defined hours and quantity will also be shown in the
Cost field