Use this activity to enter information for resources that are used in maintenance,
service and/or forward/line maintenance. The resources can be of type Person
Group, Person, Tool/Equipment Group and Tool/Equipment. The Use in Maintenance
setting on the resource group determine if the resource can be planned and used
in maintenance and forward/line maintenance processes and the Use in
Service setting determine if the resource can be planned and used in
service processes.
Enter relevant information for each of the resource
types, such as:
Person Group and Person
For a person
group, it is possible to select if it should be a Primary Resource
and if used on a work order to define if it should be Included in Execution
Logic Planning. It is also possible to enter a Sales Part.
For the person resource, it is possible to connect several sites for each
company. Maintenance Organization and other site settings can
be added. If the resource is to be used as a Mobile User, this is set under
Company Information.
The secondment functionality gives the possibility
to connect the resource to an employment in another company.
Tool/Equipment Group and Tool/Equipment
For a tool/equipment
group, it is possible to enter an Item Class and to select
if it should be a Primary Resource. It is also possible to
enter a Sales Part.
For the individual tool/equipment,
it is possible to connect a Maintenance Site and Maintenance Organization as
well as to enter miscellaneous maintenance information and data related to the
tool/equipment object.
A resource group set as Use in Maintenance allows the resource group and the individual resource to be used in the Maintenance as well as Forward/Line Maintenance processes. A resource group set as Use in Service allows the resource group and the individual resource to be used in the Service processes. Depending on the resource (group or individual) as well as the resource type, the additional data that is defined for the resource enables specific usage for the resource in those processes.