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