For each type of equipment, a comprehensive breakdown of all quantified servicing and repair costs likely to be incurred over a set period can be recorded, revealing the true financial commitment of maintaining the item.
The procedure to add a cost to an equipment type is as follows:
- Navigate to Quick Menu > Equipment > Configuration > Configure Equipment. The Configure Equipment window is displayed.
- Expand the relevant group heading and select an equipment type from the hierarchical list, or enter its name into the Search for Equipment field. By default the list is filtered to show Current equipment types. An alternative filter can be applied using the Select view drop-down field: Expired, Future or All
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- Click on Costs. The Costs tab is activated.
- Click on Add Cost. The Add Cost window is displayed.
- Enter a Description for the known equipment type cost into the field provided.
- Enter the Cost value into the field provided. The Up and Down arrows are available to increment or decrement the value, as required.
- Choose an Effective from date for this known equipment type cost i.e. the date on which it came into effect 2.
- Choose an Effective to date if the cost is only to be accounted for over a set period; a blank field means the cost will remain linked to the equipment type in perpetuity.
- Click on Save. The new financial commitment is displayed in the Costs summary table.
Note
1 The Search for Equipment field will match against any focus area included within the hierarchical equipment structure.
2 The Effective from date defaults to the current system date and cannot be left blank.
See related topics...
To create a new equipment type
To map a SOR task to an equipment type
