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RO-E  Enter Tools

Purpose of Program

Use this program to setup tools, molds, dies, etc. in a database file. You can set up a preventive maintenance program by establishing how many parts should be produced between maintenance.  The system can automatically track production through WO-F  Enter Labor and can tell you how many parts have been produced since the last maintenance.

General Program Operation

Enter a Tool Number.  This is a 15 character, alphanumeric code, upper case only.  Often people will use the item number of the item being produced as the tool number.   If you are editing an existing tool number, you may enter the tool number or select a tool number by clicking on the Lookup icon (or press F2).  The tool description will automatically be displayed.

If you are entering a new tool, enter a 30 character description.

Next indicate how many parts you want to produce between scheduled maintenance.  This is an optional field.

If you know it, indicate the date of last maintenance, and the parts produced to date.  Normally this is left blank; the system will automatically increment the parts produced to date each time production is reported through WO-F  Enter Labor or WO-M Batch Labor Entry or Data Collection.

Enter any notes for any purpose you may have.  Continue pressing <Enter> until the system asks you if you want to save the record., or you may save the record from any point on the screen by clicking on the Save button.

 

Extra Fields

Clicking the Extra Fields button brings up a screen listing various fields that may apply to different types of tools as well as the machine the tool may be used on.