Associating tools with departments

Associate tools with departments for scheduling purposes. Once you have associated a tool with a department, the system allows you to schedule the tool on a work order for the department.

To associate tools with departments:

  1. Open the Departments form.
  2. Select the department with which to associate a tool, and then click the Tools tab.
  3. Click Add Tool.
  4. Organization—Enter the organization to which the tool belongs if you use multi-organization security.
  5. Tool—Enter the tool to associate with the department. The system automatically populates Tool Org.
  6. Quantity—Enter the available quantity of the tool.
  7. Rate—Enter the hourly rate for the tool.
  8. Hours—Enter the number of hours the tool is available.
  9. Currency—The system displays the base currency of the organization.
  10. Click Submit.