We are expanding our use of EAM and are running into a particular issue that I could use clarity on. We have a subset of equipment used in the field that frequently changes hands. We are unclear on how to maintain and assign ownership of the tool for tracking and communication purposes. If a calibration service was due, for example, we would need to send an email to the current asset owner to have them bring the tool to a service center. We have toyed with the idea of creating people as equipment and installing the equipment under functional locations. We could then add tools as sub equipment to the people place holders thus giving us visibility to where the tool is in our technical system and who currently owns it. This approach seems a bit of a stretch and overhead heavy but is supported by use of standard reports. The other option would be to simply use the partner function to assign ownership of the tool in the corresponding equipment record. This seems more natural but lacks robust support of time interval reporting. For example who had the tool on any given date. The question to the group is what is the best practice for physically tracking equipment that does not reside within a dedicated work center?
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