Tools

Form ID: (AM205500)

You use this form to maintain tools that may be used in production. These may be special tools, jigs, molds, drawings, etc. that may be considered consumable items used in production. The cost of tools is included when rolling up the cost of a bill of materials and applied when posting labor. The tools required for an operation are printed by using the Production Ticket (AM625000) report.

Tip: The cost of tool is per quantity produced at an operation. For example, if the operation requires a drill bit and drill bits cost $10.00 and you can use it to produce 100 pieces then the cost should be set to $10.00 / 100 = 0.10 per piece.

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Summary Area


Element	Description
Tool ID	Unique Tool ID which can be any alphanumeric code up to 30 characters in length. Important: There is no warning message that will prevent the user from assigning the Tool ID with the same ID as an inventory item. This will not confuse the system, however, a tool with the same ID as an inventory part may be confusing to someone on the production floor.
Description	Description of the tool.
Active	This option allows the user to make a tool either active or inactive. A tool that is set to inactive cannot be used on a bill of material or production order.

General Tab

Table 1. Cost Section
Element	Description
Unit Cost	A standard unit cost is the cost of the tool for each use. The cost is a usage cost for each item produced. This cost may be zero for those items that are truly non-consumable. If a cost is entered, it must be a positive value.
Total Cost	The total cost of the item when the product was bought. This cost may be zero for those times that are truly non-consumable.
Consumed Cost	This field is maintained by the system. When the tool is applied to a production order, the system will update the consumed cost. Attention: The user can update this field only in the initialization mode.
Total Uses	This field is maintained by the system. When the tool is applied to a production order, the system will update the total uses.

Table 2. Account Settings Section
Element	Description
Account	This is the General Ledger account that will be credit with the applied cost. The debit entry will be to the WIP Account. This field is required if a unit cost is entered.
Subaccount	This is the General Ledger subaccount that will be credit with the applied cost. The debit entry will be to the WIP Subaccount. This field is required if a unit cost is entered.

Table 3. Scheduling Section
Element	Description
Schedule	If selected, the availability of this tool is a constraint for the advanced planning and scheduling tools.
Total Schedule Qty	The number tools available to be scheduled. The production order operation indicates the number of tools required for an operation.