Define Workshop

Explanation

This activity is used to define the workshops at which maintenance will be performed. Workshops are also used when forecasting the workload on personnel and material.

A workshop is connected to a specific site. The workshops defined in IFS/Vehicle Information Management are created automatically as maintenance organizations in IFS/Basic Data for Maintenance. These maintenance organizations can be viewed in the Organization Basic Data/Maintenance Organizations tab.

When defining workshops, it is possible to select a certain workshop as your preferred workshop and to connect valid locations to a workshop. When locations are connected, and when you are working on a work order (in IFS/Work Order Management) leading to a serial structure change, values for Workshop and Location will appear automatically.

Prerequisites

• To define a workshop, the site must be connected to the current user's ID.
• To connect a location(s) to a workshop, the workshop code and location code must be defined.

System Effects

• The workshop is automatically created as a maintenance organization.
• The workshop can be connected to modifications and tasks.
• A valid location code is connected to a workshop. When performing a structure change on a work order, the location code and workshop will receive their values by default.

Window

Serial Basic Data

Related Window Descriptions

Serial Basic Data
Serial Basic Data/Workshop
Serial Basic Data/Location Code per Workshop

Procedure

To define a workshop:

1. Open the Serial Basic Data window and click the Workshop tab.
2. Create a new record (F5).
3. In the Workshop Code field, enter a short code to be used in the system. Once saved, the workshop code cannot be modified.
4. In the Description field, enter a description of the workshop.
5. In the Site field, enter a site by using the List of Values.

Note: If the current user is not connected to the selected site, a message is displayed. If necessary, open the Sites per User window and connect the desired site to the user ID.

6. In the Open From field, enter the time the workshop opens.
7. In the Open To field, enter the time the workshop closes. The open to hour value must be later than the open from hour value.

Note: When entering values in the Open From and Open To fields, it is sufficient to enter 1-11 (A.M.) or 12-23 (P.M.). Minutes and seconds are set to 00:00 by default. These values can be changed if necessary.

8. Select the Preferred Workshop check box if you want this workshop to be your default workshop.
9. Save the record (F12).

To connect valid locations to the workshop:

1. Open the Serial Basic Data window and click the Location Code per Workshop tab.
2. Query (F3) for the workshop code.
3. Create a new record (F5) in the table.
4. Select a suitable location code from the Location Code list.
5. Save the record (F12).