Many office and manufacturing equipment items require routine maintenance, such as cleaning or lubrication, that must be performed in order to maintain the item. Similarly, many maintenance tasks requested by users of the On Demand system involve equipment that is not working properly: the copier is jammed, the air conditioner is too cold, the humidifier is leaking.
Having an accurate equipment inventory is an important part of the maintenance process. If users reporting problems can select from a complete and accurate list of equipment items, they will more quickly and accurately report their problems, and the system can more effectively route the problems to the appropriate approval and execution processes.
An accurate equipment inventory optimizes the maintenance process and thereby minimizes the direct and indirect costs associated maintaining equipment.
An important step of maintaining an equipment inventory is to establish the types of equipment at your company -- the equipment standards. Typically, a company will purchase multiple quantities of like equipment items. For example, it is likely that your company has purchased the same type of telecommunications equipment for multiple offices. ARCHIBUS defines this type of telecommunications equipment as an equipment standard
Select the Define Equipment Standards task. A list of all defined equipment standard appears. Select an equipment standard, and the system displays detailed information on the selected equipment standard in the right frame.
You can make changes to the information if needed and click on the Save button to submit the changes.
To add a new equipment standard, click on the Add New button and enter your details.For an explanation of all fields, see Equipment Standards Table: Field Reference.
Select the Define Equipment Inventory task. The system presents a three-panel view.
You can make these edits: