Move Tool Inventory to a Work Center

Use the Tool Crib Movement (MTC) program to move tool inventory to an inventory location or work center and machine. See Overview: Tool Tracking and  Road Map for work flow.

  1. Enter the number of the tool number that you want to move or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.

The program displays these fields for the selected tool:

Field Name

Displays

Br

The code of the inventory branch

Serial number

If a serial item, the serial number of the item

Wh

The code of the warehouse where this item is stocked

Bin loc

The bin location of this tool

Status

The tool's serial number status

Consumed

The amount of the Life expectancy consumed to-date in hours and minutes

Expectancy

The expected number of hours that this tool can be used for its assigned use

  1. Select the control number that you want to move and click Select.

  2. Click Move.

    The program prompts     Where do you want to move it to?

  3. Click Work center.

    Note
    If the tool's percentage of remaining life is below 10% then an email is sent to the supervisor or the department.

  4. Enter the work center number or click the Lookup icon and us the Standard Lookup Options to select the work center.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Add a tool

Click Add.

Delete the selected tool

Click Delete. See Delete.

Copy the selected tool

Click Copy. See Copy.

Select a tool to move

Click Select.

Display tools from a specific record

Click Restart. The program prompts for specific data based on your sort options. Enter the data for the first record you want to display or leave blank to begin the display with the first record in the file.

Print the tool listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit the tool listing

Click Exit.

  1. Enter a tool number or exit the program.