Create records to represent potential new equipment that will be evaluated as possible replacements for existing equipment.
To create equipment evaluations:
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Select Equipment > Additional Features > Equipment Evaluations.
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Click New Record.
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Specify the Organization, Description, Evaluation Status, Potential Manufacturer, Potential Model Number, Estimated Cost of Materials, Major Group, Group, Individual, Priority, and Additional Information.
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Specify this information:
Commodity-1 - Select a commodity. The system automatically populates Commodity-1 UOM.
If Commodity-1 is blank, the system protects Design Consumption Rate-1 and Design Usage UOM-1.
Once Commodity-1 is populated, the system enables Design Consumption Rate-1 and Design Usage UOM-1.
Design Consumption Rate-1 - Specify a design consumption rate. The system automatically populates Design Consumption Rate UOM.
Design Usage UOM-1 - Select a unit of measure.
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Specify the Manufacturer, Model Number, Class, Category, Equipment Type, and Equipment Status.
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Select the Gas Tracked check box if the equipment is GAS tracked.
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Select the Include Out of Service Equipment check box if the equipment evaluation will include out of service equipment.
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Click Save Record.
To populate the equipment list with equipment matching the search criteria, click Create/Refresh Equipment List. The system deletes records from the Equipment Equivalency page with Status of Not Evaluated and then refreshes the equipment list.