Tool Crib Inventory

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Sarah,

I revamped about 85% of our part number system when we went live
last year, creating a single part number system for 3 manufacturing
departments. (We had some parts with three different part numbers
and we are a single operating site.) Most of the new part numbers
are "semi-smart". It was too difficult to identify all possible
alternatives to every family of parts. Our semi-smart part numbers
get you close (ES3000 to ES3999 are Electronic Switches - Pushbutton
type, ES8000 to ES8999 are Electronic Switches - Toggle type).

The only parts that we can completely identify from the part number
are raw stock materials (rods, sheets, tubes, etc.) These parts are
identified by material code, material grade and 1 or 2 dimensions.

Beyond 3 or 4 variables, the number gets too complicated to be
helpful. (This is from a guy who loves to overcomplicate things.)
If someone has to refer to a reference sheet to remember the system,
it doesn't gain you much. We focused on creating consistent part
descriptions so searching was easier. Inch, IN, ", In., and Inches
all became IN.

If you have any questions or want to bounce some ideas off someone,
feel free to contact me off-line.

Michael Randolph
Purchasing Manager
American Magnetics, Inc.
michael.randolph@...


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "svareschi" <sarah.vareschi@n...>
wrote:
> Speaking of Tool Crib, I was wondering how others number their
tooling
> in Vantage? For example, we have literally hundreds of different
> endmills that we stock and even more that we purchase for a
specific
> job. Originally, these were entered into the system using
manufacturer
> part#, but when we switch manufacturers this becomes an issue as
we
> have to inactivate that number and create a new one - causing more
work
> and losing traceability. So, we've been re-thinking this. We are
> looking into smart Part#'s, but because of all the details of the
mills
> that differentiate them, these numbers are getting very long and
> complex and seem maybe not the best way to go. I'm just curios
how
> others are solving this issue?
>
> Thanks!
> Sarah
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We are looking at setting up our tool crib with a security portal that would help us increase the accuracy of the tool crib area. What we want to do is set up a hand held unit with Vantage 6.1 on it to make available to employees who need to check out tools when the tool crib manager is not available. This hand held would need to be set up so that they could do the invty transactions as needed. Currently we have a bar code system to check tools out. Can we just load a client program on the hand held or is there a separate data collection module we need to utilize?

Any direction or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Melissa


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If you use a handheld that has Windows 2003 mobile you can then use
Terminal Server to load a Vantage client and do your transactions. You
can even get a handheld with a scanner.



Rich



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From: melissa hietala [mailto:kevmel822@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:11 PM
To: Users Group
Subject: [Vantage] Handheld computer for Tool Crib



We are looking at setting up our tool crib with a security portal that
would help us increase the accuracy of the tool crib area. What we want
to do is set up a hand held unit with Vantage 6.1 on it to make
available to employees who need to check out tools when the tool crib
manager is not available. This hand held would need to be set up so that
they could do the invty transactions as needed. Currently we have a bar
code system to check tools out. Can we just load a client program on the
hand held or is there a separate data collection module we need to
utilize?

Any direction or ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Melissa


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Speaking of Tool Crib, I was wondering how others number their tooling
in Vantage? For example, we have literally hundreds of different
endmills that we stock and even more that we purchase for a specific
job. Originally, these were entered into the system using manufacturer
part#, but when we switch manufacturers this becomes an issue as we
have to inactivate that number and create a new one - causing more work
and losing traceability. So, we've been re-thinking this. We are
looking into smart Part#'s, but because of all the details of the mills
that differentiate them, these numbers are getting very long and
complex and seem maybe not the best way to go. I'm just curios how
others are solving this issue?

Thanks!
Sarah