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This process generates an equipment ID based on equipment numbering types. Equipment numbering types generate equipment IDs that contain various segments based on equipment category, model, type, division, and/or branch. See Setting up equipment numbering typesEquipment Numbering Types for more information on how equipment IDs are generated.
- Select Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Utilities > Equipment > New Equipment Entry. You can also access this window using the New button from the Equipment Manager (Cards > Equipment > Equipment Manager).
- Fill in the Equipment Category, Model, Equipment Type, Equipment Branch, and Equipment Division for the new equipment.
- Use the lookup in the Equipment Numbering Type field to select the format that you want to use for the new equipment ID.
- Select Create. A message displays asking if you are sure you want to create the equipment record.
- Select Create. The system creates an equipment ID using the specified numbering scheme and characteristics of the new equipment. If the information needed to correctly number the equipment is not available, an error message displays. See Setting up equipment numbering typesEquipment Numbering Types.
Step 2: Complete the header information
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The Attachments tab holds details of specifications for a piece of equipment. Attachments or subattachments can be listed with details of each. While these details can be created for an individual piece of equipment, you will save time and maintain the consistency of the information by creating a template for attachments and subattachments of each model rather than for each piece of equipment. See Setting up modelsModels. Once attachments and subattachments are added to a piece of equipment, they can be transferred or associated with an inventory item using the Transfer button.
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- Sales Price
If equipment has a sales price entered on the Sales Financial 2 tab, this will be used on the sales document. If a kit item is used for selling, and there are attachments or subattachments that are inventory items with selling prices on the inventory records, these prices will be added to the sales price to determine the selling price for the kit. - Recommended Life
Enter the recommended life. - Life U of M
Enter the life U of M. - Usage
Enter the usage. - % Left
Enter the percentage of life left. This field is manually updated for each attachment and subattachment. - % Life Left
This value is calculated based on the values entered in the Recommended Life and Usage fields. - Update from Equipment
Mark this checkbox if you want the system to update the usage for the attachment or subattachment in accordance with updates to the operating log for the equipment record. This is useful because the % Life Left field then updates automatically based on usage. Updating from equipment is only possible if the (sub)attachment has the same life unit of measure as the equipment. - Transfer
Once attachments and subattachments are added to equipment, they can be transferred or associated with an inventory item. Use this button to transfer attachments, which are serialized inventory items, between equipment and inventory stock or between pieces of equipment. See Transferring attachments Attachments and subattachmentsSubattachments.
Photos tab
The Photos tab lists links to electronically stored documents that are related to the piece of equipment. To open a document on the list, select the item, and select the camera button.
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The Optional Equipment tab lists extras or attributes that may or may not be physical parts of the equipment. Optional equipment is set up during the model setup. See Setting up modelsModels.
Mark the checkboxes for each optional equipment item you wish to include with this equipment record. These fields are informational only.
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User information is defined for a specific model. See Setting up modelsModels to edit the user-defined fields that appear on this tab.
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The Operating Log tab records the operating activity for a piece of equipment. Each line records a reading or an update to operational activity. You enter operating log information in the Operating Log Maintenance window, which you open by zooming on the Operating Log No. field. You can also open the Operating Log Maintenance window from the Transactions menu. See Entering operating log readingsOperating Log Readings.
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The Active Fields tab displays the active user-defined fields for the equipment record. See Setting up active user-defined fieldsActive User-Defined Fields.
Inventory tab
The Inventory tab shows the serialized inventory item number that is linked to this piece of equipment. Entering the purchasing inventory item number in the Equipment Model Maintenance window links an equipment model number and an inventory item number. Once this link is established, purchasing and receiving a piece of equipment automatically generates an equipment record, with the item number, serial number, and purchasing section on the Inventory tab completed. Selling a piece of equipment records sales details on the Inventory tab. The information on the left side of the Inventory tab is filled in automatically when receiving equipment against the purchase order, which generated the equipment record. If the equipment is sold, sales information is filled in on the right.
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The Sales Financial tab displays revenue and expenses relating to sales of the equipment. The sales categories come from the cost categories set up for cost groups with a type of Sales Income and Sales Expenses. See Create cost groups. All amounts posted to the general ledger accounts associated with the cost categories appear here. Each of these general ledger accounts should have been set up for account analysis. See Creating analysis cost groups.
Sales Financial 2 tab
The Sales Financial 2 tab displays information for salespeople. Costs relating to a piece of equipment are displayed. A salesperson can use the costs and a calculating facility to determine a selling price. The sales categories come from the cost categories set up for cost groups with the type of Sales Expenses. All amounts posted to the general ledger accounts associated with the cost categories appear here. See Create cost groups. Each of these general ledger accounts should have been set up for account analysis. See Creating analysis cost groups.
Costs can be entered for each category in the following columns:
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The Transport tab is used to set up a pricing item, which determines pricing information on transport requests for this equipment record. The Pricing Item field on the Transport tab must be set up if the equipment is to be available for transport. The pricing item must belong to the inventory item class selected for transport pricing items, as set up in the Transport module. See Setting up the transport moduleTransport Module.
Service tab
The Service tab is used only when Equipment Management is used with Service Management. Establishing a link between this equipment record and an equipment record in Service Management allows you to create a service call before and after renting the equipment and update the status in Equipment Management when the equipment is used in Service Management. This tab displays the details of the corresponding equipment record in Service Management.
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