18 Overview to Equipment Location Tracking

This chapter contains these topics:

18.1 Objectives

  • To enter location information for equipment

18.2 About Equipment Location Tracking

You can enter equipment location information to keep track of where and when you physically move certain equipment. You can create and update equipment location information for planned and current relocations, and keep a log of all historical relocations.

Use Equipment Location Tracking to record equipment movement. For example, you can:

  • Record equipment relocations from one job or business unit to another

  • Enter location information for single pieces of equipment or groups of equipment

  • Enter location information for equipment with a quantity greater than one to record relocation from a single location to multiple locations

  • Consolidate location information to record the relocation of equipment from multiple locations to a single location

  • Review historical, current, and planned location information

  • Record equipment relocations out of sequence

  • Associate text with equipment location records

Equipment location tracking consists of the following tasks:

  • Entering location information

  • Reviewing location information

  • Revising location information