1 Introduction to Recipe & Material Workspace Equipment Management

The Equipment Management module within the Agile PLM Recipe & Material Workspace (RMW) solution provides information on how to effectively qualify and make equipment available for use in the product development life cycle.

1.1 About this Guide

This guide provides information on all the features and functionality of the RMW Equipment Management solution. It also covers instructions on how to use the various menus and commands available on the RMW user interface to author and manage equipment objects. The features that are visible to you on the interface are determined by the access privileges assigned to you by an administrator.

1.2 Recipe & Material Workspace Documentation

The complete list of RMW manuals is provided here for the benefit of users and administrators of the RMW solution.

• Getting Started with Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals describes common concepts, basic navigation, searches and work flows. Also covers how to work with reports, standards, and environmental conditions.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Administrator Guide describes all administration and configuration information including Agile PLM integration requirements.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Process Management Guide describes the features of the Process module, covering the creation and execution of projects and campaigns, control recipes, and work requests.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Process management Guide describes the features of the Recipe module, covering the authoring and management of recipes and recipe templates.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Material Management Guide describes the features of the Materials module, covering how to work with material requests, inventory, and allocation. Also covers how to manage analytical activities.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Equipment Management Guide describes the features of the Equipment module, covering equipment qualification, loan, lease, and reservation.

• Agile Recipe Management for Pharmaceuticals Import/Export Guide describes how to export and import RMW business and administrator objects from a source system to a target system.

RMW is accessed only through the Agile PLM user interface. Refer to Getting Started with Agile PLM along with the Agile PLM Administrator Guide for a thorough understanding of PLM processes. The complete set of Agile PLM documentation, including RMW documentation, is available on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web sitehttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/agile-085940.html.

1.3 Equipment in RMW - An Overview

The Equipment module in RMW allows you to track the availability of equipment in various sites, reserve equipment for activities, and qualify equipment for installation, operation and performance.

Core functions:

• Creating and managing equipment master data in the equipment library.

• Carrying out transactions on equipment, including:

  • Qualifying equipment against specified parameters.

  • Loaning and leasing of equipment.

  • Maintenance, cleaning, and processing of equipment.

The following figure illustrates the main functions of equipment management: