Add new equipment

In Odoo, equipment refers to any item that is used in everyday operations, including the manufacturing of products. This can mean a piece of machinery on a production line, a tool that is used in different locations, or a computer in an office space. Equipment registered in Odoo can be owned by the company that uses the Odoo database, or by a third party, such as a vendor in the case of equipment rentals.

Using Odoo Maintenance, it is possible to track individual pieces of equipment, along with information about their maintenance requirements. To add a new piece of equipment, navigate to the Maintenance module, select Equipments ‣ Machines & Tools ‣ Create, and configure the equipment as follows:

• Equipment Name: the product name of the piece of equipment

• Equipment Category: the category that the equipment belongs to; for example, computers, machinery, tools, etc.; new categories can be created by navigating to Configuration ‣ Equipment Categories and clicking Create

• Company: the company that owns the equipment; again, this can be the company that uses the Odoo database, or a third-party company

• Used By: specify if the equipment is used by a specific employee, department, or both; select Other to specify both an employee and a department

• Maintenance Team: the team responsible for servicing the equipment; new teams can be created by navigating to Configuration ‣ Maintenance Teams and selecting Create; the members of each team can also be assigned from this page

• Technician: the person responsible for servicing the equipment; this can be used to assign a specific individual in the event that no maintenance team is assigned or when a specific member of the assigned team should always be responsible for the equipment; any person added to Odoo as a user can be assigned as a technician

• Used in location: the location where the equipment is used; this is a simple text field that can be used to specify locations that are not work centers, like an office, for example

• Work Center: if the equipment is used at a work center, specify it here; equipment can also be assigned to a work center by navigating to Maintenance ‣ Equipments ‣ Work Centers, selecting a work center or creating a new one using the Create button, and clicking the Equipment tab on the work center form

Include additional product information

The Product Information tab at the bottom of the form can be used to provide further details about the piece of equipment:

• Vendor: the vendor that the equipment was purchased from

• Vendor Reference: the reference code assigned to the vendor

• Model: the specific model of the piece of equipment

• Serial Number: the unique serial number of the equipment

• Effective Date: the date that the equipment became available for use; this is used to calculate the MTBF

• Cost: the amount the equipment was purchased for

• Warranty Expiration Date: the date on which the equipment’s warranty will expire

Add maintenance details

The Maintenance tab includes information that can be useful to maintenance teams:

• Preventive Maintenance Frequency: specifies how often maintenance should be performed to prevent equipment failure

• Maintenance Duration: the amount of time required to fix the equipment when it fails

• Expected Mean Time Between Failure: the average amount of time that the equipment is expected to operate before failing

Note

The Maintenance tab also includes sections for Mean Time Between Failure, Estimated Next Failure, Latest Failure, and Mean Time To Repair. These values are calculated automatically based on maintenance requests if any exist.

Tip

To see the maintenance requests for a piece of equipment, go to the page for the equipment and select Maintenance in the top right corner of the form.