The following end-to-end example illustrates a hypothetical application of Compatible Units features, which may provide a significant benefit to the users business process. This example guides the reader through expected results of the compatible units features and the major steps/sequence of the compatible units estimation process as available in this update of HxGN EAM.
XYZ Utility Corp, Inc. uses compatible units in order to perform cost estimation more efficiently for various projects. This organization has previously developed an extensive inventory of compatible units library records; detailing any number of combinations of required labor, parts, tools and services required to perform much of their routine work, according to various scenarios and circumstances. HxGN EAM users at XYZ Utility Corp interact with different aspects of the compatible units functionality depending on their specific role in the organization - from the organization’s system administrator, who configures supporting system codes and applies the Screen Designer functionality to make visible fields that are specific to compatible units estimation; to the organization’s compatible units librarian, who designs and maintains the compatible units library records themselves; to the project estimator, who assembles detailed CU estimates for projects, using the compatible units library records, calculates estimated costs and generates work order activities; to the tradesmen and technicians who complete those work orders in the field.