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Equipment > Setup > Departments
Description
A department is the center or area that is responsible for the maintenance of equipment, such as an asset, a position, a system, or a location. The department coordinates the work, assigns the appropriate crew, plans the work, and approves respective work orders.
When defining equipment, assign it to a department. The department can be modified if needed on work orders. When creating work orders (for maintenance or repairs to equipment), the system rolls up the associated costs to the department of the work order. Set up a default store for each department as well as a default supervisor. When reserving parts for a work order, the system stores them in the specified store.
Associate tools with departments for scheduling purposes. Once you have associated a tool with a department, the system allows you to schedule the tool on a work order for the department.