Asset Transfer Setup

Overview

In your company, you may occasionally need to move Assets between locations within the same company/legal entity. In EAM-BC, you can use Asset Transfer to create Asset Transfer Orders for shipping Assets in one location and receiving them in another location. This approach means you keep transfer records on your Assets. Examples of Asset Transfer:

• Transfer an Asset from Production Hall 1 to Production Hall 3 (permanent transfer, requiring one Asset Transfer Order)
• Transfer an Asset from Production Hall 1 to an internal Repair Shop and return it to Production Hall 1 when repair is completed (transfer and return, requiring two Asset Transfer Orders)

If you create an Asset Transfer for a parent Asset, all child Assets are included in the transfer.

You can add Checklists to an Asset Transfer Order, if required. This is useful if specific tasks are required for disassembly and reassembly of Assets in the Asset Transfer process.

The procedure for working with Asset Transfer includes

1. Ensure that you have the required users and permissions setup.
2. Set up number series for Asset Transfer.
3. Set up Categories for "Before Shipment" and "Before Receipt" Checklists (required if you want to use Checklists on Asset Transfer Orders)
4. Set up Asset Locations, which you want to use as transit locations during Asset Transfer, as "In Transit" locations
5. Create Asset Transfer Routes, which define what happens to an Asset during the transfer process (optional)
6. Create Checklists (optional)
   1. "Before Shipment" Checklist
   2. "Before Receipt" Checklist
7. Create an Asset Transfer Order and release it
8. Ship the Asset Transfer Order (if a "Before Shipment" checklist is added to the Transfer Order, you must complete that checklist before you can ship the Transfer Order)
9. Receive the Transfer Order (if a "Before Receipt" checklist is added to the Transfer Order, you must complete that checklist before you can receive the Transfer Order)

On the Asset Card, some fields are automatically updated during Asset Transfer, depending on the Asset Transfer Route setup and the current status of the Transfer Order:

• In the General section
  • Status Code
  • Parent No.
  • Parent Description
• In the Location section
  • Asset Location Code
  • Asset Location Name
  • On Transfer Order
  • In Transit

The screenshot below gives you an overview of the Asset Transfer workflow. The dotted lines refer to available, but not mandatory, data.

Asset Transfer Workflow

Users and Permission Sets

Managers require the "DAM EAM MANAGER" permission set in their user setup to be able to work with and manage Asset Transfers. That permission set is included in the standard permission setup for an Asset Manager.

Technicians require the "DAM EAM TECHNICIAN" permission set in their user setup to be able to work with and manage Asset Transfers. That permission set is included in the standard permission setup for an Asset Technician.

Refer to the User Management section to learn more about Roles, Users, and Permissions in EAM-BC.

Set Up Number Series

Set up number series for automatic numbering related to Asset Transfer.

1. On your role center, select Assets Setup > Asset Management Setup, or search for and select Asset Management Setup.
2. On the Numbering FastTab, select number series in these fields:
   1. Transfer Order Nos.
   2. Transfer Shipment Nos.
   3. Transfer Receipt Nos.

For more information about Asset Managment setup, refer to the article Asset Management Setup.

Set Up Checklist Categories

If you want to use Checklists on Asset Transfer Orders, you may want to set up at least two Checklist Categories for that purpose:

• Before Shipment
• Before Receipt

Those Categories must be selected on your Asset Transfer Checklists. Categories are created in the Dynaway Forms module because Checklists are created as Form Templates in the Forms module.

Refer to the test case below for step-by-step instructions on how to set up a Checklist Category.

Setting Up a Checklist Category

Steps 5

Expected

The user can create Form Template Categories to be used when creating "Before Shipment" and "Before Receipt" Checklists.

The categories used for Asset Transfer Checklists must have the type "Asset Transfer Checklist".

Set Up Asset Locations

You use Asset Locations when you transfer Assets between two locations.

If required, you can set up an Asset Location as "In Transit" Location, which is used during Asset Transfer. Refer to the article Asset Locations to learn more about Asset Location setup.

If you set up an Asset Location as "In Transit" Location, you cannot select it as a "Transfer-from" or "Transfer-to" location on an Asset Transfer Order.

Asset Transfer Routes

In Asset Transfer Routes you create routes for the Asset Locations used for Asset Transfer in your company.

An Asset Transfer Route includes the location you ship from and the location that receives the Asset. If you need more than two locations for an Asset Transfer, you create a Transfer Order for each "from-to" location. It is not possible to create a "from Loc1 via Loc2 to Loc3" combination in one go.

Setting up Asset Transfer Routes is optional, but the setup saves time when you create Asset Transfer Orders and makes it possible to use the same route setup regularly, for example, to send Assets for repair in an in-house repair shop. You can set up the following data for each Asset Transfer Route:

The screenshot below shows the Asset Transfer Routes screen and examples regarding

1. The settings explained in the table above, which can be shown in the Asset Transfer Routes Matrix, one at a time, for the route combinations you have created. In this example, the Transfer-To Asset Status is used.
2. Examples of route setup for Asset Transfer from Locations H1.MH and H2.MH (production facilities) to Locations Rep Hall R01 and Rep Hall R02 (repair shops). When an Asset is received in a repair shop, the Asset Status Code is automatically changed to "Broken". This type of transfer is considered temporary as Assets are returned to their "main location" when repair is completed.
3. Examples of a route setup for permanent transfer between H1.MH and H2.MH (production facilities) - where the Asset Status Code is automatically set to "Installed" when the Asset is received in H2.MH. The other example shows the setup where Assets are returned from repair shop Rep Hall R01 to production facility H2.MH. Here, the Asset is returned to its 'primary' location - where the Asset Status Code is automatically set to "Transferred" when the Asset is returned to production facility H2.MH.

Refer to the test case below for step-by-step instructions on how to set up an Asset Transfer Route.

Example of an Asset Transfer Routes setup

Setting Up an Asset Transfer Route

Data Requirements

1. Asset Location Codes and Asset Status Codes exist.
2. At least one Asset Location is set up as "In Transit" Location.

Steps 8

Expected

The user can create an Asset Transfer Route for any Asset Location combination shown in the Asset Transfer Routes Matrix.

In Asset Transfer Routes > Show field, the user can select a setup option to display the selections made for that setup on all the Asset Transfer Routes created.