Planned Maintenance – 2

A PPM Masterclass – Part 2: Specifying the Work to be Done If you followed Part 1 of this post then you should have a pretty good idea what PPM Schedules are, how they work and how equipment can be linked to them. The most important point to recall from Part 1...

Planned Maintenance – 1

A PPM Masterclass – Part 1: The Basics Although many people disagree with the extra “P” in PPM (I’ll leave the argument about whether all planned maintenance is necessarily preventative to the philosophers!), the main difference between PPM and...

Grid Date Formats

Configurable Date Formats in Summary Screens As of version 1.17.0, it is now possible to specify a per-Role date format that will be used in all summary screens. You can configure this from the Role Manager, as shown below. The date format strings follow the Microsoft...

The Role Manager – Part 1

Part 1: Intoduction to the Role Manager This is the first in a series of articles about how and why to use the Role Manager. This is a big subject, and although it’s not particularly complex there is a lot to cover – one of the key features of e-Quip is...

Keeping Spare Part Prices Up-to-Date

Spare Part Prices As you probably know, E-Quip records several prices for spare parts: a) The base charge b) The default job charge c) Supplier list prices The first two define how much you will charge for prices, while the third indicates how much you pay for parts....