Production resources/tools (PRTs) are mobile operating facilities used in production or plant maintenance. The system distinguishes between the following types of production resource/tool on the basis of their attributes and business function:
Materials considered in materials management, for example, in inventory management, material requirements planning, and procurement
Equipment such as measuring devices or high-quality tools requiring preventive maintenance
Documents such as drawings or programs for which document management functions are used
Other PRTs (with a PRT master record) requiring less maintenance
In the following objects, you can assign PRTs to operations and phases:
Task lists (including standard networks and recipes)
Production orders and maintenance orders
Networks
If a PRT is required for inspections during production, you can assign it to the relevant inspection characteristic in the task list as test equipment.
Using the classification system, you can group PRTs according to your own criteria, making it easier to search for the PRTs.
You can also link PRTs to document info records to refer to additional information such as a design drawing.
The standard system contains the special material type FHMI for production resources/tools. The standard system is configured such that the user department Production Resources/Tools appears only for materials of this material type. However, your system administrator can change this in Customizing for the Material Master by choosing
Since PRT data is created at plant level, you are required to specify a plant in the Organizational Levels dialog box to access the data screen for this user department.
In the material master record of a PRT, you specify data required by PRT management. For information on PRT management, see Production Resources/Tools in the SAP library documentation Routings (PP-BD-RTG) .