Spare parts in maintenance

Spare parts can be added to Trail for example as consumables. When a spare part has been taken into use as part of a maintenance work, the total quantity will go down. This will allow to easily follow how many items you have left.

How to create a spare part

1. Open Items - Consumables

2. Click Create consumable model

3. Fill in the information. Remember to select Spare part as: YES

You can also set a alert threshold amount to track on when to order more of the spare part.

4. Click Save

5. Please fill in the quantity and the department and location of the spare part. After this, click: Save

6. The spare part has now been fully added to Trail.

How to use spare parts as part of a maintenance work

1. Open the maintenance that will be worked on.

2. From spare parts section, click: Add spare part

3. Fill in the spare part model, location and department from where the spare part was taken. Remember to click: Save

4. If you will add more than one spare part, please repeat the previous step.

5. The quantity will be removed from the consumable once it has been added to maintenance. 

6. You can then finish the maintenance work and close it.

Note! From consumable's own page, you are able to find all the maintenances where the model has been used. If the spare part has been added as stock model, the quantity will not be decreased, but you are able to see all the maintenances on the stock model's page.