Equipment Actuals

Equipment actuals identify an equipment capability used during a selected work process segment.

Resource actuals show the as-performed actual values for a resource during a production cycle. A resource actual is associated with a resource specification, making it easy to compare actual and specified values for properties.

When the planned use of equipment resources does not match the actual use of equipment resources, then an equipment actual is used. The equipment actual records the true values of resources during production, which can be compared to expected use. Work process segments have specifications, but no way to record actual values. Using equipment actuals makes it possible to take a true measurement of the resources that were used. For example, if the production line that is normally used is shut down for maintenance and a separate production line is used, then an equipment actual would record the use of the other line.

An equipment actual corresponds to an existing equipment resource.

IProductionRuntime Service Interface

Creating equipment actuals and editing their properties is managed using the CreateEquipmentActual and AddResourceActualProperties call methods.