All equipment that will need to be maintained need to be entered as equipment objects in IFS/Equipment. Maintenance Organizations (departments), locations, systems, functions and groups of object can also be entered as equipment objects. The wide definition of an object allows you to describe your facility in both geographical or physical and functional terms. It also allows you to drill down from, i.e., a maintenance organization to find the smallest connector, or from a known bearing up to a production unit. You can even easily find all components that make up an air conditioning system.
Equipment objects in a facility can be of two different types, functional or serial. A functional equipment object is often viewed as a location or a function. A functional object's object level should reflect its location or position in the facility.
Objects that must be mobile within the facility, for example an electrical motor, should be established as serial objects. Serial objects can be moved between different locations within the facility, and can also be moved into inventory.
To all types of object you can connect technical data, documents and drawings and spare part information.
IFS/Equipment supports various maintenance standards for structure levels, e.g., the KKS-standard.