About the Asset Tree
The Asset Tree is used to catalog every asset that exists within the company, from the industrial plant to the components of each piece of equipment. It is the first step towards a robust registration structure and enables world-class levels of planning and control.
In general, a Structural Tree has 8 levels, which can vary from process to process or from company to company. The more “steps” you go down, the higher the “branches” of the structure become.
Important terms
It is important that you know a few terms before creating your Asset Tree.
Location: This is the geographical region where the sub-locations and assets will be installed. Basically, it could be a production line, shed, building, etc. This is where you will indicate the receiver of this area, for example.
Sub-location: A sub-site is a derivative of Site.
Asset: This is a machine and can carry more than one sensor. For example: a 250CV motor will carry two sensors and for this case, the asset will be called Electric Motor and the sub-assets will be called LA Side and LOA Side. For Parent assets, you only need to add an image, name and link to a location. No sensor code should be linked. This asset will only become a Parent (full cube) when a child asset (with linked sensor) is defined as a sub-asset.
Sub-Asset: A sub-asset is a derivation of the Asset. Sensors will be registered here.
Component: Inventory item that makes up the equipment.
Useful links
To find out more about Location Registration, go to our FAQ by clicking here. We also have an article explaining more about Asset Registration, which you can find here.