We use a similiar system just a little more detailed.
1-2 = area/plant code
3-4 = 2 digit line #
5-6 = 2 digit cell #
7-8 = 2 digit equip type code
9-10-11 = unique equip id #
12 = critical marker
ex. - 1540-pp720181003c
very easy to work with when searching or adding equipment.

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Originally posted by steve1311:
We use a similiar system just a little more detailed.
1-2 = area/plant code
3-4 = 2 digit line #
5-6 = 2 digit cell #
7-8 = 2 digit equip type code
9-10-11 = unique equip id #
12 = critical marker
ex. - 1540-pp720181003c
very easy to work with when searching or adding equipment.

Let me check
Area 15, Line 40, a dash? it means no cell?, Equipment Type PP (is this a pump?), Unique Id 201, What does 81003 means? Code ends with a c must be a critical unit.

I'm a little late to this party but here's the system we use:
First number is location(4 plants)
Next is asset number,similar equipment in each plant uses the same 3 digit number e.g. mixer 1 is always 200,mixer 2 is 250.
If necessary I add a suffix letter(s)M for mold or v for vibrator assembly etc.
So the paver machine vibrator assembly in plant 2 would be 2-400-v.
Work orders POs and inventory all relate to these numbers.

We like to use the four letter with four digits. Example for Air Handler 1 =ACAH0001, Air Compressor 1= ACCC0001, Empty Trash Conveyor 2=CVTR0002, Battery Machine Changer= BTCM0001. If you have multiple building then you could also use the second didgit to refer to the building example ACAH0101(Air Handler 1 in bldg. 1). On our trash conveyors that have multiple level we use CVTR0102( level 01 line 02) or CVTR0201(level 2 line 1). Just some insight from me.

The equipment ID # sometimes depends on the CMMS you are using. A typical CMMS is structured in the folling relationship to equipment:
1) Site - where there are multiple sites
2) Building- multiple building per site
3) Location - multiple departments per building
4)Equipment - Maintenance Significant Item (MSI)
Asset number are assigned to MSI base on a parent to siblings relationship and it must be unique. It c[EMAIL]rujames1Yahoo.com[/EMAIL]an be numeric, alpha-numeric, with inteligence or without intelegence. Should you use inteligence in the asset number you run the risk of not being able to move this equipment form one location to another while retaining its history. e.g. a 25 hp motor can be used a more than one location in a facility, if you should use inteligence to show its relaionshp to a particular process or equipment then in transfering it to another process/ equipment the asset number would become invalid. I would suggest using a sequence of numbers of five or six digits for the asset number, and give the process equipment a name example Boiler #1. and use this name in the description. At my Facility we use the first and last letters of the equipment manufacturer and a three digit code ( SL-011) Sidel number 11.