Modifying material request details

This page allows you to modify the material request selected in the “Material Request Selection” page . Tell me more

Select the “Edit Material Request” link in the “Material Request Selection” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked material request number in the multiline of the same page.

The Edit Material Request” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed

This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user ID. If the format is not defined, the system will display the date format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

The system displays the following field in the “Material Request Details” group box:

Material Request #

The material request number for which the details must be modified

Enter the following fields if you wish to modify those details:

Status	Use the drop-down list to modify the status of the material request. The system lists the following :
	Draft - When the material request details are recorded, and some more details are yet to be recorded for the material request
	Fresh - When all the material request details have been entered
Note: You cannot change the status of a material request from “Fresh” to “Draft” status.
MR Class	Use the drop- down list box to modify the MR class. The system provides the following options:
	Maintenance – Select this option to indicate that the MR is created for maintenance requirement.
	General – Select this option to indicate that the MR is created for a general requirement.
MR Type	Use the drop-down list box to modify the type of the material request.
	If the MR Class is “Maintenance” or “General”, the system provides the following options:
	Planned – Indicates that the material request is raised due to planned maintenance activities or execution documents that contain the list of materials required.
	Unplanned – Indicates that the material request is raised due to unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station. The system displays “Unplanned” by default.
	If the MR class is “Replenishment”, then the system loads and defaults with the value “For Stock”.

Note: Any one of the following field must be entered: “Ref document #”, “Aircraft Reg#”, “Component #”, or “Station #”, if the “MR Class” and the “MR Type” are set as “Maintenance” and “Planned” respectively.

MR Category	Use the drop-down list box to modify the category to which the material request belongs. The system lists the MR categories defined in the “Create Quick codes” activity that are in the “Active” status.
MR Priority	Use the drop-down list to modify the priority of the material request.

	The system displays the following options, if the MR Type is set as “Planned” or “Unplanned”:
	Normal – Select this option to indicate that the MR is raised for parts that pertain to the usual requirement of an aircraft.
	AOG – Select this option to indicate that the MR is raised for the aircraft on ground. This is the situation where the parts have to be made available immediately because the aircraft cannot fly without the part. An MR of this type must be assigned the first priority. The system displays “Normal” by default.
	If the MR Type is set as “For Stock”, then the system loads and defaults with the value “Low”. The system displays “Low” by default, if the MR Class is selected as "Replenishment".

Warehouse #

Use the drop-down list box to modify the number of the warehouse where you are located. The system lists all those warehouses defined in the “Create Warehouse Information“ activity of the “Storage Administration” business component.

The system displays the following field:

Warehouse Description

The textual description of the warehouse.

Zoom facility available.

Enter the following fields if you wish to modify the details:

Need Date

The date on which the parts will be consumed or needed (Date Format) Mandatory.

Note: For material requests with priority as "AOG", ensure that the need date is either the current date or the next date from the current date.
Request For	Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the material request is created for internal parts, customer parts or both the internal and customer parts. The system lists the option “Internal”. The system lists the additional options “Customer” and “Internal and Customer”, only if there is an interaction between the current business component and the “Stock Maintenance” business component and between the “Stock Maintenance” component and the “Customer” component.
User Status	Use the drop-down list box to modify the user-defined status for the material request. The system lists all the user status defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity, that are in the “Active” status.

Enter the following in the “Customer Information” group box:

Customer #

The code identifying the customer. (Alphanumeric, 18). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if the “Request For” field is set to "Internal And Customer" or "Customer".

Help facility available..

Note: If the “Request For” is set to "Internal And Customer" or "Customer" and the reference document # does not have any reference to the owning agency #/ customer #, ensure that the customer number entered in this field is in active status as defined in the “Customer” business component which interacts with the “Stock Maintenance” business component having interaction with the current business component.

Note: Ensure that the value entered here is a valid customer number for the specified aircraft for which the material request is created. This is applicable, if the aircraft is customer-owned as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

Note: Ensure that the value entered here is a valid customer number for the specified component for which the material request is created. This is applicable, if the component is customer-owned as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

The system displays the following in the “Customer Information” group box:

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

Note: The system retrieves and displays the customer name from the “Customer” business component, if the customer number is in active status.

Enter the following fields in the “Material Request For” group box if you wish to modify the details:

Aircraft Reg #

The aircraft registration number for which the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 30)

The aircraft registration number should have already been defined in the “Create Aircraft Information” activity of the “Aircraft” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

Help facility available.

Ensure that the value entered here is an active value as defined in the “Aircraft” business component, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Note: Ensure that the aircraft registration number is entered, if the “MR Priority” is set to “AOG”.

Note: The system ignores the specified aircraft registration number, if the reference document type is “Component Work Order”.

Component #

The component ID for which the materials are required (Alphanumeric, 90)

The component ID should have already been defined in the “Create Component ID Information” activity in the “Aircraft” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

Help facility available.

Ensure that the value entered here is an active value as defined in the “Aircraft” business component, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Note: The system ignores the specified component number, if the reference document type is “Tech Log”.

Note: Ensure that either the aircraft registration number or component number is entered for parts with stock status as “PBH”.

Work Center #

The number identifying the work center where the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory, if MR priority is “AOG” or “Normal”. The work center number should have already been defined in the “Create Work Center” activity in the “Work Center” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

Help facility available.

Ensure that the value entered here is an active value as defined in the “Work Center” business component, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Note: For the reference document type “Tech Log”, the work center entered must be the same work center as identified in the technical log.

Station #

The number identifying the station where the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 32)

The station number should have already been defined in the “Create Station” activity of the “Common Masters” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

Ensure that the value entered here is a value as defined in the “Common Master” business component, if the MR class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Note: If the reference document type is “Tech Log”, then the system defaults the reporting station of the technical log in the “Station #” field.

Enter the following fields in the “Reference Document Details” group box if you wish to modify the details:

Ref. Document Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify the reference document type based on which the material request is prepared. The system displays the following options:

Tech Log – The tech log transaction number

Others - Any document other than the line work order, component work order or the tech log.

The system also displays blank.

Note: For the reference document type “Tech Log”, the MR class must be set as “Maintenance”.

Note: If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance” and the “MR Type” is “Planned”, the reference document type should not be left blank.

Note: If the settings in the common logistics master allow only direct work order to generate material, then you cannot generate material requests from other business components such as Component Work Order.

Note: Ensure that the Reference Document Type is set as “Others”, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Ref. Document #	The reference document number based on which the material request is prepared (Alphanumeric, 40)
Note: Ensure the following while entering the reference document number: a) If the reference document type is “Tech Log”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Planned”, enter the “Tech Log #” in “Fresh” status as defined in the “Flight log” business component. b) If the reference document type is “Tech Log”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Unplanned”, enter either the “Aircraft Reg #” or the “Tech Log #”.
Requesting Location	Use the drop-down list box to modify the organization unit from where the material request is prepared. Leave this field blank if you do not wish to specify the requesting location. For reference document type as “Tech Log”, the system by default displays the login organization unit as the requesting location.
Note: If the MR Class is “Maintenance” and the MR Type is “Planned”, the requesting location should not be blank. Note: If the page is called by components other than the current component and the Material Request Type is “Planned”, then the type of the reference document, the reference document number and the requesting location should not be changed.
Requestor	The number identifying the employee who made the request for the part (Alphanumeric, 15). The employee number should have already been defined in the “Create Employee File“ activity of “Employee Information“ business component and is in the “Active” status. The employee name will be displayed alongside, if the employee code has been entered. If the employee code has not been entered you can enter the employee name here (Alphanumeric, 15). Help facility available. Zoom facility available.

Enter the following field “Accounting Details” group box:

Account Usage

Use the drop down list box to select the type of the accounting usage to be used. The system lists all the “Active” user defined “Usage” as defined in the “Account Rule Definition” business component. The system displays “Blank” by default.

Note: Ensure that the “Account Usage” is blank, if the MR class is selected as “Replenishment”.

Note: Ensure that the “Account Usage” for parts with expense type “Revenue”, or parts with Issue Basis other than “Returnable”, if

a. MR Class is “General”.

b. MR Class is “Maintenance” and no reference document number is entered.

c. MR Class is “Maintenance” and reference document type is “Others”.

Costing Usage

Use the drop down list box to select the costing usage to be used. The system lists all the “Active” user defined “Usage” as defined in the “Cost Center Rule Definition” business component. The system leaves the field blank by default. Entry in this field is mandatory,

if the current business component interacts with the “Cost Center Rule Definition” business component.
if the account usage is associated with the parts in the multiline.· if the MR Type is “Unplanned”.
if the reference document number is not entered
if the reference document type selected does not contain a valid reference document number.

Check the one of the following boxes in the “Options’ group box:

Hard Allocation Required	To indicate if hard allocation is required for a part or not. By default, this box appears checked. The system uncheck this check box, if the MR class is “Replenishment”,
Issue in Single Lot	To indicate that the part has to be issued in a single lot

Enter the following field if you wish to modify the part type:

Part Type

Use the drop-down list box to modify the type of the part for which the material request is prepared. The system lists the following values based on the option selected in the “Options Settings” activity of “Logistics Common Master“ business component: (As of now, its in Purchase)

If the “All” box is checked or none of the boxes are checked, the system lists “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, “Raw Material” ,"Miscellaneous"and “Kit”.

If one or two or more boxes are checked, the system lists only those checked values and "Others".

Leave this field blank to specify all types of parts for the material request transaction.

Note: For the “General” class MR, you have to select a part type based on the option you have selected in the “Set Inventory Options” of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the “Part Types Allowed for General Material Request” field is set as a part type other than the part type selected for the “Allowed Part Types in Single Material Request” field, you have to select the “Others” option to enter the parts of those part types.

The system displays the following field in the “Part Details” multiline:

Line #

The number identifying the row in the multiline in which the part is entered. For every part number added in the multiline, the system generates the line number sequentially on clicking the “Edit Request” pushbutton.

Enter the following field in the “Part Details” multiline:

Requested Part #	The number identifying the part for which the material request is raised (Alphanumeric, 40)
	Data entry in this field is mandatory if the “Reqd Qty” and “Reqd UOM” fields are entered.
	The part number must have been defined in the “Create Part Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, and must be in the “Active” status.
	If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance”, the usage of the part must also be “Maintenance”
	Help facility available

Note: The system displays an error message, if you attempt to modify an already associated part number. However, if you have modified the part type in the “Options” group box, you are allowed to modify this part number.

Ensure that the part number is valid for the part type selected in the “Options” group box.

The system displays the following fields:

Part Description	The textual description of the part
Click the hyperlinked “Part Description” to view the part details.
Part Type	The type of the part

Enter the following:

Reqd Qty

The total quantity of the part required (Decimal)

Data entry in this field is mandatory if the “Requested Part #” and “Reqd UOM” fields are entered. The number entered in this field must be greater than zero. Also, the number must be an integer, if the UOM selected in the “Reqd UOM” field does not allows decimals.

Reqd UOM

The unit of measurement of the parts required

The unit of measurement must be in a valid “Active” status for the part defined in the “Create UOM” activity of the “Unit of Measurement Administration” business component or you can enter any valid UOM defined for the part in the “Maintain UOM Conversions” of “Part Administration” business component. If you leave this field blank, the system assumes the UOM of the part stocked.

Help facility available

Enter the following field:

Stock Status

Use the drop-down list box to modify the status in which the part is required. The system lists all the active user-defined and system-defined stock statuses that are mapped to the transaction type in the “Create User Defined Stock Status” activity of the “User Defined Stock Status” business component.

Note: Ensure that the stock status of the part is set as “PBH”, if the reference document type is “Tech Log” and the aircraft on which the technical log is raised, is under “PBH” agreement.

Note: Ensure that the stock status of the part is set as “Customer Goods”, if the reference document type is “Tech Log” and the aircraft on which the tech log is raised, is customer -owned.

Note: Ensure that the stock status of the part is not set to “PBH” or “Customer Owned” for material request with MR class as “General” if the “Request For” field is set to “Internal”.

Note: Ensure that a valid customer-owned stock status is selected, with the Ownership-Customer attribute set as “Yes” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component. This is applicable if the requested part # is defined in the inclusion list in the “Customer Order” business component, for a particular customer # specified in the header.

Note: Ensure that the internal stock status is selected, with the Ownership-Internal attribute set as “Yes” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component. This is applicable if the requested part # is defined in the exclusion list in the “Customer Order” business component, for a particular customer # specified in the header.

Requirement Type

The requirement type for a part which could be “Specific” or “Normal”, based on whether the material request is being created for specific serial number and/or lot number part or not.

Specific - Indicates that the material request is being created only for preferred serial number / lot number of the part.
Normal - Indicates that the material request is being created for all the serial numbers and/or lot numbers for the part.

The system displays “Normal” by default.

Note: The requirement type can be “Specific” only for parts that are serial-controlled and/or lot-controlled. Also, the preferred serial number and lot number details must have been entered for the part in the “Edit Preferred Serial # / Lot # “ page of the current business component.

Note: Ensure that “Specific” is not selected in the “Requirement Type”, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

The system displays the following field:

Planning Type

Planning Type The planning type of the part, which could be “Min-Max” or “Reorder level”.

Enter the following field:

Alternate Allowed?

Use the drop-down list box to and set the field as “Specific Alternates”, if specific alternate part numbers can be considered when the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available. Select “Not Allowed” otherwise.

By default, the system leaves the field blank.

Note: If this field is set as “Specific Alternates”, ensure that,

a) Requirement type is set as “Normal” and

b) Substitute part number is entered.

Substitute Part #

The number identifying the alternate part that can be used if the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available.

The part number must have been defined in the “Create Part Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, and must be in the “Active” status.
The part number entered must have been defined as the alternate part for the requested part in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of “Part Administration” business component.
If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance”, the usage of the part must also be “Maintenance”.
The part type and the planning type must be the same as the requested part, but the substitute part number should not be the same as requested part number.

Help facility available

Note: If substitute part number is entered, then “Alternate Allowed?” must be set to “Specific Alternates”.

Note: Ensure that the part number entered here is a valid direct alternate part or a conditional alternate part for the requested part, as defined in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. This is applicable if the “Request For” is set as “Internal”.

Note: Ensure that the part number entered here is a valid direct alternate part, conditional alternate part or customer-specific alternate part for the requested part, as defined in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. This is applicable if the “Request For” is set as “Internal And Customer” or “Customer” and the customer number is specified in the header.

The system displays the following field:

Available Qty	The total quantity of parts available in the warehouse.
Stock UOM	The unit of measurement of the parts stocked.

Enter the following field:

Preferred Condition

Use the drop-down list box to specify the condition in which the part of the “Component” type is required. The following are the conditions available:

New – Select his option to indicate that the part must be new or purchased recently.

Overhauled – Select this option to indicate that some maintenance action or servicing must be done on the part, and the part has not been used after servicing.

Serviceable – Select this option to indicate that the part must be in a usable condition.

Unserviceable – Select this option to indicate that the part can be in an unusable state.

Leave this field blank if you do not wish to specify the condition.

Note:Ensure that the preferred condition is entered, if the part type is “Component”.

The system displays the following field:

Issue Basis

Indicates whether the part is a “Returnable”, “Non Returnable” or “Core Returnable” part

“Core Returnable” indicates that instead of the issued part any other part can be returned.

Enter the following:

Exp. Return Date

The expected date on which the part must be returned (Date Format) Data entry in this field is mandatory if the “Issue Basis” is “Returnable” and if the MR Class is “General” or “Maintenance”. The date entered here should be equal to or later than the current server date and need date.

The system displays the following fields:

Substitute Qty	The total quantity of the alternate or substitute part available
Part Control Type	The type of part control, which could be “Serial Number”, “Lot Number”, “Both” or “None Controlled”.
Allocable	Indicates whether the part is allocable or not.
Enter the following:
Remarks	Comments or remarks about raising the material request for the part. (Alphanumeric, 255)
The system displays the following fields:
Substitute Part Description	The textual description of the substitute or alternate part

Click the hyperlinked “Substitute Part Description” to view the part details.

multiline, and the combination of the requested part, stock status and preferred condition is not repeated in the multiline.

Enter the following field in the “Other Details” group box if you wish to modify the details:

User- defined Details – 1	Additional details pertaining to the material request, defined by the user. Help facility available.
User- defined Details – 2	Additional details pertaining to the material request, defined by the user. Help facility available.
Delivery Instruction	You can provide general instructions regarding the delivery of the part. Help facility available.
Remarks	Additional remarks pertaining to the material request Typically, the reason for modifying the material request can be entered here (Alphanumeric, 255). Help facility available.

Enter the following field in the “Attachments” group box:

File Name

Enter the name of the file used for document reference that is associated with the material request (Alphanumeric, 50).

Help facility available.

Zoom facility available.

Select the “View File” link alongside to view the reference document file.

The system displays the following fields in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created By	The name of the user who created the material request.
Created Date	The date on which the material request was created.
Last Modified By	The name of the user who last modified the material request.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the material request was last modified.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the requested part for deletion.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline, to delete the part, selected in the multiline.
Click the “Cancel Request” pushbutton to cancel the material request.

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent as per the settings you have defined in the "Workflow Management" business component.

The system sets the material request in the “Canceled” status.
For the “Fresh” status material request, the system deletes the plan demand created for the part number entered in the multiline.
Click the “Edit Request” pushbutton to modify the material request details.

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent and you can configure further processing of this document in the "Workflow Management" business component.

Note: The login user should have rights for creating material request and rights for accessing the warehouse from which the material is requested.

Note: You cannot modify an material request , which is in the “Cancelled” status.

The system performs the following on clicking the “Edit Request” pushbutton:

If the “Request For” field is set to "Internal And Customer" or "Customer", the system allows creation of the material request only if the customer is mapped to the specified storage area in the warehouse defined in the “Maintain External Stock Allocation” page of the “Storage Administration” business component.
Ensures that the stock status other than the customer-owned stock status is selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Customer attribute set as “No” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Internal”.
Ensures that the valid customer-owned stock status and internal stock status are selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Supplier attribute set as “No” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Internal And Customer”.
Ensures that the customer-owned stock status is selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Customer attribute set as “Yes” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Customer”.

Note: The system checks whether the parts are internal or customer-owned, by verifying the part type-stock status mapping in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component.

For material requests with “MR Priority” set as “Normal”, the system ignores the value entered in the “Aircraft Reg #” and “Station #”fields.
For a material request with “MR Priority” set to “AOG”,

Ensures that aircraft registration number is entered.
Ensure that the need date is either the current date or the next date from the current date.
The system updates the status of the material request as “Fresh”, if the “AOG Material Request Authorization” option is set to “Normal” in the “Set Inventory Option” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.
The system updates the status of the material request as “Authorized”, if the “AOG Material Request Authorization” option is set to “Automatic” in the “Set Inventory Option” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the MR status is “Fresh”, the system creates the plan demand for the parts listed in the multiline. If the existing part quantity is modified, the plan demand is also modified to reflect the modified quantity. If an existing part is deleted in the multiline, the system deletes the plan demand for the part.
If the status is set to “Fresh” and the requirement type is “Specific”, then the preferred serial and lot number information must be entered for the part.
If this page is invoked from the business component other than the “Material Request”, provided that the “Reservation” flag is set as “Yes” in the corresponding business component, the system performs the above specified detail on updation.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Authorize Material Request” link at the bottom of the page to authorize the material request.

Select the “Edit References” link at the bottom of the page to maintain the document references.
Select the “Edit Preferred Serial / Lot Information” link at the bottom of the page to enter the preferred serial and lot number details for the part.

Note: You can invoke this link only if the requirement type of the requested part is set as “Specific”.

Select the “Inquire Stock Availability” to view the stock balance details in the warehouse for the requested part.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details.

elect the “Inquire Stock Availability Substitute Parts” to view the stock balance details of the alternate parts in the selected warehouse.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details.

Select the “View Parts Information” link to view the part details.

Refer to the topic “View Parts Information – A summary of the activity” in the “Part Administration” business component for more details.

Select the “View Alternate Part Info” link to view the alternate part details.

Refer to the topic “View Alternate Part Nos. – A summary of the activity” in the “Part Administration” business component for more details.

What you can do in this page

Indicate the MR class

Modify the type of the MR

Assign a priority to the material request

Assign a status to the MR

Specify the reference document type

Specify the condition in which the part is required

Specify whether alternate part to be considered

Indicate the MR class

You must specify the MR class, which indicates whether the MR is created for maintenance requirement or for a general requirement.

Set the “MR Class” drop-down list box as “Maintenance” to create the MR for maintenance requirement.
Set the “MR Class” drop-down list box as “General” to create the MR for general requirement.

Modify the type of the MR

You can modify the type of the material request. The “Planned” type material request indicates that the MR is created for planned maintenance activities or from execution documents that contain the list of materials required. The “Unplanned” type MR indicates that the material request is created from unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station.

Set the “MR Type” drop-down list box as “Planned” to modify the material request to the planned type.

Note: Any one of the following field must be entered: “Ref document #”, “Aircraft Reg#”, “Component #”, or “Station #”, if the “MR Class” and the “MR Type” is set as “Maintenance” and “Planned respectively.

Set the “MR Type” drop-down list box as “Unplanned” to modify the material request to the unplanned type.

Note: Any one of the following field “Aircraft Reg#” or “Tech Log #” must be entered if the reference document type is “Tech Log”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Unplanned".

Assign a priority to the material request

The priority of the material request can be modified. You can modify a material request to “Normal” priority to indicate that the MR is created for parts that pertain to the usual requirement of an aircraft or to the “AOG” priority to indicate that the MR is created for the aircraft on ground. This is the situation where the parts have to be made available immediately because the aircraft cannot fly without the part. MR of this type must be assigned the first priority.

Set the “MR priority” drop-down list box as “Normal” to modify the priority of the material request to normal.
Set the “MR priority” drop-down list box as “AOG” to modify the priority of the material request to AOG.

Assign a status to the MR

The status of the material request can be modified. The “Draft” status indicates that the material request details are recorded, and some more details are yet to be recorded for the material request. The “Fresh” indicates that all the material request details have been entered.

Set the “Status” drop-down list box as “Draft” to specify that some more details of the MR must be entered.
Set the “Status” drop-down list box as “Fresh” to specify that all the material request details are entered.

Specify the reference document type

You can specify the reference document type for the MR of the “Maintenance” class and the “Planned ”type.

Set the “Ref. Document Type” drop-down list box as “Tech Log” to indicate that the MR is prepared based on the tech log.
Set the “Ref. Document Type” drop-down list box as “Others” to indicate that the MR is prepared based on some other document.

Specify the condition in which the part is required

You can specify the condition in which the requested part is required.

Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “New” to indicate that the part must be new or purchased recently.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Overhauled” to indicate that some maintenance action or servicing must be done on the part, and the part has not been used after servicing.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Serviceable” to indicate that the part must be in a usable condition.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Unserviceable” to indicate that the part can be in an unusable state.

Specify whether alternate part to be considered

You can specify if alternate parts can be considered when the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available.

Set the “Alternate Part? ” drop-down list box as “Specific Alternates” to indicate that specific alternate part numbers can be considered if the required part is not available,
Set the “Alternate Part? ” drop-down list box as “Not Allowed” to indicate that alternate part numbers can not be considered, if the required part is not available.

Modifying material request details – An overview

You can modify the material request selected in the “Material Request Selection” page. You can modify the following details:

The status of the material request
MR class, whether the material request is created for maintenance requirement or for general requirement.
MR type, whether the material request is generated for planned maintenance activities or for unplanned maintenance.
The category to which the material request belongs
MR priority, whether the material request is created for usual requirement of an aircraft or for the aircraft on ground.

You can modify the date on which the material is required, the number and description of the warehouse from where the materials can be collected and the user-defined status of the material request.

You can also modify the aircraft registration number and the component ID, for which the parts are required. The numbers of the work center and station where the parts are required, and the reference documents details can also be modified.

You can also specify whether hard allocation is required for a part or not, and whether the parts have to be issued in a single lot or not. You can specify the following part details: The part number and required quantity
The alternate part if the requested part is not available
The stock status of the part that is required
The required condition of the part
The expected return date for the returnable part that can be modified

You can also modify the user- defined details, delivery instructions and general comments about the material request. The system creates the material request number and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date.