Viewing material request information

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This page allows you to view the material request details .  Tell me more

The “View 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 fields in the “Material Request  Details” group box:

Material Request #

The number identifying the material request.

Status

The status of the material request which could be ““Draft”, “Fresh”, “Authorized”, “Canceled”, “Partially Issued”, "Short Closed” or “Closed”.

MR Class

The class to which the MR belongs

The system displays one of the following:

 
  • Maintenance – To indicate that the MR is created for maintenance requirement

 
  • General – To indicate that the MR is created for a general requirement.

MR Type

The type of the material request. The system displays one of the following:

 
  • Planned - Indicates that the material request is raised due to planned maintenance activities or execution documents which contains the list of materials required

 
  • Unplanned – Indicates that the material request is raised for unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station.

MR Priority

The priority of the material request

The system displays one of the following:

 
  • Normal – To indicate that the MR is raised for parts that pertain to the usual requirement of an aircraft

 

  • AOG – 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.

MR Category

 

The category to which the material request belongs

Warehouse #

The number identifying the warehouse where you are located.

Warehouse Description

The textual description of the warehouse.

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Need Date

The date on which the parts will be consumed or needed.

Request For

Indicates whether the material request is created for internal parts, customer parts or both the internal and customer parts. The system displays the options “Internal”, “Customer” or “Internal And Customer”.

User Status

The user-defined status of the material request

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

Customer #

The code identifying the customer.  

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

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The system displays the following fields in the “Material Request  For” group box:

Aircraft Reg #

The registration number of the aircraft for which the parts are required

Component #

The number identifying the component for which the materials are required

Work Center #

The number identifying the work center where the parts are required

Station #

The number identifying the station where the parts are required

The system displays the following fields in the “Reference Document Details” group box:

Ref. Document Type

The reference document type based on which the material request is prepared.

The system displays one of the following:

 
  • Component Work Order – Indicates that the MR was raised based on a component work order.

 
  • Tech Log – Indicates that the MR was raised based on a technical log.

 

  • Visit Package – Indicates that the MR was raised based on a visit package.

 

  • Hangar Work Order- Indicates that the MR was raised based on hangar work order

 

  • Others - Indicates that the MR was raised based on any document other than the component work order, line work order or technical log.

Ref. Document #

The number identifying the reference document based on which the material request is prepared.

Requesting Location

The organization unit from where the material request is prepared.

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References

Displays “Multiple”, if the “Maintenance” class material request has reference to multiple “Tech Log” documents. Else, displays “Single".

Requestor

The number identifying the employee who made the request for the part. The employee name will be displayed alongside.

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The system displays the following fields in the “Accounting Details” group box:

Account Usage

The  accounting usage  to be used.

Costing Usage

The costing usage  to be used

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

Line #

The number identifying the row in the multiline in which the part is entered.

Requested Part #

The number identifying the part for which the material request is raised.

Part Description

The textual description of the part.

Part Type

The type of the part.

Reqd Qty

The total quantity of the part required

Reqd UOM

The unit of measurement of the required parts

Stock Status

The stock status of the required part

Requirement Type

The requirement type of the part, which could be “Normal” or “Specific”.

Material Type

The material type, which could be “Main Core” or “Regular”.

Note: The system displays the material type only if the reference document type is “Component Work Order”.

Status

The status of the material request, which could be "Draft", "Fresh", "Authorized", "Canceled", "Partially Issued", "Short Closed" or "Closed".

Planning Type

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

Alternate Allowed?

Displays “Specific Alternates” if alternate part numbers can be considered in place of the requested part number, when the “Requested Part #” is not available.

Displays “Not Allowed” if alternate part numbers cannot be considered.

Substitute Part #

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

Available Qty

The quantity of the part that is available in the warehouse

Stock UOM

The unit of measurement of the stocked part

Authorized Qty

The total quantity authorized for the part

Hard Allocated Qty

The quantity of part that is physically allocated for non-disposition part

Reserved Qty

The quantity of the part that is reserved for the disposition part

Issued Qty

The quantity of the issued part

Short Closed Qty

The quantity of the short closed part

Return Qty.

The quantity of part returned.

Receipt Qty.

The quantity of part received.

Preferred Condition

The preferred condition of the requested part

The system leaves the field blank or displays one of the following:

 
  • New – Indicates that the part must be new or purchased recently

 
  • Overhauled – Indicates that some maintenance action or servicing must be done on the part, and the part has not been used after servicing

 
  • Serviceable – Indicates that the part must be in a usable condition

 
  • Unserviceable – Indicates that the part can be in the unusable state

Issue Basis

Indicates whether the part is a “Returnable”, “Non Returnable” or “Core Returnable” part “Core Returnable” indicates that any other part can be returned instead of the issued part..

Exp. Return Date

The expected date on which the part must be returned

Substitute Qty

The total quantity of the alternate part required

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.

Remarks

 General comments regarding part details

The system displays the following fields in the “Other Details group box:

User-defined Details – 1

Additional details pertaining to the material request.

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User- defined Details – 2

 Additional details pertaining to the material request.

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Delivery Instruction

 General instruction regarding the delivery of the part.

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Remarks

 Additional remarks pertaining to the material request, which typically are reasons for modifying the material request.

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Short Close Comments

Additional comments or remarks pertaining to the material request which typically are reasons for short closing the material request.

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The system displays the following in the Attachments group box:

File Name

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

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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

Approved By

The name of the user who approved the material request

Approved Date

The date on which the material request was approved

To proceed, carry out the following

Refer to the topic “View Stock Issue – A summary of the activity” in “Stock Issue” Online Help for more details.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” in "Stock Maintenance" Online Help for more details.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” in "Stock Maintenance" Online Help for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing material request information – An overview

View Material Request - A summary of the activity

In this page you can view the material request details. The material request number and its status can be viewed. You can also view the following details:

You can also view the category to which the material request belongs, and the user-defined status of the material request.

You can also view the aircraft and the code identifying the component, for which the parts are required. The numbers identifying the work center and station where the parts are required, and the reference documents details can also be viewed.

The part details such as

The expected return date for the returnable part The user-defined details and the delivery instruction for the material request can also be viewed.