Creating material request

This page allows you to create a material request transaction . Tell me more

Select the “Create Material Request” link under the “Material Request” business component.

The “Create Material Request” page appears.

The system displays the following field in the “in the “MR Info” group box on clicking the “Create Material Request” pushbutton:

Material Request #

A unique number identifying the material request

This number is generated by the system based on the numbering type specified at the time of creating the material request.

Enter the following fields in the “MR Info” group box:

Numbering Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the numbering type for generating the material request number. The system lists the numbering types defined for the “Material Request” transaction type in the “Create Numbering Type” activity in the “Document Numbering Class” business component. Note: 1) You must select a numbering type that is mapped to the login company, if the material request is being created for the login company. 2) The drop-down list box on launch displays the default numbering type set for the Material Request transaction type, if defined in the “Create Numbering Type” activity of the “Document Numbering Class” business component. However, if you are creating the material request for a group company and, if "Separate Numbering Type for Trading Partner Transactions" between the login company and the group company is ‘1’ in the Maintain Options for Partner Transactions activity of Organization Setup, the system automatically generates the material request # on creation based on the numbering type set for the Material Request transaction between these companies in the same activity. If "Separate Numbering Type for Trading Partner Transactions" is set as ‘0’, the system generates the ID # for the material request on creation based on the numbering type you select here. This implies you are required to select a numbering type only if "Separate Numbering Type for Trading Partner Transactions" is ‘0’.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the material request. Mandatory. 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. Authorized – When mandatory MR details are available and the MR is authorized. You can find this option only after authorization of the MR along with creation. The system sets the field as “Fresh” by default.
Need Date	The date and time at on which the parts will be consumed or needed. This date should be in the date format displayed in the date format display. It is mandatory that you specify the need date for the material request, if the process parameter 'Default Need Date for manual Material Request' is set as ‘0’ in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the Logistics Common Master component. However, if 'Default Need Date for manual Material Request' is set as ‘1’ or left blank, the system defaults the need date to the current system date. Date and Time picker available. Note: 1) The date you enter here must be equal to or later than the current server date. 2) 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.
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to select the warehouse where you are located. Mandatory. If you are working in the Main base, the drop-down list displays all Active online warehouses defined in the Create Warehouse Information activity of Storage Administration and, mapped to the Material Request transaction. However, if you are performing offline field operations in a Field base, the drop-down list displays all Active warehouses associated with the offline area and, mapped to the Material Request transaction.
The system displays the following field on clicking the “Create Material Request” pushbutton:
Warehouse Description	Textual description of the warehouse.
Enter the following fields:
MR Class	Use the drop-down list box to select the MR class. The system provides the following options:
	Maintenance – Select this option to indicate that the MR is created for a maintenance requirement.
	General – Select this option to indicate that the MR is created for a general requirement. If the MR Class is selected as “General”, the system ensures that the stock status is not selected as “PBH” for any of the parts.
	Replenishment – Select this option to indicate that the MR is created for replenishment requirement. The drop-down list box displays values in accordance with the definition of the "MR Class allowed for manual Material Request" process parameter under Material Request category in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of the Logistics Common Master component. The drop-down list box displays: General, if the process parameter is set as ‘1’. Maintenance, if the process parameter is set as ‘2’. Replenishment, if process parameter is set as ‘3’. All of the above, process parameter is set as ‘4’. However, if you have accessed this page from Kit Management, the drop-down list box displays ‘Replenishment’ only regardless of the process parameter "MR Class allowed for manual Material Request".
MR Type	Use the drop-down list box to select 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, which contain the list of materials required.
	Unplanned – Indicates that the material request is raised from the 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”. However, if you have accessed this page from Kit Management, ‘For Stock’ will be the only option available in the drop-down list box.

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

If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Unplanned”, either enter the “Aircraft Reg #” or the “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”.

MR Priority

Use the drop-down list to select the priority of the material request. Mandatory. The system lists all the “Active” MR priorities specified in the “Maintain Material Request Priority” page in the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the MR Type is set as “Planned” or “Unplanned”, the system displays “Normal” by default. However, if you have accessed this page from Kit Management, the drop-down list box displays ‘VLOW’ by default.

If the MR Type is set as “For Stock”, the system displays “Low” by default.

Issue Option

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether stock issues must be generated for individual requested parts or a single issue must be generated for the entire document. The drop-down list box displays the following: Lien Level and Document Level.

MR Category	Use the drop-down list box to specify the category to which the material request belongs. The system lists those MR categories defined in the “Create Quick codes” activity of the Material Request component that are in “Active” status.
User Status	Use the drop-down list box to set the user-defined status for the material request. The system lists those user statuses defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the Material Request component that are in the “Active” status.
Remarks	The comments or remarks about raising the material request for the part.

Enter the following in the “MR Info” 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: 1) The customer # entered in this field must be in active status as defined in the “Customer” business component. 2) The customer # must be valid for the aircraft /component for which the material request is being created. However, this is applicable, if the aircraft is customer-owned as defined in the ‘Aircraft’ business component.

The system displays the following in the “MR Info” group box:

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

Enter the following in “Copy Details” group box:

From MR #

The material request number, the details of which are to be copied into the material request that is currently being defined (Alphanumeric, 18).The MR must have already been defined in the “Create Material Request” activity. Ensure that a value is entered in this field.

Help facility available.

Click the “Copy MR” pushbutton to copy the material request details.

Note: The system sets as default the details that are defined for the material request entered in this field.

Enter the following fields in the “MR For” group box:

Aircraft Reg #

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

The aircraft registration number is mandatory, if the “MR Priority” is set to “AOG”.

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

If you leave this field blank, the system retrieves and displays the aircraft registration number from the reference document (if entered and if its of the “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #” type), on clicking the “Create Material Request” pushbutton.

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”.

If a value exists in this field and the Stock Status selected is “PBH”, the system ensures that the aircraft is under “PBH”.

Help facility available.

Component #

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

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

If you leave this field blank, the system retrieves and displays the component ID from the reference document, on clicking the “Create Material Request” pushbutton.

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”.

If a value exists in this field and the Stock Status selected is PBH, the system ensures that the component is under “PBH”.

Help facility available.

Note: The system ignores the specified component number, if the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”.

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

Facility Object #

The facility object for whose maintenance the warehouse requires parts.

Note: The facility object # that you specify her must exist in Active status as defined in the Facility Object component.

Help facility available.

Work Center #

The number identifying the work center where the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory, if the MR priority is "AOG" or "Normal".

The work center number must have already been defined in the “Create Work Center” activity in the “Work Center” business component and must be in the “Active” status.

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”.

Help facility available.

Note: For the reference document type “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, 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 must 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”.

Help facility available

Note: If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, then the system defaults the reporting station of the Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. # in the “Station #” field.

Enter the following fields in the “Ref. Doc.Info” group box:

Ref. Document Type

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

Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #

Others

If this page is launched from the Aircraft Maintenance Execution business component, the system displays “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #” by default. See table for data selection.

Note: The reference document type is mandatory, if you have specified the reference document #.

Ref. Document #

The reference document number based on which the material request is prepared (Alphanumeric, 40).

The reference document # is mandatory, if the reference document type is ‘Other’ or if “MR Class” is “Maintenance” and the “MR Type” is “Planned”.

Requested by Emp.

The number identifying the employee who made the request for the part (Alphanumeric, 15).

The employee number should have already been defined in the activity of the “Create Employee File“ activity of the “Employee Information” business component.

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.

The system displays the following field on clicking the “Ref. Doc Info.” pushbutton:

Requestor Name

The name of the employee who made the request for the part.

Enter the following in “Other Info" group box:

Account Usage

Use the drop down list box to select the type of the account 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 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 type of 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 displays “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 or if the reference document type selected does not contain a valid reference document number.

Part Type

Use the drop-down list box to select 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 “Set Inventory Options” activity of "Logistics Common Master“ business component:

If the “All” box is checked or none of the boxes are checked, the system lists “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, “Raw Material” 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 the type of parts for the material request transaction.

Note: 1) For “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. 2) 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.

Hard Allocation Required

Select the box to indicate whether hard allocation is required for parts. By default, the box appears checked. The box remains unchecked, if the MR class is “Replenishment”.

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). Mandatory.
	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 planning status of the requested part must also be ‘Active’.
	If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance”, the usage of the part must also be “Maintenance” The system ensures that the Aircraft Model is mapped to the Request Part #, if the Set Option “Part # - Model # Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component. If a value exists in this field and the Stock Status selected is PBH, the system ensures that the requested part is under “PBH”.
	Help facility available

Note: Based on the part type selected in the “Option” group box, you have to enter the valid part number for the part type. If “Others” is selected, you can enter the part number other than the type listed in the “Part Type” drop-down list box.

Click the “Get Part Details” pushbutton, to retrieve the part details in the multiline.

Note: The system displays or hides the Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # based on the options set in “Set Inventory Process Parameter” activity in the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction” is set as "Yes", the system displays Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # in the multiline.
If the “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction” is set as "No", the system does not display Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # in the multiline.

Mfr. Part #

The part number provided by the manufacturer of the part (Alphanumeric, 40). The manufacturer uses this number as reference.

The system ensures that the value entered in this field is defined in the “Part Administration” business component.

This field is “Enter” key enabled.

Help facility available .

Mfr. #

The code identifying the manufacturer of the part (Alphanumeric, 45).

Help facility available.

Note: The manufacturer part # and manufacturer # must be valid for the requested part # as defined in the Part Administration component.

The Part Details multiline displays the following:

Part Description

The textual description of the requested part.

Click the hyperlinked “Part Description” to view the part details.
Enter the following in the Part Details multiline.

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 allow decimals.

The system displays the following field on clicking the “Ref. Doc Info.” pushbutton:

Available Qty

The Free or unallocated quantity of the requested part available in the warehouse.

Enter the following in the Part Details multiline:

Reqd UOM	The unit of measurement in which the parts is required The unit of measurement must be a valid “Active” status UOM 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 in which the part is stocked. Help facility available
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the stock 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 “Material Request” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component. The system leaves this field blank by default. Data entry conditions stock status drop-down list box
Preferred Condition	Use the drop-down list box to specify the condition in which the part of the type “Component”, is required. The following are the conditions available: New – Select this option to indicate that the part must be new or purchased recently. Overhauled – Select this option to indicate that some maintenance activity 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 cannot be serviced or repaired. By default, the system leaves the field blank.
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”, and displays the same by default. 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.
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 a preferred serial number / lot number of the part. Normal - Indicates that the material request is being created for any serial number and/or lot number for the part.The system displays “Normal” by default. Note: 1) 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. 2) Ensure that “Specific” is not selected in the “Requirement Type”, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.
Request Mode	Use the drop-down list box to specify the mode of request. The system lists “Normal”, “Conditional Requisition” and “Force Requisition”. Normal - The system checks for part effectivity condition, if either the Aircraft Reg # or Component # or Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref # is provided and the “Part Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Set Options” page in the “Stock Maintenance” business component. Conditional Requisition - The system checks for part effectivity condition, if either the Aircraft Reg # or Component # or Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref # is provided and the “Part Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Set Options” page in the “Stock Maintenance” business component. Force Requisition – The system will not check for part effectivity. The system displays “Normal” by default. Ensure that the following fields are entered, if the “Conditional Requisition” or “Force Requisition” is specified in the “Request Mode” field: Aircraft Reg # or Component # is entered in the “Material Request For” group box. A valid A/C Maint. Exe. Ref # is specified in the “Ref. Document Type” field of the “Reference Document Details” group box, if the Aircraft Reg # is not available. Remarks is entered
The Part Details multiline displays the following:
Effectivity Notes	The effectivity or suitability of the part to aircraft or component as defined for the part in the “Maintain Part Effectivity” page in the “Aircraft” business component.
Enter the following in the Part Details group box.
Remarks	The comments or remarks about raising the material request for the part.
Alternate Allowed?	Use the drop-down list box to and set the field as “Specific Alternates”, if specific alternate part numbers should be considered, when the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available. Select “Not Allowed” otherwise. Note: If this field is set as “Specific Alternates”, ensure for the following: 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 “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 the requested part number. The system ensures that the Aircraft Model is mapped to the Request Part #, if the Set Option “Part # - Model # Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.
	Help facility available

Note: If the substitute part number is entered, the “Alternate Allowed?” field must be set as “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 Part Details multiline displays the following.

Substitute Part Description	Substitute Part Description
Click the hyperlinked “Substitute Part Description” to view the part details.
Substitute Part Qty	The Free quantity of the substitute part available in the warehouse.

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 “Maintenance” or “General”. The date entered here should be equal to or later than the current server date and “Need Date”.

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.

Stock UOM	The unit of measurement for stocking of the requested part.
Pat Type	The type of the part.
Part Control Type	The type of part control, which could be “Serial Controlled”, “Lot Controlled”, “Both” or “None”.
Planning Type	The planning type for part, such as Min-Max, None, Reorder Level.
Allocable	Indicates whether the part is allocable or not.

Line #

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

Note: Ensure that at least one part detail is entered in the multiline, and the combination of the requested part, the stock status and the preferred condition is not repeated in the multiline.

Enter the following field in the “Other Details” group box:

User-defined Detail – 1	Additional details pertaining to the material request defined by the user.
User-defined Detail – 2	Additional details pertaining to the material request defined by the user.
Delivery Instruction	You can provide general instructions regarding the delivery of the parts.

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.

Select the “View File” link alongside to view the content of the file.

Do the following to authorize the material request on modification.

Authorize MR

Select the check box to authorize the material request on creation. However, select the check box only if

The login user has access rights to the "Authorize Material Request" activity.
The “Default 'Authorize MR' check box in Create MR" process parameter is set as ‘1’ in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of the Logistics Common Master.

However, if MR Priority is ‘AOG’ and, if “AOG Material Request Authorization" in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of Logistics Common Master is set as ‘Automatic’, the system authorizes the material request on creation regardless of the check box selection or privileges for MR authorization of the login user.

Select the check box in 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 “Create Material Request” pushbutton to create the material request.

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.

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

Creates the Material Request document and sets its status to Fresh, if the user has provided all the mandatory information. However, if the user has not provided serial/lot details for a Serial-Controlled/Lot-Controlled requested part, the status of the material request is set as ‘Draft’.
Generates the material request number based on the numbering type selected.

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

Sets the status of the material request to ‘Authorized’, if the user has selected the Authorize MR check. However, if the user has not provided serial/lot details for a Serial-Controlled/Lot-Controlled requested part, the system does not authorize the material request even if the Authorize MR check box stays selected.
If the user has selected the Authorize MR check box, the parameter ‘Automatic re-allocation of stock allocated to a Maintenance or General MR to satisfy a higher priority unfulfilled Material Request?’ is set as 'Yes' in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” screen of the “Logistics Common Master” business component and stock is allocated to the MR upon authorization where an unfulfilled MR of higher priority exists for the same stock and also MR Need Date does not fall within the Threshold limit for the MR priority as defined in the 'Manage Priority codes' screen, then
- The Issue that got generated against the MR is cancelled.
- The Stock is allocated to the MR of higher priority and Issue gets generated.
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. This is applicable 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. This is applicable 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. This is applicable 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.

Generates the line number and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date.
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 the 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 regardless of the Authorize MR check box selection or MR authorization privileges of the login user.

If the requested quantity cannot be completely issued, the material request will get updated with the status "Partially Issued". When the quantity requested gets completely issued, the MR document will automatically attain the "Closed" status.
If the status is set as “Fresh”, the system creates the plan demand for the parts listed in the multiline.
If the status is set to “Fresh” and the requirement type is “Specific”, then ensure that the preferred serial and lot number information is 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 creates the plan demand.
Updates the Stock Status as “PBH” for the line number, if the Stock Status is not selected and the aircraft, or component and requested part is under “PBH”.

Status of General/Maintenance stock issues

- If "Confirmation of General Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request"/ "Confirmation of Maintenance Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request" parameter under the category “Process Automation” in the “Set Warehouse Process Parameters” activity of Storage Administration is '1' for the warehouse, on authorization of a General/Maintenance material request, the system generates the equivalent stock issue in ‘Confirmed’ status.
- However, if "Confirmation of General Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request"/ "Confirmation of Maintenance Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request" is ‘0’, the status of the equivalent stock issue automatically generated on authorization of material request will be ‘Fresh’.

Generating MMD reports for issued parts

- If the status of the General/Maintenance stock issue generated on authorization of a General/Maintenance material request is ‘Confirmed’ and, if the process parameter "Print MMD for General Issue generated in Confirmed status during Authorization of MR"/”Print MMD for Maintenance Issue generated in Confirmed status during Authorization of MR” under the category Stock Management Report in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of Logistics Common Masters is '1', the system automatically generates MMD report for such stock issues.

Generating MMD reports for transferred parts

- If the process parameter “Print MMD for Stock Transfer Issue generated in Confirmed status during Inter Warehouse Transfer processed from Plan Materials screen” under the category “Stock Management Report” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters activity in Logistics Common Master is ‘1’, the system automatically generates MMD report for the stock transfer issues in Confirmed status.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Material Request” link at the bottom of the page to modify the material request details.

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 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.
Select the “Request New Part / Part Attribute Change” link at the bottom of the page to request new part that is not available in the system or change part attributes for existing parts.

Refer to the topic “Request New Part / Part Attribute Change” in the “Part Administration” business component for more details.

Select the “Edit Stock Issue” link to modify the stock issue associated with the material request.
Select the “Confirm Stock Issue” link to approve the stock issue associated with the material request. Prerequisite for using Authorize Issue link
Select the “Inquire Stock Availability”link to view the stock balance details in the warehouse for the requested part.

Refer to the topic “View Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Select the “Inquire Stock Availability Substitute Parts” link 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 in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Select the “Inquire Stock Balance” link to view the availability of stock balance for the selected part.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

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.

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 “Check Part Availability” link to check the availability of the part.

Refer to the topic “Check Part Availability – A summary of the activity” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component for more details.

Select the “View Customer Order” link to view the Customer Order of the part.

Refer to the topic "Manage Customer Order - A summary of the activity" in the "Customer Service Order" business component.

Select the “View Part Sale Order” link to view the Part Sale Order of the part.

Refer to the topic "Manage Part Sale Order - A summary of the activity" in the "Part Sale Order" business component.

What you can do in this page

Indicate the MR class

Indicate the type of the MR

Priority of the material request

Status of the MR

Specify the reference document type

Specify the condition in which the part is required

Specify the requirement type of the part

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.

Indicate the type of the MR

You must specify 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, which contains the list of materials required. The “Unplanned” type material request indicates that the MR is created from the unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station.

Set the “MR Type” drop-down list box as “Planned” to create the material request of 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 “MR Type” are set as “Maintenance” and “Planned” respectively.

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

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

Priority of the material request

The priority of the material request must be specified. You can create a material request with “Normal” priority to indicate that the MR is created for parts that pertain to the usual requirement of an aircraft or with priority “AOG” to indicate that the MR created on 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 create a normal priority material request.
Set the “MR priority” drop-down list box as “AOG” to create an AOG priority material request.

Status of the MR

The status of the material request must be specified. 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” status indicates that all the material request details have been entered.

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

Specify the reference document type

You must 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 “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. # ” to indicate that the MR is prepared based on the Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. # .
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 to “New” as 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 the requirement type for the part

You can specify the requirement type of the part as “Specific” or “Normal”

Set the “Requirement Type” drop-down list box as “Specific” to indicate that material request is being created for specific serial number and/or lot number of the part.
Set the “Requirement Type” drop-down list box as “Normal” to indicate that the material request can be created for any serial number and/or lot number of the part.

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.

Creating material request – An overview

In this page you can create a material request transaction. A material request created can be based on need date, allowed part type or warehouse. A unique material request number will be generated by the system based on the numbering type you select in this page. You must specify the following details:

MR class, to indicate whether the material request is created for maintenance requirement or for general requirement.
MR type, to indicate whether the material request is generated for planned or for unplanned maintenance activities.
MR priority, to indicate whether the material request created is for usual requirement of an aircraft or for an aircraft on ground
The date on which the material is required and the warehouse from where the materials can be collected
The status of the material request

You can also specify the category to which the material request belongs and the user-defined status for the warehouse.

You can provide a reference code to the material request that is already defined and copy the details. You can also specify the aircraft registration number and the component ID, for which the parts are required, the work center and the station where the parts are required and the reference documents through which the parts were requested

You can also specify whether hard allocation is required for parts and whether the parts have to be issued in a single lot. You can enter the following part details based on the part type you select in this page:

The part number and required quantity
The alternate part if the requested part is not available
The stock status in which the part is required
The required condition of the part
The expected return date for the returnable part

You can also enter 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.

For the “AOG” material request, if the “AOG Material Request Authorization” is set as “Automatic” in the “Set Inventory Option” activity of the “Logistic Common Master” business component, the system sets the MR in the “Authorized” status.