Authorizing Material Request

The “Authorize Maintenance Material Request” page allows you to search and select the maintenance material requests.

Select the “Authorize Material Request” link under the “Hangar Work Order” business component.

The “Authorize Maintenance Material Request” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date field is displayed. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user id. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the "Enterprise Modeling" business component by default.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box, to search for a material request. Data entry in the following fields is optional:

Material Request #	The material request number that you wish to authorize or cancel (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests in the “Fresh” status with the number specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the material requests in “Fresh” status.
MR Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the material request for which the MR details must be retrieved. The system provides the following options:
	Planned – Select this option to retrieve the material request raised due to planned maintenance activities or execution document, which contains the list of material required.
	Unplanned – Select this option to retrieve the material request raised due to unplanned maintenance activities such as those raised from the line station.
	The system leaves the field blank by default. Leave this field blank, if you wish to retrieve the material request irrespective of their type.
Visit Package #	The number identifying the visit package (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests raised for the visit packages whose number is similar to the value specified here. Leave this field blank to search for all the material requests, irrespective of the visit packages.
User Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the user-defined status of the material request. The system lists all the “active” quick codes of type “User Status” as defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the “Material Request” business component. The system retrieves all the material whose user-defined status is similar to the value specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the material requests, irrespective of their user-defined status.
Work Order #	The number that identifies the work order (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the work order number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests raised for the work order whose number is similar to the value specified here. Leave this field blank to search for all material requests, irrespective of the work order.
Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the work center, from where the material request is raised. The system lists all the 'active' work centers defined in the “Create Work Center” activity of the “Work Center” business component. The system retrieves all the material requests raised in the work center specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the material requests, irrespective of the work center.
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to select the warehouse from where the material is collected. The system lists all the “active” warehouses as defined in the “Storage Administration” business component. The system retrieves material request associated to the warehouse specified here. Leave this field blank if you wish to retrieve the material request details irrespective of the warehouse.
MR Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category to which the material request belongs. The system lists all the “active” quick codes of type “MR Category” as defined in the “Material Request” business component. The system retrieves all the material requests which are of the category specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve the material request irrespective of the category.
Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 18). You can enter the customer number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests raised for the customer number entered here.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the customer name in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the material requests raised for the customer name entered here.

Note: Leave all the fields blank to retrieve all the material requests in “Fresh" status for the login organizational unit.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to search for the material requests, which are in “Fresh” status.

The system displays the following fields in the “Search Results” multiline:

Material Request #	The material request retrieved by the system.
MR Type	The type of the material request, which could be either “Planned” or ‘Unplanned”.
MR Priority	The priority of the MR, which could be either “Normal” or “AOG”.
Need Date	The date on which the parts will be consumed or needed.
Warehouse #	The warehouse from where the parts can be collected.
Work Center #	The work center from where the material request is raised.
User Status	The user-defined status of the material request.
MR Category	The category to which the material request belongs.
Visit Package #	The visit package for which the material request is raised.
Remarks	Any remarks pertaining to the authorization of the material request.
Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft.

Note: The "Customer #" and "Customer Name" fields are applicable only when the aircraft is not self-owned and the customer details are recorded in the system.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to select the material request for authorization.
Click the “Authorize” pushbutton to authorize the selected material requests.

The system changes the status of the material request from “Fresh” to “Authorized”. The system stores the name of the login user and the current server date as the last modified date. The status of the part is changed from “Plan demand” to “Firm demand” in the “Stock Planning” business component.

The system also updates the “Material Request” business component with all the maintenance material requests created.

Prerequisite

The material request must be in the “Fresh” status.

What you can do in this page

Authorize material request

You can authorize the material requests that are in the “Fresh” status.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the material request for authorization.
Click the “Authorize” pushbutton to authorize the selected material request.