Entering part requirements of a work order

This page enables you to enter the details of the parts required for carrying out the work order as well as for the tasks associated to the work order. Tell me more.

Select the “Edit Task Part Requirements” or “Edit Work Order Parts Requirements” link in the “Create Work Order” or “Edit Work Order” page.

Or,

Select the “Edit Work Order Level/Task Level Part Requirements” link in the “Select Work Order” page of the “Create Maintenance Material Request” activity.

The “Edit Part Requirements” page appears.

The system displays the following details in the “Word Order Details” group box:

Work Order #

The work order for which you wish to modify the part requirements.

Work Order Description

The textual description of the work order.

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Enter the following field:

Task #	Use the drop-down list box to select the task for which you need modify the part requirements. The system provides the options based on the settings in the “Set Options” activity of the current business component.
	If “Modification of Wo” is set as “Allowed” or “Requires Re- Authorization”, the system lists all the tasks except those which are in the “Cancelled”, “Preclosed”, “Closed” or “Completed” status.
	If “Modification of Wo” is set as “Not Allowed after Scheduling” or “Only New Tasks can be added”, the system lists only those tasks that are in the “Fresh” status.
	The system retrieves the part details of the task specified here. Leave this field blank, to retrieve part details for the entire work order.

Note: If this page is invoked from the “Select Work Order” page of the “Create Maintenance Material Request” activity, the system performs the following:

If multiple tasks are selected in the “Select Work Order” page, the system lists all the selected tasks in this field.
If a work order is selected in the “Select Work Order” page, the system leaves the field blank without listing any task numbers.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton provided along side, to retrieve the part details for the selected task.

The system displays the following fields in the “Work Order Details” group box on clicking the “Get Details” pushbutton:

Task Description

The textual description of the task.

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Currency

The base currency of the login organization unit.

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

Part #

The number identifying the part that is required for carrying out the task (Alphanumeric, 40). Ensure that the entered part number is valid and is of “Active” planning status as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. You cannot modify the parts that are already estimated for the work order or task execution.

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The system displays the following:

Part Type	The type of the part.
Part Description	The textual description of the part.
UOM	The unit of measurement for the part.
Est. Qty.	The estimated quantity of parts required for the execution of the work order or work order task.

Enter the following field:

Qty. Required

The number of parts required for carrying out the maintenance task on the component (Integer). Mandatory. Ensure that the value entered is positive. If the part type is “Kit” or “Component”, ensure the required quantity is not in fractions.

Note: if some quantity of the part is already issued, ensure that the required quantity is not less than the issued quantity.

Need Frequency	Use the drop-down list box to specify the frequency of requirement of the part. The combo is loaded with options “Always” and “As Required”. The system defaults the combo with the already saved value if available, else defaults “Always”.
Warehouse #	The warehouse that will issue the part.
Available Qty	The number of parts available in the warehouse.

Note: The system retrieves the free stock quantity as the available quantity, from the “Stock Planning” business component.

Enter the following field:

Substitute Part #

The number identifying the alternate part that can be issued as a substitute, if the required part is not available (Alphanumeric, 40). Ensure that the part number has already been defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component and is in the “Active” status. This part must be a valid substitute for the part entered in the “Part #” field.

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Substitute Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the substitute type for the part. The system lists the following options:

"Not Allowed" - Select this option to indicate that substitution with the alternate part is not allowed for the requested part.
“NHA” - Select this option to retrieve the next higher assembly for the requested part.
“Specific Alternates” - Select this option to retrieve specific alternate parts for the requested part.

The system sets the field blank by default.

Entry in this field is mandatory, if some value is entered in “Substitute Part #” field.

Note: If the “NHA” or “Specific Alternates” option is selected, ensure that the “Substitute Part #” field is not left blank.

Note: If the “Specific Alternates” option is selected in the “Substitute Type” field, the system ensures that:

the value entered in the “Substitute Part #” field is a valid alternate part number as identified in the “Create Part Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, with Alternate Type as “Direct”, “Customer Specific” or “Condition Based”, for work orders based on customer order. If Customer Order reference is not identified in the Work Order, then the System ensures that the value is a valid alternate part number of Alternate Type “Direct” or “Condition Based”.
the value entered in the “Substitute Part #” field is a position-based alternate as identified in the “Build Aircraft Configuration” activity of the “Configuration” business component, for work orders that does not have any reference to customer order.

The system displays the following fields:

Issue Basis	The issue basis of the part, that is, whether is returnable or not.
Part Total Cost	The cost per unit of the part.
Consumption Mode	The consumption mode of the part.
Enter the following field:
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the stock status of the part. The system lists the following options: “PBH” – Select this option if the part is a powered by hours (PBH) part. The system also lists all the “Active” stock statuses that are mapped to the transaction type "Material Request" in the "Create User Defined Stock Status" activity of the "User Defined Stock Status" business component. The system leaves the field blank by default.

Note: Ensure that “PBH” option is selected, under the following circumstances:

a) The part is identified as PBH part for the supplier who is mapped to the aircraft specified in the “Aircraft Reg #” field.

b) The part and its higher assembly part are identified as PBH object list for a supplier.

c) The component that is requested for a “Component Removal” job or “Onwing” job, along with its higher assemblies, is identified as PBH for the supplier.

Note: You cannot modify the stock status from “PBH” to any other stock status, if the part is mapped as a PBH part for the aircraft and the supplier.

Select the hyperlinked part description to view the parts information.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to mark the parts for deletion.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline to delete the selected parts.

Note: You cannot delete the parts for which material request is already created. When you delete a part, the system deletes the reserved quantity of that part, for the work order.

Click the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton to update the part requirement details for the task.

The system updates the modifications and stores the name of the login user and the current server date as the last modified date. If the part is already reserved, the system updates the posting in the “Stock Planning” business component. For new parts added, the system posts a firm demand or a plan demand (for work orders in “Fresh” status and authorization status is marked as 'Not Required’) in the “Stock Planning” business component.

The system performs the following:

updates the warehouse for the part from the “Storage Administration“ business component based on Customer – Warehouse mapping, if the work order has a reference to the customer order. Else, the system updates the warehouse from the “Work Center” business component based on Work Center – Warehouse mapping
updates the stock status for all the requested parts, which is identified in the Customer Orderin “Customer Order” business component , If the work order has reference to customer order and if the current business component interacts with the “Customer Order” business component. Else, the system updates the preferred stock status identified for the Aircraft Reg # from the “Aircraft” business component.

To proceed, carry out the following:

Select the "Edit Preferred Serial / Lot Information" link at the bottom of the page, for editing the preferred serial and lot information for the work order.

Note: This page can be invoked only if the part selected in the multiline is of part control type “Lot Controlled”, “Serial Controlled” or “Lot & Serial Controlled”.

Entering part requirements of a work order – An overview

This page enables you to enter the details of the parts required for carrying out the work order as well as for the tasks associated to the work order. On launching this page, the system lists all the part details that are specified in the “Create Task” activity of the “Maintenance Task” business component, for the task selected in the previous page. You can add or modify details such as the part number, the number of parts required, the substitute part and the part type.

What you can do in this page

Specify the parts required for the work order

You can specify the quantity of parts required to execute a work order or work order task.

Select the appropriate task in the “Task” drop-down list box.
Enter the part requirement details in the “Part Details” multiline.
Click the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton, to update the details.