Creating a standard procedure

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Select the “Create Standard Procedure” link under the “Maintenance Task” business component.

The “Create Standard Procedure Information” page appears.

Enter the following in the “Std. Procedure Details” group box:

SP Applicability	Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the standard procedure is applicable for an “Aircraft”, “Engine” or a “Component”. The system sets the field to “Aircraft” by default.
Base Aircraft Model #	The number identifying the base aircraft model on which the standard procedure can be performed (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the aircraft model is already defined in the “Aircraft” business component and is in “Active” status. You must enter this field only when the SP applicability “Aircraft”. Help facility available.
Std. Procedure #	A unique number that identifies the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. This can be a combination of characters and digits. This number should be unique for the organizational unit. The standard procedure number must have not been defined in the “Create EO” of the “Engineering Order” component.
ATA #	The ATA chapter on which the standard procedure can be executed (Alphanumeric, 16).Ensure that the ATA chapter is already defined in the “Create ATA Chapter” activity of the “Aircraft” business component. Help facility available.
Std. Procedure Description	The textual description of the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 150). Mandatory. Zoom facility available
Long Description	The long description of the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 2000). Zoom facility available.

SP Type	The type of the standard procedure. Any user-defined categorization of standard procedure.
Operation Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the operation type of the maintenance activity. The system lists the following options: “Flight Ops” – Select this option if the maintenance activity is to be performed during the flight operations. “Repair Station” – Select this option if the maintenance activity is to be performed at the repair station. The system displays “Repair Station” by default.
Work Center #	The number identifying the work center primarily responsible for executing the work unit (Alphanumeric, 30). Help facility available.
MPD Item #	The Maintenance Planning Document item number of the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 40).

Enter the following fields in the “Revision Details” group box:

Revision #

The revision number for the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 40).

Revision Date

The date on which the standard procedure is revised (Date Format).

Revision Comments

Any other remarks pertaining to the revision of the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 255).

Zoom facility available.

Enter the following fields in the “Additional Information” group box:

Est. Elapsed Time	The total time estimated for completing the standard procedure (Decimal). Mandatory. The estimated elapsed time also includes time required for performing pre-execution or post-execution activities.
	Use the drop-down list box provided alongside, to specify the unit of measurement for the time allotted for the standard procedure, which could be “Minutes”, “Hours” or “Days”. The system sets the field to “Hours” by default.
Est. Man Hrs.	The total man-hours estimated for “skill” type resources to execute the standard procedure (Decimal). Mandatory. You can provide a resource-wise breakup for the total estimated man-hours in the “Resource Information” page.
	If the resource details are entered in the “Resource Information” page, the system sets the field to the estimated man-hours, or the sum total of the estimated duration entered for “skill” type resources, whichever is greater.
Wrench Time	The total time estimated for the actual execution of the standard procedure (Decimal).
Ideal Time	The ideal time recommended by the OEMs for the completion of the standard procedure (Decimal).

Note: The time unit selected for the “Est. Elapsed Time” is set as the time unit for the Wrench Time and Ideal Time.

Enter the following field in the “Copy From” group box:

Std. Procedure #

The standard procedure number, the details of which are to be copied into the standard procedure that is currently being defined (Alphanumeric, 30). The system allows you to selectively copy the spare part, resource, task relationship and effectivity details from the standard procedure entered in this field.

Help facility available.

Base Aircraft Model#

The number identifying the base aircraft model on which the standard procedure can be performed (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the aircraft model is already defined in the “Aircraft” business component and is in “Active” status.

Help facility available

Check one or more of the following boxes in the “Copy Options” field of the “Copy From” group box, to specify the details of the standard procedure to be copied:

All	Check this box to copy all the details pertaining to the standard procedure. Details include starting day details associated to the task, parts, resource requirements, task relationship and model / component effectivity.
Additional Requirements	Check this box to copy the part and resource requirement details.

Task & Relationships	Check this box to copy the task details along with the starting day details and relationship details associated to the task.
Effectivity	Click this box to copy the model and component effectivity details.

Enter the following in the “Task Details” multiline:

Seq #	The sequence in which the task should be performed in the standard procedure (Integer). Ensure that the sequence number is a positive integer and is unique in the multiline.
	If you have leave the sequence number blank, the system automatically assigns a sequence number to each of them, in the order in which they are entered in the multiline, on clicking the “Create Standard Procedure” pushbutton. Ensure that you do not leave it blank for any of the tasks occurring in between. For any random entry of sequence numbers, the system assigns continuous sequence numbers starting from “1”.
Task #	The task to be performed as part of the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. This task should have already been defined in the “Create task” activity and is in the “Active” status.
	Help facility available

Note: If a new task is added in the multiline the system copies the common effectivity details of all the tasks to the standard procedure. For example, if task T1 effectivity is (A1, A2, A3) and T2 effectivity is (A1,A2), then the system copies A1 and A2 as effectivity of Std. Procedure.

For the task entered, the system considers the latest revision in “Active” status.

The system fills in the following fields in the multiline on clicking the “Create Standard Procedure” pushbutton:

Task Description	The textual description entered for the task with the latest revision date is displayed here.
Time Unit	The unit of measurement for the time required for completing the task.
Est. Elapsed Time	The total time required for completing the task. The estimated elapsed time also includes time required for performing pre-execution or post-execution activities.

Enter the following field:

Starting Day

The starting day for execution of each task in the standard procedure (Integer). The value entered here must be positive.

The system displays the following field:

MPD Item #

The Maintenance Planning Document item number of the task.

Click the hyperlinked task description in the multiline, to view the task information.
Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark the task for deletion.
Click the Delete icon in the tool bar above the multiline, to delete the tasks selected in the multiline.
If you wish to insert tasks in the multiline and assign sequence number for them, click the “Re - Number” pushbutton to rearrange the existing rows in the ascending order of the sequence number. The system regenerates the sequence number in multiples of five, thereby enabling you to specify the sequence number for the newly added task.
Enter the following fields in the “Reference Document Details” group box below the multiline:

Ref. Document No. 1	The reference document that you wish to attach to the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 40).
File Name 1	The name of the file that contains the reference document (Alphanumeric, 50). Help facility available. Zoom facility available.
Click the View File link alongside to view the file details. Enter the following fields:
Ref. Document No. 2	The reference document that you wish to attach to the standard procedure (Alphanumeric, 40).
File Name 2	The name of the file that contains the reference document (Alphanumeric, 50) Help facility available. Zoom facility available.

Click the View File link alongside to view the file details.
Click the “Create Standard procedure” pushbutton to create the standard procedure along with task entered in the multiline.

The system creates the standard procedure and sets the status of the created standard procedure as "Active". Also, the system generates the sequence number for those rows for which the sequence number has not been specified.

The system updates the “Starting Day” of the standard procedure as “1”, if no value is specified in the "Starting Day" field.

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

If the estimated elapsed time entered for the standard procedure is lesser than the estimated elapsed time of any of the associated tasks, the system updates the estimated elapsed time of SP with the maximum value of the tasks.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Model Effectivity” link at the bottom of the page to specify the aircraft models for which the standard procedure is applicable.
Select the “Edit Component Effectivity” link at the bottom of the page to specify the components for which the standard procedure is applicable.
Select the “Edit Part Requirements” link at the bottom of the page to specify the spare parts that are required for executing the standard procedure.
Select the “Edit Resource Requirements” link at the bottom of the page to specify the resources that are required for executing the standard procedure.
Select the “Edit Task Relationships” link at the bottom of the page to specify the relationship between the tasks in the standard procedure.
Select the “Edit Aircraft Effectivity” link at the bottom of the page to identify the aircraft of the specified model, for which the standard procedure is applicable.

Creating a standard procedure – An overview

This page allow you to enter a unique number for the standard procedure and provide a description for it. You can enter a unique number for the standard procedure and provide a description for it. You can specify whether the standard procedure is applicable for the aircraft, component or engine. If the standard procedure is applicable for aircraft, you can enter the base aircraft model number.

You can also provide a reference to a standard procedure that is already defined and selectively copy details such as parts, resources, task relationships and model/component effectivity. You can define the tasks that belong to the standard procedure and the sequence in which the tasks have to be executed in the standard procedure.

The system assigns the “Active” status as soon as the standard procedure is created and sets the creation date and time to the server date and time.

Prerequisite

"Create Task" activity.

What you can do in this page

Create standard procedure applicable for aircraft, engine or component

Copy details from an existing standard procedure

Generate sequence number for tasks belonging to the standard procedure

Create standard procedure applicable for aircraft, engine or component

You can create standard procedures applicable for aircraft, engine or component.

Set “Task Applicability” field to “Aircraft” if you wish to create a standard procedure for aircraft.
Set “Task Applicability” field to “Engine” if you wish to create a standard procedure for engine.
Set “Task Applicability” field to “Component” if you wish to create a standard procedure for component.

Copy details from an existing standard procedure

You can copy details from tasks that are already defined. Details include parts, resource requirements, task relationship and model / component effectivity can be copied.

Enter the number of the standard procedure from which details must be copied, in the “Copy Details” group box.
Check one of the boxes “All”, “Additional Requirement”, “Task & Relationships”, “Effectivity” to specify the details to be copied.
Click “Create Standard Procedure” pushbutton to copy the details.

A new standard procedure is created with the copied details.

Generate sequence number for tasks belonging to the standard procedure

You have the option of entering the sequence number or generating the sequence number automatically for the various tasks in the multiline.

To enter the sequence number manually, enter the “Seq #” field in the “Task Details” multiline.
To generate the sequence number automatically, leave the “Seq #” field blank in all the rows in the multiline.

The system automatically assigns a sequence number to each of them, in the order in which they are entered in the multiline, on clicking the “Create Standard Procedure” pushbutton.

If you wish to insert sub tasks in the multiline and assign sequence number for them, click the “Re - Number” pushbutton to rearrange the existing rows in the ascending order of the sequence number. The system regenerates the sequence number in multiples of five, thereby enabling you to specify the sequence number for the newly added tasks.