Updating part program information

In this page you can define the part program details. The part number itself identifies the part program. Tell me more.

Select the "Maintain Program” link in the “Select Part #” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked part number in the multiline of the same page.

The “Edit Part Program Information” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields appears in this page. 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.

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

Part #	The number identifying the part for which the maintenance program are to be defined.
Par Description	The textual description of the part.
Maintenance Process	The maintenance process of the part, which could be “Hard-Time”, “On-Condition” or “Condition Monitoring”.
ATA #	The ATA chapter to which the part belongs.
Replacement Type	The type of replacement, which can be “LRU” (Line Replacement Unit) or “SRU” (Shop Replacement Unit) as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

Note: On launching the page, the system displays the program details and the work unit details that are already defined for the part.

The system displays the following in the “Program Details” group box when you click the "Update Program” pushbutton:

Program Status	The status of the part program, which could be one of the following:
	Fresh – When the part program is created
	Authorized – When the part program is authorized in the “Authorized Part Program” activity.

Enter the following:

User Status

Use the drop-down list box to specify the user-defined status of the part program. The system lists all the “Active” quick codes that are of the “User Status” type created in the “Add Quick Codes” activity.

The system displays the following when you click the “Update Program” pushbutton:

Revision #

The revision number of the part program. This number represents the number of changes the part program has undergone.

Enter the following:

Remarks

Additional remarks or comments pertaining to the modification of the part program (Alphanumeric, 255). Typically, the reason for modifying the part program can be entered here.

Enter the following in the “Removal Details” group box:

Parent Removal

Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of parent removal. The system displays the following options:

“Not Required” – Select this option to indicate that part removal is not required.

“Specific Part” – Select this option to specify details of the part that has to be removed.

“NHA” – Select this option to specify details of the next higher assembly of the part that has to be removed.

“LRU-NHA” – Select this option to specify details of the next higher assembly that has to be removed whose Replacement Type is Line Replacement Unit (LRU).

“EIPN” – Select this option to specify details of the end item part number that has to be removed.

This field is set to “Not Required” by default.

Data selection in this field is mandatory.

Specific Part #

The number identifying the part to be removed (Alphanumeric, 40). The number to be entered here is based on the parent removal combo selection. For example, if you have specified the “Parent Removal” field as “NHA”, enter the part number of the next higher assembly of the given part number in the "Part Details" group box, which is to be removed.

Ensure that the part has already been defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. The part type must be “Component” and the status must be “Active”.

Help facility available.

Note: If the “Parent Removal” field is set to “Not Required”, do not specify any value in the “Specific Part #” field. If it is set other than “Not Required’, the part on which the program is defined should be fitted in one of the levels below the part number specified for the "Parent Part # To Be Removed" field, in the part configuration of the parent part number defined in the “Configuration” business component.

Enter the following in the “Maintenance Details” multiline

Program Group	Use the drop-down list box to select the program group of the maintenance program planned for the part. The drop-down list displays the quick codes defined under the quick code type “Program Group” in the “Create Quick codes” activity.
Maintenance Type	Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of the maintenance activity to be performed on the part. Mandatory. The system displays the maintenance types such as “Overhaul”, “Repair”, “Inspection”, “Retire” and ”Others” defined in the “Common Master” business component.
Note: The “Retire” option will be available only if the “Lifed?” field is set as “Yes” for the part number, in the “Maintain Maintenance Info. for Part” page of the “Aircraft” business component. Note: Only one work unit can exist with maintenance type “Retire” for the part program.
Work Unit #	The number identifying the task, standard procedure or work package, to be performed as part of the work package (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. The work unit number must be a valid task or standard procedure defined in the “Create Task” and “Create Standard Procedure” activity respectively of the “Maintenance task” business component and a valid work package defined in the “Create Work Package” activity of the “Maintenance Program” business component. The task, standard procedure or work package should be in the “Active” status.
	Help facility available.

Note: The work unit and the work unit type combination must be unique to the multiline. In the event of modifying the already associated work unit type and work unit number, the system displays an error message. Also, to delete an existing work unit, check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline and click the "Delete" icon.

If you are adding a work unit of type "Task", the system ensures that the task is applicable either for "Component" or "Engine". The system also ensures that the selected part is associated with only one work unit, for the maintenance type “Retire”.

Program Item Type	Use the drop-down list box to specify the program item type of maintenance task. The drop-down item type displays the following values: Block, Base, Perpetual, As Required, Non-Block, and To be Decided.
Default Exe. Priority	Use the drop-down list box to specify the priority for execution of the task with reference to other tasks in the maintenance program planned for the part. The drop-down list displays the priority numbers defined in the Common Masters component.
Initiated / Reset By	Use the drop-down list box to specify the manner in which the Next Scheduled Value (NSV) for the task in the maintenance program must be computed. When you select, Self-Compliance, the system sets the Next Schedule Value/Next Schedule Date on compliance of the task. Related Task Compliance, the system sets the Next Schedule Value/Next Schedule Date on compliance of all related tasks in addition to the compliance of the task.
Reset on Attachment?	Use the drop-down list box and select one of the following values to re-compute the Next Schedule Date / Next Schedule Value on attachment of a component to the aircraft: Not Required – Select this option to compute NSD / NSV based on Last Performed Date / Value. First Attachment – Select this option to compute NSD / NSV on first attachment of the component after the off-wing compliance of the task. Every Attachment - Select this option to re-compute NSD / NSV on every attachment of the component to the Aircraft. Note the following: You must select “First Attachment” / “Every attachment” only for the tasks with Program Item Type set as 'Block'/ 'Base'/ 'Non-Block' and with ‘Initiated / Reset by’ set as 'Self Compliance'. You must not select “Every Attachment” for tasks with ‘Maintenance Type’ as “Retire”. By default, the system displays “Not Required”.

The system displays the following when you click the “Update Program” pushbutton:

Parent Item #	The parent task associated with the work unit/task planned to be executed on the part as defined in the Maintenance Task component. This field is applicable only if the program item type of the task is “Base”.
Work Unit Desc	The textual description of the task, standard procedure or work package.
Schedule Status	The status of the work unit within the part program which could be “Active”, “Inactive” or "Terminated".
Maint. Operator #	The airline operator mapped to the work unit / task.

Enter the following:

Execution Facility	Use the drop-down list to specify where the work unit has to be performed. The system lists the following options, only if the execution facility is set as “In-house & Out-source” for the part number in the “Maintain Maintenance Info. for Part” page of the “Aircraft” business component:
	In-house – Select this option to indicate that the work unit has to be performed in a In-house facility.
	Out-source – Select this option to indicate that the work unit has to be sent to a third party facility.
Note: The “In-house” option alone will be listed in this field, if the execution facility is set as “In-house” in the “Maintain Maintenance Info. for Part” page. The “Out-source” option alone will be listed in this field, if the execution facility is set as “Out-source” in the “Maintain Maintenance Info. for Part” page.
Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to specify the work center where the work unit has to be performed (Alphanumeric, 30). The system lists all the “Active” work centers defined in the “Create Work Center” activity of the “Work Center” business component.
Time Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the unit of measurement for the estimated duration and turn around time that is being specified, which could be one of the following: “Minutes”, ”Hours” or “Days”.
Est. Duration	The time estimated for completing the task, standard procedure or work package (Decimal). Ensure that the number entered in this field is positive.
Note: If the “Est. Duration” field is left blank, the system retrieves the “Time Unit” and ‘Est.Duration” for the task or standard procedure from the “Maintenance Task” business component.
Turn Around Time	The total time for which the component will be out of service, while it gets serviced (Numeric). Ensure that the number entered in this field is positive.
On-Wing?	Use the drop-down list box to select whether the work unit has to be performed on-wing or off-wing. Mandatory. The system provides the options: “Yes” and “No” and displays "No" by default.
Package Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the package type of the work unit. The system lists all the “active” package types for which the field “Process Parameter Defined?” is set as “Yes” in the “Common Masters” business component. The system leaves this field blank by default.
Ref. Document Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the reference document. The system lists all the reference document types defined in the “Create Reference Document Type” activity of the “Common Master” business component.
Ref Document #	The number identifying the reference document (Alphanumeric, 40). Help facility available.
Ref. Document Details	The details of the reference document (Alphanumeric, 500).
Reference EO #	The number identifying the engineering order (Alphanumeric, 40). Help facility available.
Revision No	The revision number of the engineering order (Alphanumeric, 40).
Shelf Life Expiry	Use the drop-down list box to select whether the given maintenance requirement is applicable to the shelf life expiry of the component or not. The system provides the options: "Yes" and "No". By default, this field displays "No".
Note: If Shelf life expiry is specified as "yes", then you cannot define schedules (date based as well as usage based) for the relevant work unit.
Expense Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the expense type of the work unit. The system lists the following options: Revenue – Select this option if the cost incurred on the work unit is due to routine maintenance activity and must be recorded as revenue cost. Capital – Select this option if the cost incurred must be recorded as capital cost.The system displays the value “Revenue” by default. Ensure that this field is set to “Revenue”, if the expense type for the part is identified as “Revenue” in the “Part Administration” business component.
Comments	Additional remarks or comments pertaining to the work unit inclusion in the maintenance program (Alphanumeric, 255).

The system displays the following field when you click the “Update Program” pushbutton:

Work Unit Desc	The textual description of the task, standard procedure or work package.
Link Info	Indicates whether or not the part, resource or schedule details are entered for the part maintenance program. The system displays one of the following:
	P – If part details are available
	R – If resource details are available
	S – If schedule details have been entered
	P/R – If part and resource details are available.
	P/S - If part and schedule details are entered.
	R/S - If resource and schedule details are entered.
	P/R/S – If part, resource and schedule details are entered.

Note: Ensure that at least one work unit is entered in the multiline.

Select the “Get Base Tasks” pushbutton to display base tasks of a task in the multiline.

Note: The program item type of the task for which you want to view the base tasks must be “Block”.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to mark the work units for deletion.
Select the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline, to delete the selected work units.
Enter the following field in the “Action” group box:

Change Work Unit Status To

Use the drop-down list box to change the status for the work unit included in the maintenance program. The system provides the options: “Active” and “Inactive”. The system leaves the field blank by default. Select a row containing the work unit, and select desired value in this combo and submit to change the status.

Set the status as “Inactive” if you do not wish to include the work unit in the maintenance forecast.

Note: The system assigns the status specified here to the work units selected in the multiline.

Copy to Components

Select the checkbox to indicate updates in the part maintenance program revision changes must be carried over to component maintenance programs.

Process parameter dependency on check box behavior: If the process parameter “Copy to Components' checkbox in Part Program?” under the entity type Tech Records Process Ctrl and the entity in the Define Process parameters activity of Common Master is set as 1/”Previously Selected”, the check box will remain selected or unselected as saved previously by the user. However, if the process parameter is set as 0/”Always Selected”, the check box remains selected regardless of the selection by the user previously.

The system displays the following in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created by	The name of the user who created the part maintenance program.
Created Date	The date on which the part maintenance program was created.
Last Modified by	The name of the user who modified the part maintenance program.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the part maintenance program was last modified.
Authorized by	The name of the user who authorized the part maintenance program.
Authorized Date	The date on which the part maintenance program was authorized.

Click the “Update Program” pushbutton to modify the maintenance program details.

Note: 1) The system ensures that there is at least one work unit with maintenance type “Retire”, if the “Lifed?” field is set as “Yes” for the part number in the “Maintain Maintenance Info. for Part” page of the “Aircraft” business component. 2) You can add or modify a task in the maintenance program only if the maintenance operator associated with the task is also mapped to the login user, if the process parameter "Allow addition/modification of tasks from other Maint. Operator codes in Part Program?" under the 'Tech. Records Process Ctrl' entity type and 'Part Prog' entity is set as '0' for No in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master.

If the maintenance program is in the “Fresh” status, the system updates the details with the current revision number.

The system automatically changes the status of the “Authorized” maintenance program to “Fresh” and increments the existing revision number.

The revision number is also incremented under the following circumstances:

if work units are added to or deleted from the part program, or
if the status of the work unit is changed from “Active” to “Inactive” or vice-versa.

If an active work unit is included in the part program through an engineering order and if the part program is copied for a new part, the system updates the part effectivity details defined in the EO and its revision number for the new part, in the “Engineering Order” business component along with the last modified user and date details.

If the Eng. doc reference # exists for the task, the system allows you to modify the following details of the Eng. Doc. task in the Maintenance Program, only if the process parameter “Allow modification of Eng. Doc. task in Maintenance Program” is set as “Allowed” in the “Define Process Entities” activity of the “Common Master” business component.

Program item type
Initiate Reset basis
Execution Type
Maintenance Type
Expense Type
Work Center

Component maintenance program impact: If the “Copy to Components” check box is selected, the system updates the maintenance programs of components of the part# on the basis of updates in the part program. However, schedule/NSD/NSV updates are not copied to component maintenance programs for tasks with Position Based schedules.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Date Based Schedule” link at the bottom of the page to specify the date-based schedule details.
Select the “Edit Usage Based Schedule” link at the bottom of the page to specify the usage-based schedule details.
Select the “View Work Center Details” link at the bottom of the page to view the details of the work center.

Select the “Estimate Resources –Facilities” link at the bottom of the page to specify the resources that are required for executing the work units of the program.
Select the “Estimate Resources -– Skill” link at the bottom of the page to specify the resources that are required for executing the work units of the program.
Select the “Estimate Materials” link at the bottom of the page to specify the spare parts that are required for executing the work units of the program.
Select the “Maintain Task Relationship” link to define association between various tasks.
Select the “Copy Program to Part #” link at the bottom of the page to copy the part program details to multiple parts.
Select the "Authorize Part Program” link, if you wish to authorize maintenance program for the part.
Select the “Maintain Component Maintenance Program” link to update the maintenance program of components associated with the part.
Select the “Upload Documents” link to upload documents/files associated with the part maintenance program to the common repository.
Select the “View Associated Doc. Attachments” link to view documents/files associated with the part maintenance program from the common repository.

Updating part program information – An overview

In this page you can define the part program details. The part number itself identifies the part program. You can specify the user-defined status for the part program and provide remarks on creating or modifying the part program.

You can also specify whether or not the parent part has to be removed in order to remove the part for performing the maintenance activity, and specify the parent part number to be removed. This is helpful in identifying the removal and installation procedure in those cases where the part cannot be removed on its own, and a parent assembly has to be removed and sent to shop for the servicing of the given part.

The task, standard procedure and work package are the basic work unit types. You can specify the work units that have to be performed as part of the maintenance activity by entering the work unit number, its type. You can specify whether the work unit has to be performed in an in-house facility or has to be outsourced. If the work unit has to be performed in the company you can specify the work center where the work unit has to be performed. The estimated duration for completing the work unit and the time for which the part is not available can also be specified. You can also provide references to the related documents.

The system updates the part program details including the basis of update for the work units, and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date.

Note: The system changes the “Authorized” part program to the “Fresh” status when the part program details are modified.

What you can do in this page

Indicate whether parent part has to be removed

Specify the work unit execution detail

Indicate whether parent part has to be removed

In some cases, it is necessary to remove the parent part in order to remove the part specified in the “Part #” field. You can indicate that the parent part has to be removed and specify the parent part number. Or, you can indicate that the parent part should not be removed.

Select a value in the “Parent Removal ” drop down list box if you wish to remove the parent part.
Enter the parent part number in the “Specific Part #” field.
Set “Parent Removal” field as “Not Required” if you do not wish to remove the parent part.

Specify the work unit execution detail

You can indicate whether the work unit has to be performed within the company or has to be given to a third party.

Set the “Execution Facility” field as “In-house” to indicate that the work unit has to be performed within the company.
Set the “Execution Facility” field as “Out-source” to indicate that the work unit has to be given to a third party.