Entering material requirement for visit package

In this page You can add or modify the details of parts required for executing the visit package on the whole. Tell me more

Select the “Edit Visit Level Material Requirements” link at the bottom of the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

The “Edit Visit Level Material Requirements” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed 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 in the “Visit Package Details” group box:

Visit Package #	The visit package for which the material requirements must be entered.
Revision #	The latest revision number of the visit package. The system leaves the field blank if the visit package has not been revised.
Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number for which the visit package is applicable.
Aircraft Model #	The model to which the aircraft belongs.
Primary Work Center #	The primary work center where the visit package has to be performed.
Primary Work Center Desc	The description of the work center. Zoom facility available.

Note: On launching this page, the system displays the material requirements that are already defined for the visit package.

Enter the following in the “Part Details” multiline:

Part #

The part required for executing the visit package (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory. The part number must have been defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, and must be in “Active” status.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following field:

Part Type

The type of the part as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.

Enter the following:

Substitute Part #	The number identifying the alternate part that can be used, if the part entered in the "Part #" field is not available. Ensure that this part number is a valid part number as identified in the "Create Part Main Information" activity of the "Part Administration" business component. Help facility available.
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 of the requested part with the alternate part is not allowed. “NHA” - Select this option to retrieve all the next higher assembly for the requested part. “Specific Alternates” – Select this option to retrieve specific alternate parts for the requested part. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Note: If the “NHA” or “Specific Alternates” option is selected, ensure that the “Substitute Part #” field is not left blank. If the “Specific Alternates” option is selected, ensure that the part number entered in the “Substitute Part #” field is either a valid alternate part number as identified in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, or is a position-based alternate as identified in the “Build Aircraft Configuration” activity of the “Configuration” business component.
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the stock status of the part. The system lists the option “PBH” which indicates that the part is identified as 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.
Note: Ensure that the "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. You cannot modify the stock status for a part with the stock status “PBH”.
UOM	The unit of measurement for the part (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. The UOM must have been defined in the “Create UOM” activity of the “Unit of Measurement” business component, and must be in “Active” status. Help facility available.
Required Quantity	The quantity of the part required to complete the visit package (Decimal). Mandatory. The number entered in this field must be positive.
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”.
Earliest Reqd Date	The earliest date by which the part is required (Date Format). If you leave this field blank the system displays the “Planned Start Date” on clicking the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton.

The system displays the following:

Part Description	The textual description of the part.
Enter the following field:
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to select the default warehouse, indicating the place where the part must be issued. The system lists all the warehouses as defined in the “Stock Administration” business component, for which the part type is set as “Allowed” for the transaction type “Stock Issue”.
Consumption Mode	The consumption mode of the spare part, which can be “Backflushable” or “Regular”.

Note: At least one part must be entered in the multiline.

Click the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton to update the material requirements.

The system performs the following:

Updates the part requirements for the visit package.
Updates the stock status of the part as “Accepted”.
The part is asociated to the primary work center of the visit package.
The cost related estimation is also updated.
The total material cost estimated for the visit package is calculated as the sum of the cost of all parts in the visit package. Part cost is calculated by multiplying the cost per unit of the part and the required quantity.
For a visit package of “Fresh” status, the system updates the part requirement details.
For a visit package of the “Confirmed” status, the system updates the part requirement and sets the visit package to “Fresh” status. The system also sets the “Approval Status” to “Pending Approval”, if the visit package approval status is “Approved” or “Returned”.
For a visit package of the “Released” or “Partly Released” status, the system updates the part requirement, sets the visit package to “Fresh” status and incremetns the revision number by 1. The previous version is also retained with the respective revision number with the status set as “Revised”. If “Approval Required” option is set to “Yes” in “Set Options” activity, the system sets the approval status of the visit package to “Pending Approval”.

Prerequisites

“Create Part Main Information” activity under “Part Administration” business component.
“Create UOM” activity under “Unit of Measurememt Administration” business component.

Entering material requirement for visit package – An overview

You can add or modify the details of parts required for executing the visit package on the whole. On specifying the part number, the system displays the part type, description and the warehouse where the part must be issued and allows you to modify the unit of measurement required quantity and the earliest date on which the part is required. The part details are updated and the system sets the last modified date to the current server date.

Note: You can enter material requirements only for visit packages that are in “Fresh” or “Confirmed” status.