Creating quick part information
Select the “Create Quick Parts” link under the “Part Administration” business component.
The “Create Part Information” 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. |
Enter the following fields in the “Part Information” group box.
Part # |
A unique code identifying the part (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory. The part number must be unique across all the organizational units. |
The system displays the following field:
Reference Status |
The reference status of the part which could be one of the following: |
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Enter the following fields:
Part Description |
A textual description of the part (Alphanumeric, 150). Mandatory. |
Part Type |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of the part from “Raw Material”, “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, and “Miscellaneous”. The system displays “Expendable” by default. Data selection is mandatory. |
Part Category |
Use the drop-down list box to select the part category. The part category must have been defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity and must be in “Active” status. The system displays blank by default. |
Enter the following in the “Copy Details From” group box to copy details from an existing part:
Part # |
The number identifying the part whose details you wish to copy (Alphanumeric, 40). Ensure that this part number is already defined in the system. Help facility available. |
Click the “Copy Details” pushbutton to copy the part details.
Note: The system displays the part description and all the details defined for the part number entered in the “Part #” field
Select the “Basic Details” tab to record the main details of the part.
Select the “Maintenance Details” tab to record the maintenance details for the part.
Select the “Planning Details” tab to record planning details for the part.
Select the “Usage, Source and Storage Details” tab to record the warehouse details for the part .
Select the “Purchase and Sales Information” tab to record the purchase and sales information for the part.
Enter the following fields in “Other Details” group box:
NSN |
The National Stock Number of the part. |
Primary Aircraft Model # |
The number identifying the primary aircraft model (Alphanumeric, 20).Help facility available |
Note: Ensure that the primary aircraft model is “Active” as identified in the “Aircraft” business component.
User Defined Detail - 1 |
Any user-defined information regarding the part creation (Alphanumeric, 25). |
User Defined Detail – 2 |
Any user-defined information regarding the part creation (Alphanumeric, 25). |
Remarks |
Any remark or comment pertaining to the part creation (Alphanumeric, 255). |
Click the “Create Part Information” pushbutton to save the part information details.
The reference status of the part is updated to “Active” and the planning status to the value selected. When the planning status is “Active”, the system updates the status of the New Part Request documents, if the part being created is available in any of the New Part Request documents.
The system updates the primary part number to the “Interchangeable Part #” field in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the current business component.
For the newly updated interchangeable part number the system updates the priority as “1”, and the interchangeability rules as “Two Ways”, For the rest of the existing interchangeable part numbers, the system increments the existing priority by “1”.
For the Expensing Policy set as “On First Issue” in the “Maintain Planning Information” activity, the system updates the maintenance type such as “Inspection”, “Overhaul”, “Repair” and “Others” in the “Maintenance Expense Policy Details” group box in the “Edit Addional Valuation Information” page, with the value “Expense Off”, if no box is checked in the “Applicable Maintenance Expense” field in the “Set Options” activity of the “Stock Maintenance” business component. Else the system updates the respective maintenance types in the “Edit Additional Valuation Information” page, with the value “Add to Stock” if the corresponding check boxes are checked in the “Applicable Maintenance Expense” field in the “Set Options” activity of the “Stock Maintenance” business component.
During part creation, if a Material Request document is available for the part, the system ensures the following:
The Stock UOM of the part is same as the Required UOM in the Material Request document, if the Part Control Type is “Serial Controlled” or “Serial and Lot Controlled”.
The part independent UOM conversion exists between the Stock UOM and Required UOM in the Material Request document, if the Part Control Type is “Lot Controlled” or “None Controlled”
f) The system sets the SOS Applicability for the new part as “Not Applicable” and Part Analysis Classification as "None" for ABC, XYZ, FSN and VED classifications. However, if details for the new part are copied from another part, these fields inherit values of the copied part.
Mapping of alternates of prime part to the part
If "Alternate part definition among the alternate parts of a prime part" is set as "Automatic” or left blank in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of the Logistics Common Master, the system;
Makes the alternates of the new prime part as alternates for the part
However, if "Alternate part definition among the alternate parts of a prime part" is set as "Manual" the system performs does not map alternates of the prime part to the part that is being modified in this activity.
Config. Control Basis of new components
If the new component is not based on any existing part, the system sets “Config. Control Basis” in accord with the value of ‘'Default Config. Control Basis for Component Parts' available in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master. If ‘'Default Config. Control Basis for Component Parts' is ‘0’, “Config Control Basis” of the newly converted component is set as “Part Effectivity”. Alternatively, “Config Control Basis” of the new component is set as “Config. Rules”, if ‘'Default Config. Control Basis for Component Parts” is ‘1’.
The system displays the following in the “Record Statistics” group box:
Created By |
The login ID of the user who created the quick part information. |
Created Date |
The date on which the quick part information is created. |
To proceed, carry out the following
Select the “Edit Part Main Information” link at the bottom of the page to edit the part details.
Select the “Maintain Maintenance Information” link at the bottom of the page to update the maintenance information of the newly created part.
Select the “Maintain Planning Information” link at the bottom of the page to update the planning information of the newly created part.
Select the “Maintain Purchase Information” link at the bottom of the page to update the purchase information of the newly created part.
Select the “Maintain Sales Information” link at the bottom of the page to update the sales information of the newly created part.
Copy details from an existing part number
You can copy details from part numbers that are already defined. All information entered for the part number is copied into the new part.
Enter the number of the part from which details must be copied, in the “Part #” field in the “Copy Details From” group box.
Click “Create Part Information” pushbutton to copy the details.
A new part is created with the copied details.
Furnish basic information for the part
You can enter the basic information for the part such as whether the part number is serial or lot controlled, standard cost, expense type, planning type, stock UOM, issue basis, basic shelf life details etc.
Enter the respective fields in the “Basic Details” group box to furnish basic information of the quick part.
Enter planning information for the part
You can specify the valuation method, planning status, reorder level details, safety stock, reservation horizon details and storage allocation details as the planning information for the part.
Enter the appropriate fields in the “Planning Information” group box.
Identify source and usage details for the part
You can identify the source from where the part is obtained. The usage details of the part can also be entered.
Check the boxes in the appropriate source fields in the “Usage & Source Details” group box.
Check the boxes in the appropriate fields to specify the usage details for the part.
Furnish storage information for the part
You can furnish the default storage information for the part.
Enter the “Default Storage Details” multiline.
Enter purchase information for the part
You can specify the purchase information for the part such as preferred supplier, purchase UOM and standard purchase price.
Enter the appropriate fields in the “Purchase Information” group box.
Enter sales information for the part
You can specify the sales UOM, standard sales price and pricing basis for the part.
Enter the appropriate fields in the “Sales Information” group box.