Edit Visit Package – A summary of the activity

In this activity, you can  modify the details of the visit package that is already created. The visit package for schedule maintenance is created in the “Central Planning” business component, and the unscheduled visit packages are created in the current business component. The system allows you to plan the schedules or modify the details of both ‘planned’ and ‘unplanned’ visit packages in this activity.

You can select a visit package and modify the work unit details and the resource and part requirements for the individual work units, or for the visit package as a whole. You can also modify the component removal details. You can plan the visit package and modify the consolidated material and resource requirements. You can also create a deferment request for the work units or modify the deferment request details.

Getting familiar with the pages inside

What you can do in this activity

Edit both ‘planned’ and ‘unplanned’ visit package details

Process deferred discrepancies

Process modified work units

Specify the component restoration details

Export/Import the visit package to/from project management tools

Modify work scope details

Define resource and part requirements at the work unit level or at the visit package level

Create deferment request

Specify deferral limits for a work unit

View other visit packages associated to the work center

View access panel tasks, work unit dates and references and task relationships

Edit both ‘planned’ and ‘unplanned’ visit package details

You can select a visit package to modify its details. Visit packages created for scheduled or unscheduled maintenance can be modified using this activity.

• Use the “Select Visit Package” page to select the visit package for modification.

• Use the “Edit Visit Package Details” page to modify the visit package details.

•  Use the “Plan Visit Package” page to plan the schedule details of the visit package.

Process discrepancies

Discrepancies are typically the symptoms of the problem, which are observed by the person-in-charge, like pilot, mechanic or the cabin crew, and are recorded in the flight log or in the hangar work order. A discrepancy is created in the “Discrepancy Processing” business component, to process the discrepancies. Sometimes, due to reasons such as non-availability of spares or ill-equipped maintenance station, the discrepancy may be deferred. The confirmed deferred an pending discrepancies  for the aircraft can be processed in this activity.

• Use the “Select Visit Package” page to select the visit package.

• Go to the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Process  Discrepancy” page to process or assign pending and deferred discrepancies  to the visit package.

Process modified work units

You can process the changes made in the allocations by the central planner after the visit package has been allotted to the visit planner.

• Select the visit package in the “Select Visit Package” page.

• Go to the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Process Modified Allocations” page to process the modified work units.

Specify the component restoration details

You can specify the component that has to be removed or replaced in the aircraft as part of the maintenance activity. You can also specify the work unit (identified as restoration work unit in the “Component Maintenance Program” business component) that has to be performed for the restoration of the component.

• Select the visit package in the “Select Visit Package” page.

• Go to the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Update Component Removal List” page to specify the component and work unit details.

Export/Import the visit package to/from project management tools

You can plan  the visit package details and export the work unit details to the project management software. The software will calculate the scheduled start date and end date automatically for the work units included in the visit package. You can also import the visit package contents from the project management software.

• Go to the “Edit Visit Package Details” page. Select the “Plan Visit Package” link.

• Use the “Plan Visit Package” page to modify and schedule the work unit details.

Note: If the scheduling details are entered in the “Work Unit Details” multiline of the “Plan Visit Package” page, then you need not enter the details using the PMT

• Click the “Export to PMT” pushbutton, to export the work unit details to the project management software.

• Click the “Import from PMT” pushbutton, to import the visit package contents from the project management software.

Click here to learn more details about the transfer to Project Management Software.

Modify work scope details

• Select the visit package in the “Select Visit Package” page.

• Go to the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Edit Work Content” page to modify the work units that are associated to the visit package.

Define resource and part requirements at the work unit level or at the visit package level

You can modify the parts and the resources required which are required at the visit package level.

• Go to “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Edit Visit Level Material Reqmts” page to enter the parts required at the visit package level.

• Use the “Edit Visit Level Resource Reqmts” page to enter resources required at the visit package level.

You can select a work unit and modify the parts and resources required for executing the work unit.

• Go to “Edit Work Content“ page from the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Select the work unit.

• Use the “Edit Material Requirements” page to enter the parts required to execute the work unit.

• Use the “Edit Resource Requirements” page to enter resources required for executing the work unit.

You can view the consolidated material and resource requirement and modify resource and the part details.

• Go to “Plan Visit Package” page from the “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Update Consolidated Resource Requirements” page to view the consolidated resource requirements.

• Go to “Edit Resource Requirements” page from “Update Consolidated Resource Requirements” page, to modify the resource details for the individual work units and for the visit package as a whole,at the resource level.

• Use the “Update Consolidated Material Requirements” page to view the consolidated material requirements.

• Go to “Edit Material Requirements” page from “Update Consolidated Material Requirements” page, to modify the part details for the individual work units,at the part level.

Create deferment request

You can defer work units that are part of a visit package and allocated to an execution center. You may have to defer a work unit due to various reasons such as resource constraints, flying schedules of an aircraft or workload of an execution center. Each deferment should be accompanied by an appropriate reason for deferring and requires approval from an authorized person.

• Go to “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Use the “Edit Work Content” or “Process Modified Allocations” page to select the work units.

• Use the “Create Deferment Request” page to create a deferment request for the selected work units.

Specify deferral limits for a work unit

You can specify the deferral limits for a work unit. You can specify time based and usage based deferral limits. The work unit will be deferred based on the deferral limits specified here.

• Go to “Create Deferment Request” page from the “Edit Work Content” or “Process Modified Allocations” page.

• Select the work unit.

• Select the “Edit Deferral Limits” link at the bottom of the page.

The system displays the “Edit Deferral Limits” page.

• Use this page to enter the time based and usage based deferral limits for the selected work unit.

View other visit packages associated to the work center

• Go to “Edit Visit Package Details” page.

• Select the “View Work Center Load” link at the bottom of the page, to view the other visit packages that are associated to the work center.

View access panel tasks, work unit dates and references and task relationships

• Go to “Plan Visit Package” page.

• Select the “View Access Panel Tasks” link at the bottom of the page to view the tasks associated to the access panel.

• Select the “ View Work Unit Dates and References” link in the bottom of the page to view the work unit dates and references.

• Select the “View Task Relationships” link at the bottom of the page to view the task relationship.