Planning visit package information

This page is used to export the visit package details to the project management software. Tell me more

Note: The "Customer #" and "Customer Name" fields are applicable only when the aircraft is not self-owned and the customer details are recorded in the system.

Note: For a “Partly Released” visit package, the system displays the work units that are not assigned to the work order.

For example if there exists 1000 records, and if records 1-500 are currently displayed in the multiline, then on clicking the “Next” pushbutton the system displays the next set of records i.e. records 501-1000 in the multiline.

Similarly if records 501-1000 are currently displayed in the multiline, then on clicking the “Previous” pushbutton the system displays the previous set of records i.e. records 1-500 in the multiline.

Note: The system displays an error message on clicking the “Previous” and “Next” pushbuttons respectively when there exists no set of records prior and next to the set of records currently displayed.

Note: The system sets the work center, priority, task group and plan item group specified here to the respective fields for the work units selected in the multiline. This type of updation is done, when several work units in the multiline have the same work center, priority, task group and plan item group.

Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the work center to specify where the work unit has to be performed. If the “Work Center Hierarchy Check” field is set to “No” in the “Set Options” activity, the system lists the “Active” work centers associated to the organization unit. Otherwise, the system lists all the child work centers associated to the primary work center specified in the “Create Visit Package” page.
Time Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the unit of measurement for the time allotted for the work unit. The system displays the options “Minutes”, “Hours” and “Days” and sets the field to “Hours” by default.
Est. Elapsed Time	The time estimated for completing the task (Decimal). The number entered in this field must be positive. If you leave this field blank, the system displays the estimated elapsed time entered for the work unit in the “Maintenance Task” or “Maintenance Program” business component.
Est .Man Hrs.	The total man-hours estimated for completing the work unit (Decimal). The number entered in this field must be positive. If you leave this field blank, the system displays the estimated man-hours entered for the work unit in the “Maintenance Task” or “Maintenance Program” business component.

Note:1. The system retrieves all the related tasks with the Parents Tasks in the “Parent Task #” column and the relationship between the Task # and Parent Task # in the Relationship Type” column.

Planned Start Date	The date on which the work unit execution has to start (Date Format).
Start Time	The time at which the work unit execution has to start (Time Format).
Planned End Date	The date on which the work unit has to be complied with (Date Format).
End Time	The time at which the work unit has to be complied with (Time Format).
Task Group	Use the drop-down list box to select a task group under which the work units selected in the multiline must be grouped. The system lists all the “Active” quick codes that are of the type ”Task Group”, as defined in the “Create Quick Code” activity.
Plan Item Group	Use the drop-down list to select a plan item group under which the work units selected in the multiline must be grouped. The system lists all the “Active” quick codes that are of the type ”Plan Item Group”, as retrieved from the "Create Visit Category" activity of the "Central Planning" business component.

Note: The system retrieves Sch. Start date for the related task as that of parent tasks Sch. Start date and Sch. End date will be computed based on Sch. Start date + individual tasks elapse time.

The system displays the following on clicking the “Plan Visit Package” pushbutton:

Note: You cannot delete mandatory work units, access panel tasks of type “Open” or “Close”

You can delete the mandatory work unit, if the component for which the on-wing task has to be executed, is not present on the aircraft.

The system transfers the work unit information stored in the project management software into the system. The system is stored with the work unit information of the visit package, as stored in the project management software.

The system launches the project management software associated with the software.

If a large number of work units have the same work center, priority, task group and plan item group, you can use the ‘mass change option’ to set the values just once for all the work units. The system updates the work center, priority, task group and plan item group fields (if they are left blank) for all the work units in the multiline with the default values.

In this page, you can retrieve the work units associated to the visit package and modify its details. The system displays the basic visit package details and you can modify the project file to which the visit package is associated. You can search for the work units by specifying the filter criteria such as work center or set advanced search criteria for retrieving the work units. You can also retrieve work units based on an advanced search ID that is already created. You can also indicate whether the work units associated to the open access panel task, close access panel task, aircraft task, component removal task, on-wing task, non-routine task, EO/FCD tasks are to be retrieved.

You can modify the sequence in which the work unit has to be performed and the work center where the work unit has to be performed. The estimated time and man-hours to complete the work unit, the start date and end date for work unit completion, task and plan item group to which the work unit belongs and priority that has to be assigned to the work unit can also be modified.

The system updates the work unit details and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date. The updated details can be exported to the “Project Management Software” for calculating the schedule details. The software will calculate the scheduled start date and end date automatically for the work units included in the visit package.

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 again using PMT.

A Project Management Tool (PMT) uses sophisticated algorithms and powerful graphical displays to analyze interdependencies between activities, build network and identify and resolve resource bottlenecks, if any. The Ramco Aviation solution interfaces with these project management software tools to plan, monitor and control the execution aspects of complex jobs effectively.

In this activity, you can export the visit package details. To plan 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.

The use of the PMT as a complete scheduling tool will require bi-directional flow of information. It represents the most comprehensive form of interfacing, all entities that are required for planning and resource leveling are exported to the projects software, including the activities (and its key attributes), resource pool, parts information, calendar information and the relationships between the activities. The revised activity details and relationship details are updated back into the work application database.

All the tasks belonging to the Visit Package are transferred to PMT. The information in the MSP (Microsoft Project) is sequenced based on the WBS (Work Break Down Structure) levels specified, that is, Primary Work Center forms the first level, Work center at the second level and the tasks to be performed in the work center are at the third level.

Along with the elapsed time, the time unit is also updated and it is concatenated as day, hour etc.

Visit Package #	The number identifying the visit package.
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.
Status	The status of the visit package, which could be “Fresh”, “Confirmed”, “Released” or “Partly Released”.
Title	The description of the visit package.
Approval Status	The approval status of the visit package, which could be “Approval Pending” or “Not Required”.

Customer #	The number identifying the customer.
Customer Name	The name of the customer.
Customer Order #	The number identifying the order placed by the customer.
Aircraft Release Date	The date by which the aircraft would be released to the customer, after the visit package is executed.
Customer Order Desc.	The textual description of the customer order.

Open Access panel Task #	Check this box to retrieve all the access panel tasks of type “Open” that are included in the visit package.
Close Access panel Task #	Check this box to retrieve all the access panel tasks of type “Close” that are included in the visit package.
Aircraft Tasks	Check this box to retrieve the work units of job type ”Aircraft”.
Component Removal Tasks	Check this box to retrieve the work units of job type ”Component Removal”.
On-Wing Tasks	Check this box to retrieve the work units of job type ”On-Wing”.
Non-Routine Tasks	Check this box to retrieve the work units, which have a maintenance report number reference.
Eng. Doc Tasks	Check this box to retrieve the tasks, which have a reference to an engineering document.
Duplicate Tasks	Check this box to retrieve each work unit once in the multiline, irrespective of multiple occurrences of the work unit.
On-Wing Jobs – Rem. Component	Check this box to retrieve all on-wing jobs with the component being identified for removal in the “Update Component Removal” page.

Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to set the work center for the work units selected in the multiline. If the “Work Center Hierarchy Check” field is set to “No” in the “Set Options” activity, the system lists the work centers associated to the organization unit. Otherwise, the system lists all the child work centers associated to the primary work center specified in the “Create Visit Package” page. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Priority	Use the drop-down list box to set the priority for the work units selected in the multiline. The system lists all the priority descriptions that are in the “Active” status, as defined in the “Create Priority Numbers” activity of the “Common Master” business component.
Task Group	Use the drop-down list box to group the work units selected in the multiline under a task group. The system lists all the “Active” quick codes that are of the type ”Task Group”, as defined in the “Create Quick Code” activity.
Plan Item Group	Use the drop-down list to group the work units selected in the multiline under a plan item. Mandatory. The system lists all the “Active” quick codes that are of the type ”Plan Item Group”, as retrieved from the "Create Visit Category" activity of the "Central Planning" business component.

Work Unit #	The number identifying the task .
Work Unit Type	The type of the work unit, which could be “Task” .
ATA #	The ATA chapter associated to the component ID or position code.

Parent Task #	The code identifying the parent task of the work unit.
Relationship Type	The relationship type of the task with the work unit.

Job Type	The type of the job, which could be “Aircraft”, “On-Wing”, “Component Removal” or “Non-Routine”.
Change Doc Type	The type of the change document, which could be “EO” or “FCD”.
Change Order #	The number identifying the engineering order or fleet campaign directive.
Work Center Description	The textual description of the work center.
Work Unit Desc	The textual description of the work unit.
Expense Type	The expense type for the visit package, which could be one of the following options: Revenue – Indicates that the cost incurred on the work unit is for routine maintenance activity and is recorded as revenue cost. Capital – Indicates that the cost incurred is recorded as a capital cost.
CAPEX Proposal #	The capital expense proposal number applicable to the work unit.