Entering material requirement for a work unit

In this page, you can add or modify the parts required for executing the work units of type “Task” . Tell me more

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

The “Edit Material Requirements” page appears.

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

Visit Package #	The visit package number for which the material requirements are to be entered.
Revision #	The latest revision number of the visit package. The system leaves the field blank if the visit package is not revised.
Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number for which the visit package is applicable.
Aircraft Model #	The model to which the aircraft belongs.

Enter the following field:

Work Unit #

Use the drop-down list box to select the work unit for which the material requirement has to be specified. The system lists all the work units of type “Task” that are defined for the visit package.

Click the “Get details” pushbutton to retrieve the part details that have been already defined for the work unit.

Note: Ensure that the work centers to which work units are allocated in the visit package have a warehouse associated for all the part types required.

The system displays the following field on clicking the “Get Details” pushbutton:

Work Unit Desc

The description of the task .

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Work Center #

The work center in which the visit package must be performed.

Enter the following in the “Part Details” multiline:

Part #

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

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The system displays the following field:

Part Type

The type of the part as defined in 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 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, direct alternate, conditional alternate, or customer-specific alternate for the aircraft owned by the customer, 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. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Note: Ensure that "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. Note: You cannot modify the stock status for a part with the stock status “PBH”. Note: If the stock status is not specified for any new part, the system performs the following on clicking the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton: a) retrieves the stock status from the “Customer Order” business component, if the visit package has reference to the customer order. b) updates the stock status of each part as the preferred stock status of the aircraft, specified in the “Aircraft” business component, if the visit package does not have reference to the customer order.
UOM	The unit of measurement for the part (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. The UOM must have been already defined in the “Create UOM” activity of the “Unit of Measurement” business component, and must be in “Active” status. Help facility available.

The system displays the following field:

Est. Qty.

The estimated quantity of part as defined in the “Maintenance Task” component.

Enter the following:

Req. Qty.

The quantity of the part required for executing the work unit (Decimal). Mandatory. The value entered in this field must be greater than zero.

The system displays the following on clicking the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton:

Requested Qty

The quantity of the part requested already.

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”.

The system displays the following:

MR Count

The total number of material requests raised against the part.

Note: If the visit package is in “Fresh” or “Draft” status and there is no “Revision #”, then the system retrieves the “Requested Qty” and “MR Count” from the “Central Planning” business component. If there is a “Revision #”, then the system retrieves the “Requested Qty” and “MR Count” from the “Hangar Work Order” business component.

Note: The system considers only those material requests that are not in “Cancelled” or “Short Closed” status.

Part Description

The textual description of the part.

Select the hyperlinked part description to view the parts information.
Enter the following:

Warehouse #

Use the drop-down list box to select the warehouse to indicate the place from which the part must be issued. Ensure that the warehouse specified here is valid as defined in the “Storage Administration” business component, if a valid customer order is specified and if the current business component interacts with the “Customer Order” business component.

Note: Ensure that atleast one part is entered in the multiline.

The system displays the following on clicking the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton:

Consumption Mode

The consumption mode of the spare part.

Click the “Edit Requirements” pushbutton to update the part details for the visit package and work unit combination.

The system performs the following on updating the part requirements:

The cost related information is updated. The total cost is calculated as the sum of the product of per unit cost of the part (as defined in the “Create Parts Main Information” business component) and the required quantity.
For a visit package of “Fresh” status, the part requirement details are updated.
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 increments 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”.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Part wise material Requirements” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the consolidated material requirements for visit package.

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 a work unit – An overview

In this page, you can add or modify the parts required for executing the work units of type “Task” or “Standard procedure”. You can enter the material requirements for any work unit belonging to the visit package.

On specifying the part number in the multiline, the system displays the part details and allows you to modify the unit of measurement and the required quantity. The part details are updated and the system sets the last modified date to the current server date.

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