Modifying visit package information

This page allows you to modify, confirm or cancel the details of the selected visit package. Tell me more

Select the “Edit Visit Package Details” link in the “Select Visit Package” page. Alternatively, click the hyperlinked visit package number in the multiline of the same page.

Select the “Edit Visit Package” link at the bottom of the “Revise Visit Package” page.

The “Edit Visit Package Details” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are to be entered. 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 details are to be modified.
Revision #	The revision number of the visit package.

Note: On launching the page, the system displays the visit package details that are already entered, and also retrieves the details of the work center to which the work units in the visit package are assigned.

Enter the following:

Title	The textual description of the visit package (Alphanumeric, 150). Mandatory.
Grounding Date	The date on which the aircraft is grounded for the execution of maintenance activities (Date Format). Mandatory. You can modify this field, only when the “Visit Type” is “Unplanned”.

Note: If you modify this field, the system modifies the planned start date, planned end date and the projected end date of the visit package accordingly. The work units’ date details are also modified accordingly.

User Status

Use the drop-down list box to modify the user-defined status for the visit package. The system lists all the “active” quick codes that are of type "User Status", as defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. Leave this field blank, if you do not wish to assign a user-defined status to the visit package.

The system displays the following:

Status

The status of the visit package, which could be “Fresh” ,"Draft", “Confirmed”, "Released" or "Partially Released".

Enter the following:

CoM Required

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the Certificate of Maintenance (CoM) must be issued, after the maintenance activity is performed. The system provides the options “Yes” and “No” and sets the field to “Yes” by default.

The system displays the following:

Approval Status	Indicates the approval status of the visit package document, which could be “Pending Approval” or “Approval Not Required”.
Visit Type	The type of the visit package, which could be one of the following:
	Planned – Indicates that the visit package is created by the central planner, in the “Central Planning” business component for a planned maintenance visit.
	Unplanned - Indicates that the visit package is created by the visit planner in the “Visit Package” business component.

Enter the following:

Priority	Use the drop-down list box to modify the priority assigned to the visit package. The system lists all the priority descriptions, which are in the “Active” status, as defined in the “Create Priority Numbers” activity of the “Common Master” business component.
Project Code	A unique code associated to the visit package for tracking the execution of the visit package (Alphanumeric, 30).
Project File #	The number identifying the project file of the visit package (Alphanumeric, 30). Help facility available.
Visit Category	Use the drop-down list box to modify the category to which the visit package belongs. Mandatory. The system lists all the “active” quick codes that are of type "Visit Category", as defined in the “Create Visit Category” activity of the “Central Planning” business component.
Visit Group	Use the drop-down list box to modify the group to which the visit package belongs. The system lists all the “active” quick codes that are of type "Visit Group", as defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. Do not leave the field blank.
Planned Start Date	The date on which the visit package execution must start (Date Format). The date entered in this field must be later than the “Grounding Date”.

Note: If you leave this field blank, the system sets the grounding date as the planned start date, on clicking the “Edit Visit Package” pushbutton.

Planned End Date	The date by which the visit package execution should be completed (Date Format). The date entered here must be later than the date entered in the “Planned Start Date” field. If you leave this field blank, the system displays the latest date of the planned end dates specified for the work units in the multiline.
Est. Man Hrs.	The total man-hours estimated for “skill” type resources to complete the visit package (Decimal). The number entered in this field must be positive. The system sets the field to the estimated man-hours, or the sum total of the estimated man-hours entered in the multiline for the visit package, whichever is greater.
Project Time Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the unit of measurement for the project time. The system displays the options “Minutes”, “Hours” and “Days”, and sets the field to “Hours” by default.

Note: The system uses this time unit for the time specified for the visit package and the work unit in the visit package.

Est. Elapsed Time	The total time estimated for completing the visit package (Decimal). If you leave this field blank, the system calculates the estimated elapsed time as follows:
	If the “Planned End Date” is specified, the difference between the plan start date and plan end date is displayed. Otherwise, the maximum elapsed time specified in the multiline for the work units, is displayed.
	Use the drop-down list box provided alongside, to specify the unit of measurement for the time allotted for the visit package. The system displays the options “Minutes”, “Hours” and “Days”, and sets the field to “Hours” by default.

The system displays the following:

Projected End Date

The date on which the visit package execution is expected to be completed. The system displays the latest date of the scheduled end dates of the work units displayed in the multiline.

Enter the following:

Primary Work Center #

Use the drop-down list box to select the work center to which the visit package is allotted. Mandatory. This work center indicates the place for maintenance execution. The system lists all the “Active” work centers associated to the organization unit which the login user has access .

The system displays the following field, on clicking the “Edit Visit Package” pushbutton:

Primary Work Center Desc

The textual description of the work center.

Enter the following:

Visit Planner

The code identifying the employee who plans the visit package (Alphanumeric, 15). Mandatory. The employee code should have already been defined in the “Employee Information” business component and should be in “Active” status. The system displays the employee code of the logged in user by default.

Help facility available.

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

Planner Name

The name of the employee, who plans the visit package.

Enter the following:

Expense Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify the expense type for the visit package. The system lists the following options:

Revenue – Select this option if the cost incurred on the work unit is for routine maintenance activity and must be recorded as revenue cost.
Capital – Select this option if the cost incurred must be recorded as a capital cost.

The system displays “Revenue” by default..

CAPEX Proposal #

The capital expense proposal number applicable to the work unit. (Alphanumeric, 40). Ensure that the value entered here is a valid capital expense proposal number as defined in the “Asset Planning” business component, if the current business component interacts with the “Asset Planning” business component.

Leave this field blank, if the expense type is “Revenue”.

Help facility available.

Note: The CAPEX Proposal number specified in the visit package must have an asset class that is same as the asset class to which the Asset Tag and Asset No. are mapped for the aircraft. The system performs this check only when the expense type is “Capital” and the “Enforce Object to Asset Mapping For” field is set as “Aircraft” in the “Set Option” activity of the “Account Group” business component.

The system displays the following:

Maintenance Event

The maintenance event that must be considered as a part of the visit package.

The system displays the following in the “Aircraft Details” group box:

Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number for which the visit package is applicable.
Aircraft Model #	The model to which the aircraft belongs.
Pending Discrepancy Count	The total number of “Confirmed” discrepancys that are deferred for the aircraft.
Pending Work Unit Count	The total number of work units available in the process modified allocations log, with the change description.

The system displays the following in the “Customer Details” group box:

Customer #	The number identifying the customer, who owns the aircraft.
Customer Name	The name of the customer owning the aircraft.
Customer Order #	The number identifying the order placed by the customer.
Aircraft Release Date	The date on which the aircraft should be released to the customer, after executing the visit package.
Customer Order Desc.	The textual description of the customer order.

Click the hyperlinked customer order number to view the customer order information.

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.

The system displays the following in the “Estimated Cost Information” group box:

Total Cost

The total cost that will be incurred on the execution of the visit package. The cost is displayed in the currency specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.

Note: Total cost is calculated as the sum of “Material Cost (Capital)”, “Material Cost“, “Labor Cost”, “Facilities Cost” and “Misc. Cost”.

Material Cost (Capital)	The estimated cost of the parts, which have the expense type as “Capital”, used in the visit package. The cost is displayed in the currency specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.
Material Cost	The estimated cost of the material (excluding the cost of returnable parts and capital equipment) used in the visit package. The cost is displayed in the currency specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.
Labor Cost	The cost estimated cost of the resources of type “Skill” engaged in the visit package. The cost is displayed in the currency specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.
Facilities Cost	The cost estimated cost of the resources of type “Tools”, “Equipment” and “Others” in the visit package. The cost is displayed in the currency specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.

Enter the following field:

Misc. Cost

Any other miscellaneous cost incurred in the visit package (Decimal). The number entered in this field should be positive. The cost must be entered in the currency as specified in the “Enterprise Set Up” business component.

The system displays the following field in the “Work Center Details” multiline:

Work Center #

The work center or the place where the maintenance activities must be performed.

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 “Work Center Not Available” if work center is not available for some task.

Work Center Description

The description of the work center.

Enter the following:

Sch. Start Date

The date on which the execution of the work units must start in the work center (Date Format). Mandatory. The system displays the earliest date of the scheduled start dates entered for the work units to be performed on the work center displayed in the “Work Center #’ field. The schedule start date must be later than or equal to the “Planned Start Date”.

Note: If you modify this field, the schedule start date of the work units allocated to the work centre will be modified automatically.

Note: The scheduled start date should not be earlier than the current server date.

Sch. End Date

The date by which the execution of the work units must be completed in the work center (Date Format). Mandatory. The system displays the latest date of the scheduled end dates entered for the work units to be performed on the work center displayed in the “Work Center #’ field. The schedule end date must be earlier than or equal to the “Planned End Date”.

The system displays the following field:

Task Count

The number of tasks assigned to the work center.

The system displays the following in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Created By	The name of the user who created the visit package.
Last Modified by	The name of the user who last modified the visit package information.
Created date	The date on which the visit package was created.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the visit package was last modified.

Enter the following:

Comments

Any additional information, remarks or comments pertaining to the modification of the visit package (Alphanumeric, 2000). Typically, the reason for modifying the visit package can be specified.

To update the modified visit package details

Click the “Edit Visit Package” pushbutton to update the visit package details.
If a “Confirmed” visit package is modified, the system resets the status of the visit package to “Fresh”. Also, if the approval status is either “Approved” or “Returned”, the system resets the approval status of the visit package to “Pending Approval”.
If a “Released” or “Partially Released” visit package is modified, the system resets the status of the visit package to “Fresh”. Also, if the “Visit Package Approval” option is set as “Yes”, the system resets the approval status of the visit package to “Pending Approval”.

Note: When a “Released” visit package is modified, the system increments the existing revision number by one.

The system ensures that the aircraft registration number for which the visit package is created, is mapped to the asset ID and the asset tag in the “Maintain Asset Tracker” business component, if the expense type is set as “Capital’ and if the “Enforce Object to Asset Mapping For” is set as “Aircraft” in the “Set Options” activity of the “Account Group” business component.

Note: The system will throw an error indicating that modification is not allowed if the status of the Visit Package is not in Draft/ Fresh/ Confirmed, Released or Partially Released status.

To confirm the visit package details

You can confirm the visit package only when it is in the “Fresh” status.

The system verifies the following before confirming the visit package details:

The part requirement specified for the work units must have the planning information defined in the “Create Part Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component.
Click the “Confirm” pushbutton to confirm the visit package details.

Note: At least one work unit must be defined for the visit package with revision number “0”.

The system performs the following:

Generates or modifies the plan entry according to the dispositionable parts requirements specified for the visit package in the “Stock Planning” business component.
Sets the visit package to “Confirmed” status.
On confirming a visit package while revising, the system updates

a. the status of the current visit package to “Partially Released” and the status of the previous visit package to “Revised”, if the “Visit Package Approval” option is set as “No”.

b. the status of the visit package to “Confirmed”, if the “Visit Package Approval” is set as “Yes”.

To cancel the visit package

You can cancel the visit package only if it is of type “Unplanned” and status “Fresh” or “Confirmed”.

Click the “Cancel Visit Package” pushbutton, to cancel the visit package.
The system sets the status of the visit package to “Cancelled”.
All the related details such as the components to be removed, access panel tasks, part requirements, resource requirements and task relationships are deleted.
The demands for disposition entries are also deleted from the “Stock Planning” business component.
If the work units assigned to the unplanned visit package are planned work units, the system updates the status of those work units to “Pending” and moves the work units to the “Central Planning” pending tray for processing.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Processed Discrepancies” link at the bottom of the page to associate the pending or deferred discrepancy to the visit package.
Select the “Process Modified Allocations” link at the bottom of the page, to process the modified visit package allocation details.
Select the “Edit Work Content” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the work unit details.
Select the “Update Component Removal List” link at the bottom of the page, to specify the component removal details.
Select the “Plan Visit Package” link at the bottom of the page, to plan the schedules for the work units in the visit package.
Select the “Edit Visit Level Material Reqmts” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the material requirements for the visit package.
Select the “Edit Visit Level Resource Reqmts” link at the bottom of the page, to modify the resource requirements for the visit package.
Select the “View Work Center Load” link at the bottom of the page, to view the other visit packages associated to the work center.
Select the “View Aircraft Details” link at the bottom of the page to view the details of the aircraft.
Select the “View Error Log” link at the bottom of the page to view the details of the error log.
Select the “View File” link at the bottom of the page to view the project file contents.
Select the “Plan Capacity” link at the bottom of the page to plan the execution schedule of work units.
Select the “View Task Card” link at the bottom of the page to view the task card created in the third party application.

Refer to the “Task Card Publisher” Online help for more details.

Select the “View AMM Reference” link at the bottom of the page, to view the details of aircraft maintenance manual for the task.

What you can do in this page

Specify the project time unit for the visit package

Confirm visit package

Cancel visit package

Specify the project time unit for the visit package

You can specify the time unit, as “Minutes”, “Hours” and “Days”, for the visit package. The system uses this time unit for the work units in the visit package.

Use the “Project Time Unit” field, to select the appropriate time unit for the visit package.

Modifying visit package information – An overview

This page allows you to modify, confirm or cancel the details of the selected visit package. Using this page you can also modify or cancel the visit packages selected in the “Revise Visit Package” page. Visit packages that are in “Fresh”, “Confirmed”, “Released” or “Partially Released” status can be modified.

You can modify the details such as description, user-defined status, whether the certificate of maintenance has to be issued for the aircraft after the completion of the visit package and the priority assigned to the visit package. The project code, category and group to which the visit package belongs, can also be modified.

The execution details such as the planned start date and end date for visit package, the estimated time and man-hours to complete the visit package, primary work center where the maintenance activity should be performed, can be modified. You can also specify the project time unit, which will be used by the “Project Management Software” to calculate the estimated time for the visit package. The system uses this time unit (if specified) for the execution of the entire visit package.

The system displays the aircraft for which the visit package is applicable, the aircraft model, the number of discrepancies and the work units that are pending on the aircraft. The estimated costs on the material, labor and facilities are also displayed.

If the grounding date has been modified, then, then the system modifies the planned start date, planned end date and the project end date of the visit package accordingly.

The system displays the work center details and the total number of tasks that must be performed in the work center. You can modify the start date and end date for the work unit completion in the work center.

The system updates the visit package details and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date.

Note: The system sets the visit package status to “Fresh”, when you modify a confirmed visit package.

Using this page, you can also cancel the visit package that is created by the visit planner. On cancellation, the system sets the visit package to “Cancelled” status.