Allocating components to aircraft visit package

This page allows you to assign pending jobs to the visit package that needs to be executed on the components. Tell me more.

Select the “Allocate Components to Visit Package” link in the “Select Aircraft” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked aircraft number in the multiline of the same page.

The “Allocate Components to Visit Package” page appears.

Note: Ensure that the option “Allocation of On-Wing/ Component Jobs to Visit Package” is set as either “Component Planner” or “Component Planner & Central Planner ” in the “Set Options” activity.

Also ensure that a valid aircraft record is selected in the previous page.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date field is displayed 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 fields in the “Aircraft Details” group box:

Aircraft Reg #	The registration number of the aircraft
Aircraft Model #	The model number to which the aircraft belongs

Enter the following fields in the “Allocation Criteria” group box:

Date from	The starting date of a particular date type of a pending work unit (Date Format) The starting date may correspond to the “Earliest Compliance Date”, “Scheduled Date”, “Latest Compliance Date” or “Alert Date”, as selected in the “Date Basis” field. The system retrieves all the pending work units in which the starting date is equal to or later than the date specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the pending work units irrespective of the starting date.
Date to	The ending date of a particular date type of a pending work unit (Date Format) The ending date may correspond to the “Earliest Compliance Date”, “Scheduled Date”, “Latest Compliance Date” or “Alert Date”, as selected in the “Date Basis” field. The system retrieves all the pending work units in which the ending date is equal to or earlier than the date specified here. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the pending work units irrespective of the ending date.
Date Basis	Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of date such as compliance, scheduled or alert date, based on which the pending work units must be retrieved. The system lists the options, “Earliest Compliance Date”, “Schedule Date”, “Latest Compliance Date” and “Alert Date”. Leave this field blank to retrieve the pending work units irrespective of the date. The system leaves this field blank by default.
Adv. Search ID	Use the drop-down list box to specify the code that identifies a set of advanced search options to retrieve the pending work units. The system lists the entire advanced search IDs defined by the login user in the login organization unit. The system retrieves the work units based on the filter criteria specified in the advanced search criteria taking the other work units into consideration. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the pending work units irrespective of the advanced search options. The system leaves this field blank by default.

Select the “Edit Advanced Search Criteria” link provided alongside, to edit the advanced search options.

Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the work center with which the work unit is associated. The system lists all the advanced search IDs defined by the login user in the login organization unit. The system retrieves the work units based on the filter criteria specified in the advanced search criteria taking the other work units into consideration. Leave this field blank to retrieve all the pending work units irrespective of the advanced search options. The system leaves this field blank by default.
Planner Group	Use the drop-down list box to select the planner group with which the component with the work units is associated. The system lists all the planner groups with which the login user is associated.
Job Source	The source of the work unit

Check one or more of the following boxes to indicate the source of the work unit:

On Wing Component Jobs	The work unit is of the job type “On-wing” tasks.
Component Removal	The work unit is of the job type “Component Removal”.
EO / FCD Work Units	The work unit is a part of the work scope defined in an engineering order or a fleet campaign directive.
Deferred Work Units	The work unit is deferred from execution.
Opportunity Maintenance Work Units	The work unit forms a part of the opportunity checks to be carried out on the component.
Select All	Check this box to select all the options available in the “Job Source” field. The system retrieves all the pending work units to be executed on the component if you select this option. This box appears checked by default.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the pending work units to be allocated to the visit package.

The system retrieves all the pending work units as per the search criteria. The pending work units include:

On-wing forecasted component work units against the components attached to the aircraft, with status as “Pending” and “On-Wing?” set as “Yes”.
Restoration work units of all components forecasted for “Removal” in the component forecast log, with “On-Wing?” set as “No”.
Work units in “Deferral Work Unit List” and work units having deferral type as “Indefinite Deferral”.
Work units in “EO” and “FCD” in “Released” status, and with “Create Flag” in selected condition.

Note: If restoration work units are not defined for the components that are forecasted for removal, the system retrieves the component number alone without any work units.

Note: The system does not retrieve the work units that are pending after the scheduled date on which the component removal is scheduled.

The system displays the following details in the “Unassigned Work Unit Details” multiline:

Part #	The part number of the component on which the maintenance activity is performed
Serial #	The serial number of the component on which the maintenance activity is performed
Maintenance Type	The type of the maintenance work, such as overhaul, repair, others and inspection, to be performed on an aircraft
Work Unit Type	The type of the work unit, which could be “Task”, “Standard Procedure” or “Work Package”
Work Unit #	The work unit retrieved by the system
Schedule Date	The date on which the maintenance activity is scheduled to be performed on the aircraft
Last Performed Date	The date on which the work unit was last performed
Job Type	The job type of the work unit such as “Component Removal” and “On Wing”.
Basic Removal ?	Indicates whether the component removed is due to snag reported. The system displays “Yes” or “No”.

The system displays “Yes” or “No”.

Note :If the parent part number of the component is identified in the component maintenance program, then the system identifies the position in which the part is fitted and checks for any component attached to the position. If the component, for which the maintenance arising is forecasted, is fitted to that position, the system displays “No” in the above field. Otherwise, the system displays “Yes”.

Opport. Maint.?

Indicates whether the work unit pertains to the opportunity maintenance performed on the component or not.

Rem. Days

The number of days remaining before the forecasted arising of the pending work units. This is calculated as

Remaining Days= Scheduled date – Current server date

Rem. FH

The flying hours remaining before the forecasted arising of the pending work units. This value is retrieved from the forecast This is calculated as

Remaining FH= Next Scheduled Value of FH – Current FH

The current value is retrieved from the “Aircraft” business component.

Rem. FC	The flying cycles remaining before the forecasted arising of the pending work units. This value is retrieved from the forecast. This is calculated as Remaining FC =Next Scheduled Value of FC – Current FC. The current value is retrieved from the “Aircraft” business component
Job Source	The source of the job The system displays one of the following: Engineering Order – If the work units are derived from “EO” or “FCD”. Deferred – If the work units are derived from the “Deferred List”. CMP – If the work units are derived from the Component Maintenance Program and forecast other than engineering and shelf-life-expired jobs. Shelf Life Expiry – If the work units are derived because of shelf life expiry.
Work Center #	The work center to which the work unit is associated
Work Center Description	The textual description of the work center
Work Unit Desc	The textual description of the work unit
Part Description	The textual description of the part

Check the box in the select column of the multiline to select the work unit to allocate to the visit package.

Enter the following fields in the “Assign to Existing Visit Package” group box:

Visit Package #

The visit package to which you wish to attach the work units (Alphanumeric, 40) Mandatory

Ensure that the visit package is already defined in the “Create Visit Package” activity of the “Visit Package” business component and is not in the “Closed” or “Cancelled” status.

Help facility available.

Note: Also ensure that the planned end date of the visit package is later than or equal to the maximum of the latest compliance date of the work units.

Execution Unit

Use the drop-down list box to select the organization unit to which the visit package is allocated for execution. Mandatory.

The system displays the following fields:

Title	The textual description of the visit package.
Status	The status of the visit package The system displays one of the following: Fresh – when the visit package is created Confirm when the visit package is confirmed
Grounding Date	The date on which the aircraft is grounded for the execution of maintenance activities
Primary Work Center #	The work center to which the visit package is allotted.

Enter the following fields:

Work Center Capability Check

Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the capability of work center must be checked for visit package execution. The system lists the options "Required" and "Not Required".

Click the “Allocate to Visit Package” pushbutton to allocate the jobs to the visit package.

The system performs the following on clicking the “Allocate to Package” pushbutton:

Appends all the work units selected in the multiline to the visit package.

Updates the status of the work units to “Allocated” from “Pending”.

If the system parameter "Allocation Revision Method for Component Work Units " is set as “Direct”, then the work units should be added to the visit package.

If the system parameter "Allocation Revision Method for Component Work Units " is set as "Modification Log", then the addition of new work units must happen through the "Modification Log".
If the “Removal Status” of the work units of component removal jobs is “Pending”, the system checks whether the part to be removed is attached to the aircraft in the “Configuration” business component. On allocation of work units to visit package, if the part has not been removed, then the “Removal Status” is updated from “Pending” to “Allocated”. If the part has been removed, then the “Removal Status” is updated from “Pending” to “Removed”.
Ensures that the work center selected in the header is capable of executing the work units, if the “Work Center Capability Check” drop-down list box is set as “Required” This need not be mentioned
When the work unit is assigned to the existing visit package, the system copies the planned start date and the end date for the work unit from the “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component. For the tasks inside the Work Unit, If dates are planned in “Compliance Tracking & Control” business component, the system copies the same as planned start date and end date for the tasks. If dates are not planned, then the system copies it from the parent work unit to the individual task and calculates the planned end date using the following formula:

Planned End Date = Planned Start Date + Est. Elapsed Time

To proceed, carry out the following

Click the “Set Advanced Search Criteria” link provided at the bottom of the page to set advanced search criteria for retrieving work units.

Allocating components to aircraft visit package – An overview

After the work scope is finalized for the component, the planner allocates the component removals and on-wing inspections to the “Visit Package”. A visit package is an aggregation of all the maintenance activities that needs to be accomplished during the visit of an aircraft to the maintenance execution facility. This page allows you to allocate pending jobs to the visit package that needs to be executed on the components.

For the aircraft selected in the previous page, you can define the allocation of work unit details. You can carry out a search criteria to retrieve the pending work units that must be performed on the component. The work units can belong to any one of the job sources:

On–Wing Jobs The work unit is of the job type “On-wing” tasks.

Component Removals The work unit is of the job type “Component Removal”.

EO / FCD Work Units The work unit is a part of the work scope defined in an engineering order or a fleet campaign directive.

Deferred Work Units The work unit is deferred from execution.

Opportunity Checks The work unit forms a part of the opportunity checks to be carried out on the component.

The system displays the pending work unit details recorded for the component in the respective business components according to the job source. You can select the work units and assign them an existing visit package, which is not in the "Closed" or "Canceled" status and whose visit type is “Planned”. The status of the work units is changed from “Pending” to “Allocated” on updating.