Routing unserviceable components/parts
In this page, you can route the unserviceable components or parts to the warehouse. Tell me more.
Select the “Route Unserviceable Components/Parts” link under the “Component Maintenance Planning” business component.
The “Route Unserviceable Component/Parts” page appears.
Enter the following field in the “Warehouse Details” group box:
Unserviceable Routing WH # |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the warehouse from which the unserviceable components or parts must be routed. Mandatory. The system lists all the warehouses defined as “Unserviceable Recv. Warehouse” under the “Set Options” activity and for which the login user has access rights, along with the value “ALL”. If you select “ALL”, the system retrieves the details of all the unserviceable parts/components available in the list of all Unserviceable Warehouses identified as 'Unserviceable Recv. Warehouse'. The value “ALL” is not listed if the ‘Unserviceable Recv. Warehouses’ are not defined in the “Set Options” activity. |
The system displays the following field:
Warehouse Description |
The textual description of the selected warehouse. |
Enter the following field in the “Warehouse Details” group box:
Zone # |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the zone in the unserviceable routing warehouse. The drop-down list box shows all the zones in the selected unserviceable routing warehouse as defined in the “Storage Administration” business component and “ALL”. The system finds all the unserviceable parts / components from the zone that you have specified here. To find unserviceable parts from all zones of the warehouse, select “ALL”. By default, this field is set to “ALL”, if you have selected ”ALL” in the Unserviceable Routing WH # field. |
Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box to find unserviceable parts that you wan to process.
Note: 1) The Mfr. Part # and Mfr.# search criteria are available only if the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction" is set as 'Yes' in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistic Common Master” business component. 2) If the process parameter “Evaluation of Automatic Execution Order Generation Rules for Unserviceable Stock” under the entity type Component Maintenance Planning and the entity “Manage Repair Automation Rules” is set as 1 for Required, the search will retrieve those unserviceable parts that failed the Repair Automation rules/ RO generation or for which no repair automation rules have been defined yet. However, if the process parameter is set as 0 for Not Required, the search retrieves removed unserviceable parts / components that need to be routed to appropriate destination.
Part # |
The number identifying the part that is to be routed to the warehouse (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the part numbers that are similar to the value entered here. |
Mfr. Part # / Mfr. # |
The number assigned to the part, by the manufacturer of the part that is to be routed to the warehouse. You can enter the number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the manufacturer part numbers that are similar to the value entered here. |
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In the editable box alongside, enter the code identifying the manufacturer of the part that is to be routed to the warehouse. You can enter the number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the manufacturer numbers that are similar to the value entered here. |
Part Description
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The textual description of the part (Alphanumeric, 150). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all parts whose description is similar to the description entered here. |
Work Center # |
The number identifying a valid work center in “Active” status, defined in the “Work Center” business component (Alphanumeric, 30). You can enter the work center number in full, or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the unserviceable components or parts, for the work center number entered here. For components, the system displays a default value of the work center number defined in the “Create Component Record” of the “Aircraft” business component. For non-components, the system displays the work center number specified in the “User defined field 1” in the “Part Administration” business component, by default. |
SOS Disposition |
Use the drop-down list box to select the SOS Disposition of the part. The drop-down list displays the following: Pending Processing, Processed, Confirmed Failure, Suspected Failure and No Fault Found and Not Applicable. The system retrieves all component replacement transactions generated for parts whose SOS disposition is the same as that you specify. |
Display Options |
Use the drop-down list box to retrieve all components or parts. The system displays the following:
The system retrieves parts that satisfy the display option you specify. |
Note: The SOS Disposition search criterion is available only if the "SOS Program Applicability" is set to “'Not Applicable” in the Set Options activity of the Common Masters component. |
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Object Type |
Use the drop-down list box to select the object type. The system displays the options “Component” and “Non-Component”. The system leaves this field blank by default. |
Prime Part #
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The attribute of the defined part number, with which a set of parts that belongs to that group, can be retrieved (Alphanumeric, 40). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all parts, whose prime part numbers are similar to the value entered here. |
Primary Model #
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The primary model number of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 20). You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the parts belonging to the model specified here. |
Part Classification
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Use the drop-down list box to specify the classification of the part to be routed to the warehouse. The system lists all the active part classification values like "A", "B" and "C" which are defined in the “Part Administration” business component. Note that if “Object Type” is specified as:
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Possession Status
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Use the drop-down list box to specify the possession status of the component. The system displays the following:
The system leaves this field blank by default. |
Ownership |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the ownership for the component. The system displays “Owned”, “Customer” and “Supplier”. The system leaves this field blank by default. |
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In the editable box alongside, enter a value corresponding to the “Ownership” specified. The system retrieves all the parts ownership similar to the value entered here. |
Receipt Date: From/To |
The start-date and the end-date for the period during which the unserviceable routing warehouse received the parts (Date Format). The system retrieves the parts the warehouse received during the period between the From/To dates you specify. |
Material Controller |
To retrieve that part # that is associated to specific material controller, specify the employee code of the material controller. You can enter the number in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the parts mapped to the material controller similar to that specified here. Note: You must enter at least three characters / letters to enable search based on this field. |
Auto Evaluation? |
Use the drop-down list box to retrieve those components that could not be routed to external repair due to the failure of automatic execution order generation rules caused by specific reason. Select the reason for failure from the drop-down list box. The drop-down list box displays the following:
The system displays blank by default. Blank Search will retrieve all the records in the multiline irrespective of the failed Automation records. |
Show only failed Repair Automation records |
Select the check box to display only those parts against which the automatic repair order generation rules failed. The “Unserviceable Components/Parts” multiline will display the records with "Auto Evaluation?" set as “Yes-with Failure” or “Yes- With Error”. Note: The "Show only Failed Repair Automation records" check box appears only if the Repair Automation feature has been enabled in the system. |
Note: Data entry in Search Criteria group box is optional.
Click the “Search” pushbutton to retrieve parts that match the search criteria, in the “Unserviceable Components/Parts” multiline.
Note: If all the fields are left blank, the system retrieves all the unserviceable components or parts available in the selected unserviceable routing warehouse and zone.
The system performs the following:
Retrieves in the multiline only those records for which the status of SWO is 'Draft”, “Fresh”, “Planned” or “In-Progress” for which Main Core MR needs to be generated
Retrieves the Work Center # and Repair Agency # in the multiline only for Parts .
The system displays the following in the “Unserviceable Components/Parts” multiline:
Note: The Mfr. Part # and Mfr.# fields are available in the multiine only if the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction" is set as 'Yes' in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistic Common Master” business component.
EF (Execution Facility) |
The location where the part can be repaired, which could be External, Internal or External & Internal. |
Part # |
The number identifying the unserviceable part available in the unserviceable warehouse. |
Mfr. Part # |
The number assigned to the part, by the manufacturer of the part. |
Mfr. # |
The code identifying the manufacturer of the part. |
Part Type |
The part type, which could be "Component", "Expendable", "Tool", "Consumable", "Raw Material", "Miscellaneous" or "Kit". |
Serial # |
The serial number of the unserviceable part. |
Lot # |
The number identifying the lot to which the part serial number belongs. |
Unserviceable Routing WH # |
The warehouse from which the unserviceable components or parts must be routed. |
From Zone # |
The code identifying the zone in the unserviceable warehouse, from which the unserviceable components or parts are routed. |
Note: The “Unserviceable Routing WH #” and “From Zone #” columns are displayed only if the value “ALL” is selected in both “Unserviceable Routing WH #” and Zone # fields in the Warehouse Details” group box. However, only the From Zone # column is displayed in the multiline, if “ALL” is selected as the Zone # in the “Warehouse Details” group box. |
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From Bin # |
The number identifying the bin in the selected zone of the unserviceable warehouse. |
Material Controller |
The employee name / code of the material controller mapped to the part in the Maintain Planning Information screen of Part Administration. The retrieved value will be displayed in the following format: Employee # (Employee Name) |
UOM |
The unit of measurement for the quantity of component or part used. |
User Status |
The user-defined status of the Auto Execution Order Generation rules for the part. |
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Routing Reason |
Use the drop-down list box to select the reason for storing the unserviceable component / part and routing to another location. The drop-down list box displays the 'Active' quick codes defined for the quick code type “Routing Reason” in the Create Quick Codes screen of Component Maintenance Planning component. Note: This field appears only if the Repair Automation feature has been enabled in the system. |
Routing Remarks |
Any comments on the storing on the current / routing / part to another location of the unserviceable component. Note: This field appears only if the Repair Automation feature has been enabled in the system. |
Repair Order # |
The repair order generated for the part based on repair rules. |
The system displays the following field: |
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Avail. Qty. |
The count of unserviceable parts available in the unserviceable routing warehouse. |
Note: For serial-controlled parts, the available quantity is always “1”.
Enter the following fields in the multiline:
Processed Qty. |
The total number of processed parts (Numeric). Mandatory. By default, the system displays the available quantity. |
Note: “Processed Qty” should be less than or equal to “Avail. Qty”.\
The system displays the following field:
Under Warranty? |
Click the hyperlinked field which could be “Yes”, “No” or “Not Applicable” in order to view the warranty instance of the part . In addition to the above values, the system displays the following values indicating the mandatory requirement to update parameter values for the received Part-Serial/Lot # in Customer Goods Receipt.
The above two values are displayed only if the following conditions are satisfied:
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Enter the following fields in the multiline:
Work Center # |
The number identifying a valid work center in “Active” status, defined in the “Work Center” business component. Mandatory. Help facility available. |
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Station Name |
The name of the receiving station of the unserviceable part. Data entry in this field is mandatory if the Work Center of the given part is specified as “Reference”. Station mapped to the execution work center for the given Part #. |
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Move Remarks |
Additional details on the stock transfer to / long term parking of the unserviceable part at the work center, work center or repair shop. Process Parameter dependency: This field is mandatory, if you intend to move the part, if the process parameter “Mandate Move Remarks on Move Parts in Route Unserviceable Components/Parts” under the entity type Component Maint. Planning and the entity Maintenance in the Define Process Entities activity of Common Master is set 1 for Yes. |
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Repair Agency |
The code identifying the repair agency to which the part must be sent for repair. Mandatory The repair agency entered must be an ‘Active’ Supplier # defined in the “Supplier” business component for Parts with Owned / Supplier as the “Ownership” Ensure that for customer-owned parts with Contract and Customer order, the repair agency code entered in this field is defined in the “Edit Approved Repair Supplier List” link page in the “Sale Contract – Services” business component. Help facility available |
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Stock Transfer Mode |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the transfer mode by which the part is to be routed to the warehouse. Mandatory. Select,
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Contract # |
The number identifying the contract in which the unserviceable part has reference. Data entry in this field is mandatory for customer-owned parts. Ensure the following:
Help facility available |
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Cust. Order # |
The unique code identifying the customer order associated with the unserviceable part.. Data entry in this field is not mandatory if contract exists for customer-owned part. Help facility available |
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Rem. Aircraft Reg # |
The registration number of the aircraft from which the component / main core is removed. Ensure that the code specified in this field is an active and valid Aircraft #, and not in “Frozen” status as defined in the “Aircraft” business component if the part is an internal part. Note that if "'Rem.A/C Reg #" value is retrieved on Evaluate / Get Contract,then value specified in this field cannot be modified if the associated part is a customer-owned part. Help facility available |
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Rem. Aircraft MSN # |
The manufacturer serial number of the aircraft from which the component / main core is removed. Help facility available |
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NHA Part # |
The number identifying the parent part, which is otherwise called the ‘Next Higher Assembly’ Ensure that the number specified in this field is an active and valid NHA Part # that exists in the “Part Administration” business component if the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # Control in Transaction” is set at “No” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistics Common Masters’ business component. Note that if NHA Part # value is retrieved on Evaluate / Get Contract then value specified in this field cannot be modified if the associated part is a customer-owned part. Help facility available |
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NHA Mfr. Part # |
The number issued to the NHA part, by the manufacturer of the NHA part. Data entry in this field is mandatory if the Mfr. # is associated with more than one manufacturer in the “Part Administration” business component. If the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # Control in Transaction” is set at “Yes” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistics Common Masters’ business component. Ensure that the number specified in this field is a valid NHA Mfr. Part # that exists in the “Part Administration” business component if the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # Control in Transaction” is set at “Yes” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistics Common Masters’ business component. Note that if NHA Mfr. Part # value is retrieved on Evaluate / Get Contract then value specified in this field cannot be modified if the associated part is a customer-owned part Help facility available |
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NHA Mfr. # |
The code identifying the manufacturer of the NHA part Ensure that the number specified in this field is a valid NHA Mfr. # that exists in the “Part Administration” business component if the parameter “Enable Manufacturer Part # Control in Transaction” is set at “Yes” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” activity of the “Logistics Common Masters’ business component. Note that the value specified in this field cannot be modified if the associated part is a customer-owned part. Help facility available |
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NHA Serial # |
The serial number of the NHA part Help facility available |
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The system displays the following fields:
Note: When the same warehouse is specified as Unserviceable Routing WH #as well as To Warehouse, it indicates an intra-warehouse transfer.
The system displays the following fields:
The system displays the following fields:
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Customer PO # |
The number identifying the purchase order placed by the customer in response to which the customer order is created, Data entry in this field is mandatory if: The ownership of the part is “Customer”. If a Customer Order is to be created |
Repair Process Code |
Use the drop-down list box to select the code that identifying the repair process. Data selection in this field is mandatory if Customer Order is to be created for the given row in the multiline. The system displays all the active repair process codes defined in the “Maintain Repair Process Code” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component. By default the system leaves this field blank. |
Customer Priority |
Use the drop-down list box to select the customer priority. Data selection in this field is mandatory if Customer Order is to be created for the given row in the multiline. The system lists all the active customer priority numbers as defined in the “Manage Priority Codes” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component. By default the system leaves this field blank. |
Click the “Evaluate / Get Contract” pushbutton to retrieve the Contract # in the multiline and proceed further.
Note: The CO # manually provided is evaluated for the 'Customer PO # - Part # - Customer # - Removed from A/C details' combination irrespective of the 'Exchange Information’. While routing unserviceable parts note that only the Customer Order #’s without Exchange Info. (Service Orders) are considered as eligible for evaluation for the 'Customer PO#-Part#-Customer#- Removed from A/C details' combination.
To assign Customer Owned Parts / components for Internal repair
Note: Ensure that at least one row is selected in the multiline.
Note: Ensure that the following:
The part selected in the multiline is a customer-owned part.
The Contract # - Customer Order # must be a valid combination.
The Customer Order is in “Approved” status for Parts with Contract # and Customer Order reference.
Click the “Internal Repair” pushbutton to assign components for internal repair.
The system performs the following:
Ensures the generation of Customer Order if Customer Order # is not available for the given part with the following features:
Customer-owned parts for which contract is available
Serial / Lot or non -controlled parts
The parameter “Customer Order – Services” in the “Set Sales Process Parameters” activity of the Customer business component is set as “Approved” for the part.
Customer PO #, Repair Process Code and Customer Priority is available
Ensures that the unserviceable warehouse is mapped to the work center in the “Work Center” business component, for the part type of the selected part that is to be routed.
Ensures that at least one warehouse is mapped as core return warehouse to the work center.
Moves all the selected processed parts into the core return warehouse of the work center mapped in the “Work Center” business component, through an automatically-generated inter-warehouse stock transfer document, and reduces the available quantity by the processed quantity.
Retrieves the Contract # and Customer Order # for customer-owned parts having SWO #.
The system generates a new sub work order, and displays the newly generated work order on page refresh, if following conditions are met:
If the part is either “Serial-Controlled” or “Lot-Controlled” for the selected record.
Shop work order is already available.
Station code of the warehouse (where part is available) differs from the station code of the primary work center identified in the source work order.
For Non-Component parts, on creation of Shop Work Orders with Customer Order reference, the system ensures that the Routing quantity is equal to the Quantity available in the Customer Order.
Creation of Shop Work Order
Creates SWO # in “Draft” or “Planned” status as defined for the parameter “Work Order status on auto generated work order?” in the “Set Process Parameters” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.
Generates Main core MR in “Authorized” status
Does not generate MR if the Stock Transfer Mode is specified as “Auto Issue – Fresh” or “Auto Issue – Confirmed”.
To assign components for external repair
Click the “External Repair” pushbutton to assign components for external repair.
The system performs the following:
Ensures that the “External Repair Warehouse” is mapped to the unserviceable routing warehouse in the “Set Options” activity.
Moves all the selected processed parts into the external repair warehouse of the work center through an automatically-generated inter-warehouse stock transfer document, and reduces the available quantity by the processed quantity.
For the parts selected in the multiline, system validates if the Part Classification is allowed in the transfer warehouse, based on the Part Classification mapped to the warehouse in the “Storage Administration” business component.
Note: If the Part Classification is set as “None” or not defined in the “Part Administration” business component, then the part is classified as Non-Repairable.
For Non-Component parts, on creation of Shop Work Orders with Customer Order reference, the system ensures that the Routing quantity is equal to the Quantity available in the Customer Order.
If Auto RO setup is enabled, new repair orders will be created for components routed to external repair. Into these repair orders will be inducted the tasks with Prog. Item Type as 'Perpetual' and Schedule status as 'Active' from the component maintenance program, if the process parameter “Automatic inheritance of perpetual tasks into Repair Order from Component Maintenance program” under the entity type Component Entry and the entity component is set as1 for “Always Required” in the Define Process Entities activity in Common Master. However, if the process parameter is set as 0 for Not Required, the Perpetual tasks will not be inducted into the repair order just as any other task unless specified in the “Maint. Object & Work Scope Details” tab. Refer to "Pre-requisites for straight-through processing of repair orders for unserviceable parts / components" section for more details.
Movement of unserviceable parts prior to maintenance
Select the “Move Parts” pushbutton to shift unserviceable parts from the Unserviceable Routing WH # to another warehouse or a different location in the same warehouse.
The system performs the following jobs/checks.
Generates Inter-Warehouse Stock Transfer document in “Authorized” status, if the Placement Strategy is not set to “Manual” for the part in the destination warehouse..
Generates Intra-Warehouse Stock Transfer document in “Authorized” status, if the part is moved to
Another bin in the same zone of the unserviceable routing warehouse
Another bin from another zone of the unserviceable routing warehouse
Same bin in another zone of the unserviceable routing warehouse
Generates stock issue documents automatically for inter warehouse stock transfer as follows.
The inter-warehouse stock transfer issue and receipt documents in "Confirm" status document, if the stock transfer mode is selected as "Auto Issue and Receipt".
The inter-warehouse stock transfer issue document in "Confirm" status, if the stock transfer mode is selected as "Auto Issue-Confirm".
The inter-warehouse stock transfer issue document in "Fresh" status, if the stock transfer mode is selected as "Auto Issue-Fresh".
Note: The unserviceable routing warehouse that is the issue warehouse mapped to the work center you specify must allow for the storage of part classification of the unserviceable parts.
Prevents the movement of unserviceable controlled parts to the issue warehouse of the work center, if the following are found to be true,
The "SOS Disposition” is specified as "Suspected Failure" in the Component Replacement component
The “Restrictions for Suspect Removals” is set to "Prevent Routing" in the Common Masters component
However, parts with part classification as “Non-Repairable” are moved to the issue warehouse only if the warehouse is eligible to store such parts.
Identifying repair agency for unserviceable part
Select the “Evaluate Vendor” link to identify the repair agency for the selected part for external repairs in the multiline.
To proceed, carry out the following
Select the “Create Repair Order” link to create repair order for the selected part in the multiline.
Select the “Create Scrap Note” link to create scrap order for the selected part in the multiline.
Select the “View Pending Transfer Issues” link to launch the “Inquire Inter Warehouse Movement Status” UI in the “Stock Transfer” business component to select stock transfer for viewing issue and receipt details.
Select the “View Part – Serial # / Lot # Transaction History” link to to launch 'Part - Serial # / Lot # Transaction History' UI in the Stock Maintenance business component to view the part-serial/ lot transaction history.