Modifying material request details

This page allows you to modify the material request selected in the “Material Request Selection” page . Tell me more

Select the “Edit Material Request” link in the “Material Request Selection” page. Alternatively, select the hyperlinked material request number in the multiline of the same page.

The Edit Material Request” page appears.

The system displays the following field in the “MR Info” group box:

Material Request #

The material request number for which the details must be modified

Enter the following fields, if you wish to modify these details:

Status	Use the drop-down list to modify the status of the material request. The drop-down list box displays ‘Draft’ and ‘Fresh’, if the selected material request has not yet been authorized. However, if the material request has already been authorized, the only option available will be ‘Authorized’.
Note: You cannot change the status of a material request from “Fresh” to “Draft” status.
Need Date	The date and time at which the parts will be consumed or needed (Date Format) Mandatory. Date and Time picker available. Note: The need date must be the current date or a future date. For material requests with priority as "AOG", ensure that the need date is either the current date or the next date from the current date.
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to modify the number of the warehouse where you are located. Mandatory. Note: 1. If you are working in the Main base, the drop-down list displays all Active online warehouses defined in the Create Warehouse Information activity of Storage Administration and, mapped to the Material Request transaction. However, if you are performing offline field operations in a Field base, the drop-down list displays all Active warehouses associated with the offline area and, mapped to the Material Request transaction. 2. You cannot modify the warehouse #, if the material request that is being amended has already been allocated parts from the warehouse. 3) The serial #/lot # for the requested part must be available in the new warehouse.
The system displays the following field:
Warehouse Description	The textual description of the warehouse.
Enter the following.
MR Class	Use the drop- down list box to modify the MR class. The drop-down list box displays values in accordance with the definition of the "MR Class allowed for manual Material Request" process parameter under Material Request category in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of the Logistics Common Master component. The drop-down list box displays: General, if the process parameter is set as ‘1’. Select this option to indicate the MR is created for a general requirement. Maintenance, if the process parameter is set as ‘2’. Select this option to indicate the MR is created for maintenance requirement. Replenishment, if process parameter is set as ‘3’. Select this option to indicate the MR is created for replenishing stock in the warehouse. All of the above, if the process parameter is set as ‘4’.
MR Type	Use the drop-down list box to modify the type of the material request.
	If the MR Class is “Maintenance” or “General”, the system provides the following options:
	Planned – Indicates that the material request is raised due to planned maintenance activities or execution documents that contain the list of materials required.
	Unplanned – Indicates that the material request is raised due to unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station. The system displays “Unplanned” by default.
	If the MR class is “Replenishment”, then the system loads and defaults with the value “For Stock”.

Note: Any one of the following field must be entered: “Ref document #”, “Aircraft Reg#”, “Component #”, or “Station #”, if the “MR Class” and the “MR Type” are set as “Maintenance” and “Planned” respectively.

Note: If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Unplanned”, enter either the “Aircraft Reg #” or the “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”

MR Category	Use the drop-down list box to modify the category to which the material request belongs. The system lists the MR categories defined in the “Create Quick codes” activity that are in the “Active” status.
MR Priority	Use the drop-down list to modify the priority of the material request.

The system lists all the “Active” MR priorities specified in the “Maintain Material Request Priority” page in the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the MR Type is set as “Planned” or “Unplanned”, the system displays “Normal” by default.

If the MR Type is set as “For Stock”, the system displays “Low” by default.

Issue Option

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether on authorization of the material request, stock issues must be created for individual requested parts or for the entire document. The drop-down list box displays the following: Line Level or Document Level.

User Status	Use the drop-down list box to modify the user-defined status for the material request. The system lists those user statuses defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity of the Material Request component that are in "Active status.
Remarks	Additional information on the material request.

Customer #

The code identifying the customer. (Alphanumeric, 18). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if the “Request For” field is set to "Internal And Customer" or "Customer".

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Note: 1) The customer # entered in this field must be in active status as defined in the “Customer” business component. 2) The customer # must be valid for the aircraft /component for which the material request is being created. However, this is applicable, if the aircraft is customer-owned as defined in the ‘Aircraft’ business component.

The system displays the following in the “MR Info” group box:

Customer Name

The name of the customer.

Enter the following fields in the “MR For” group box if you wish to modify the details:

Aircraft Reg #

The aircraft registration number for which the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 30)

The aircraft registration number should have already been defined in the “Create Aircraft Information” activity of the “Aircraft” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

Ensure that the value entered here is an active value as defined in the “Aircraft” business component, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

If a value exists in this field and the Stock Status selected is “PBH”, the system ensures that the aircraft is under “PBH”.

Note: If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, MR class is “Maintenance” and, MR type is “Unplanned”, enter either the “Aircraft Reg #” or the “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”.

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Note: Ensure that the aircraft registration number is entered, if the “MR Priority” is set to “AOG”.

Component #

The component ID for which the materials are required (Alphanumeric, 90)

The component ID should have already been defined in the “Create Component ID Information” activity in the “Aircraft” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

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Ensure that the value entered here is an active value as defined in the “Aircraft” business component, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.

If a value exists in this field and the Stock Status selected is PBH, the system ensures that the component is under “PBH”.

Note: The system ignores the specified component number, if the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”.

Note: Ensure that either the aircraft registration number or component number is entered for parts with stock status as “PBH”.

Facility Object #

The facility object for whose maintenance the warehouse requires parts.

Note: The facility object # that you specify her must exist in Active status as defined in the Facility Object component.

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Work Center #

The number identifying the work center where the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory, if MR priority is “AOG” or “Normal" and, MR Class is General or Maintenance. The work center number must have been defined in the “Create Work Center” activity in the “Work Center” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

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Note: For the reference document type “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, the work center entered must be the same work center as identified in the Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #.

Station #

The number identifying the station where the parts are required (Alphanumeric, 32)

The station number should have already been defined in the “Create Station” activity of the “Common Masters” business component and should be in the “Active” status.

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Note: 1) If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, then the system defaults the reporting station of the Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. # in the “Station #” field. 2) You cannot modify Aircraft Reg. #, Component #, Work Center # or Station #, if the requested part has already been allocated to a task.

Enter the following fields in the “Ref. Doc. Info” group box if you wish to modify the details:

Ref. Document Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify the reference document type based on which the material request is prepared. The system displays the following options: Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #” and “Other”.

See table for data selection.

The reference document type is mandatory, if you have specified the reference document #.

Ref. Document #

The reference document number based on which the material request is prepared (Alphanumeric, 40). The reference document # is mandatory, if the reference document type is ‘Other’ or if “MR Class” is “Maintenance” and the “MR Type” is “Planned”.

Note: 1) If the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, MR class is “Maintenance” and, MR type is “Unplanned”, enter either the “Aircraft Reg #” or the “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”. 2) You cannot modify the reference document type and number, if the requested part has already been allocated to task#.

Enter the following in the MR Details group box.

Requested by Emp.

The number identifying the employee who made the request for the part (Alphanumeric, 15).

The employee number should have already been defined in the “Create Employee File“ activity of “Employee Information“ business component and is in the “Active” status.

The employee name will be displayed alongside, if the employee code has been entered. If the employee code has not been entered you can enter the employee name here (Alphanumeric, 15).

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The MR Details group box displays the following.

Requestor Name

The name of the employee who made the request for the part

Enter the following field “Accounting Details” group box:

Account Usage	Use the drop down list box to select the type of the accounting usage to be used. The system lists all the “Active” user defined “Usage” as defined in the “Account Rule Definition” business component.
Note: 1) Let Account Usage remain blank, if the MR class is selected as “Replenishment”. 2) Ensure that the “Account Usage” is entered for parts with expense type “Revenue”, or parts with Issue Basis other than “Returnable”.
Costing Usage	Use the drop down list box to select the costing usage to be used. The system lists all the “Active” user defined “Usage” as defined in the “Cost Center Rule Definition” business component. See table for data entry conditions.

Part Type

Use the drop-down list box to modify the type of the part for which the material request is prepared. The system lists the following values based on the option selected in the “Options Settings” activity of “Logistics Common Master“ business component:

If the “All” box is checked or none of the boxes are checked, the system lists “Component”, “Expendable”, “Tool”, “Consumable”, “Raw Material” ,"Miscellaneous"and “Kit”.

If specific boxes are checked, the system lists only those checked values and "Others".

Leave this field blank to specify all types of parts for the material request transaction. Note: For the MR class ‘General’, you have to select a part type based on the option you have selected in the “Set Inventory Options” of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the “Part Types Allowed for General Material Request” field is set as a part type other than the part type selected for the “Allowed Part Types in Single Material Request” field, you have to select the “Others” option to enter the parts of those part types.

Check the one of the following boxes in the “Options’ group box:

Hard Allocation Required

To indicate if hard allocation is required for a part or not. By default, this box appears checked.

If the material request has already been authorized, you can select the check box. However, you cannot deselect the check box.

The system uncheck s this check box, if the MR class is “Replenishment”,

Enter the following in the “Part Details” multiline

Note: During amendment, you cannot add parts to or delete parts from a material request or even modify details of requested parts.

Requested Part #	The number identifying the part for which the material request is raised (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 the “Active” status. The planning status of the requested part must also be ‘Active’.
	If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance”, the usage of the part must also be “Maintenance” The system ensures that the Aircraft Model is mapped to the Request Part #, if the Set Option “Part # - Model # Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.
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Click the “Get Part Details” pushbutton, to retrieve the part details

Note: The system displays or hides the Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # based on the options set in “Set Inventory Process Parameter” activity in the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction” is set as "Yes", the system displays both the Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # in the multiline.
If the “Enable Manufacturer Part # control in transaction” is set as "No", the system hides both the Mfr. Part # and Mfr. # in the multiline.

Enter the following fields in the “Part Details” multiline:

Mfr. Part #

The part number provided by the manufacturer of the part (Alphanumeric, 40). The manufacturer uses this number as reference.

The system ensures that the value entered in this field is defined in the “Part Administration” business component.

This field is “Enter” key enabled.

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Mfr. #

The code identifying the manufacturer of the part (Alphanumeric, 45).

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Note: The manufacturer part # and manufacturer # must be valid for the requested part # as defined in the Part Administration component.

The Part Details multiline displays the following:

Part Description

The textual description of the requested part.

Click the hyperlinked “Part Description” to view the part details.

Enter the following in the “Part Details” multiline:

Reqd Qty

The total quantity of the part required (Decimal)

Data entry in this field is mandatory if the “Requested Part #” and “Reqd UOM” fields are entered. The number entered in this field must be greater than zero. Also, the number must be an integer, if the UOM selected in the “Reqd UOM” field does not allows decimals.

The “Part Details” multiline display s the following.

Available Qty.	The unallocated/free quantity of the requested part available in the warehouse.
Enter the following in the Part Details multiline:

Reqd UOM

The unit of measurement of the parts required

The unit of measurement must be in a valid “Active” status for the part defined in the “Create UOM” activity of the “Unit of Measurement Administration” business component or you can enter any valid UOM defined for the part in the “Maintain UOM Conversions” of “Part Administration” business component. If you leave this field blank, the system assumes the UOM of the part stocked.

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Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to modify the status in which the part is required. The system lists all the active user-defined and system-defined stock statuses that are mapped to the transaction type in the “Create User Defined Stock Status” activity of the “User Defined Stock Status” business component. Data entry conditions
Preferred Condition	Use the drop-down list box to specify the condition in which the part of the “Component” type is required. The following are the conditions available: New – Select his option to indicate that the part must be new or purchased recently. Overhauled – Select this option to indicate that some maintenance action or servicing must be done on the part, and the part has not been used after servicing. Serviceable – Select this option to indicate that the part must be in a usable condition. Unserviceable – Select this option to indicate that the part can be in an unusable state. Leave this field blank if you do not wish to specify the condition. Ensure that the preferred condition is entered, if the part type is “Component”.
Request For	Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the material request is created for internal parts, customer parts or both the internal and customer parts. The system lists the option “Internal”. The system lists the additional options “Customer” and “Internal and Customer”, only if there is an interaction between the current business component and the “Stock Maintenance” business component and between the “Stock Maintenance” component and the “Customer” component.
Requirement Type	The requirement type for a part which could be “Specific” or “Normal”, based on whether the material request is being created for specific serial number and/or lot number part or not. Specific - Indicates that the material request is being created only for preferred serial number / lot number of the part. Normal - Indicates that the material request is being created for all the serial numbers and/or lot numbers for the part.
	Note: 1) The requirement type can be “Specific” only for parts that are serial-controlled and/or lot-controlled. Also, the preferred serial number and lot number details must have been entered for the part in the “Edit Preferred Serial # / Lot # page of the current business component. 2) Ensure that “Specific” is not selected in the “Requirement Type”, if the MR Class is selected as “Replenishment”.
Request Mode	Use the drop-down list box to specify the mode of request. The system lists “Normal”, “Conditional Requisition” and “Force Requisition”. Normal - The system checks for part effectivity condition, if either Aircraft Reg # or Component # or Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref # is provided and the option “Part Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Set Options” page under Stock Maintenance business component. Conditional Requisition - The system checks for part effectivity condition, if either Aircraft Reg # or Component # or Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref # is provided and the option “Part Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Set Options” page under Stock Maintenance business component. Force Requisition – The system will not check for part effectivity. Note: The following fields are mandatory, if the “Conditional Requisition” or “Force Requisition” is specified in the “Request Mode” field: Aircraft Reg # or Component # in the “Material Request For” group box. A valid A/C Maint. Exe. Ref # in the “Ref. Document Type” field of the “Reference Document Details” group box, if the Aircraft Reg # is not available. Remarks in the Part Details multiline

The system displays the following fields:

Effectivity Notes

The effectivity or suitability of the part to aircraft or component as defined for the part in the “Maintain Part Effectivity” page in the “Aircraft” business component.

Enter the following in the Part Details multiline:

Remarks

The comments or remarks about raising the material request for the part.

Alternate Allowed?

Use the drop-down list box to and set the field as “Specific Alternates”, if specific alternate part numbers can be considered when the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available. Select “Not Allowed” otherwise.

Note: If this field is set as “Specific Alternates”, ensure that

a) Requirement type is set as “Normal” and

b) Substitute part number is entered.

Substitute Part #

The number identifying the alternate part that can be used if the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available

The part number must have been defined in the “Create Part Main Information” activity of the “Part Administration” business component, and must be in the “Active” status.
The part number entered must have been defined as the alternate part for the requested part in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of “Part Administration” business component.
If the “MR Class” is “Maintenance”, the usage of the part must also be “Maintenance”.
The part type and the planning type must be the same as the requested part, but the substitute part number should not be the same as requested part number.

The system ensures that the Aircraft Model is mapped to the Substitute Part #, if the Set Option “Part # - Model # Effectivity Check” is set as “Enforce” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

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Note: If substitute part number is entered, then “Alternate Allowed?” must be set to “Specific Alternates”.

Note: Ensure that the part number entered here is a valid direct alternate part or a conditional alternate part for the requested part, as defined in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. This is applicable if the “Request For” is set as “Internal”.

Note: Ensure that the part number entered here is a valid direct alternate part, conditional alternate part or customer-specific alternate part for the requested part, as defined in the “Maintain Alternate Part Nos” activity of the “Part Administration” business component. This is applicable if the “Request For” is set as “Internal And Customer” or “Customer” and the customer number is specified in the header.

The Part Details multiline displays the following.

Substitute Part Description	The textual description of the substitute or alternate part.
Click the hyperlinked “Substitute Part Description” to view the part details.
Substitute Part Qty	The Free quantity of the substitute part available in the warehouse.

Enter the following in the “Part Details” multiline:

Exp. Return Date	The textual description of the substitute or alternate part

The system displays the following fields:

Issue Basis	Indicates whether the part is a “Returnable”, “Non Returnable” or “Core Returnable” part “Core Returnable” indicates that instead of the issued part any other part can be returned.
Stock UOM	The unit of measurement for stocking the requested part.
Part Type	The type of the part.
Part Control Type	The type of part control, which could be “Serial Number”, “Lot Number”, “Both” or “None Controlled”.
Planning Type	The planning type for part, such as Min-Max, None, Reorder Level.
Allocable	Indicates whether the part is allocable or not.
Line #	The number identifying the row in the multiline in which the part is entered.

Enter the following field in the “Other Details” group box if you wish to modify the details:

User- defined Details – 1

Additional details pertaining to the material request, defined by the user.

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User- defined Details – 2

Additional details pertaining to the material request, defined by the user.

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Delivery Instruction

You can provide general instructions regarding the delivery of the part.

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Enter the following field in the “Attachments” group box:

File Name

Enter the name of the file used for document reference that is associated with the material request (Alphanumeric, 50).

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Select the “View File” link alongside to view the reference document file.
Do the following to authorize the material request on modification.

Authorize MR

Select the check box to authorize the material request on creation. However, select the check box only if

The login user has access rights to the "Authorize Material Request" activity.
The “Default 'Authorize MR' check box in Create MR" process parameter is set as ‘1’ in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of the Logistics Common Master.

However, if MR Priority is ‘AOG’ and, if “AOG Material Request Authorization" in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of Logistics Common Master is set as ‘Automatic’, the system authorizes the material request on creation regardless of the check box selection or privileges for MR authorization of the login user.

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

Created By	The name of the user who created the material request.
Created Date	The date on which the material request was created.
Last Modified By	The name of the user who last modified the material request.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the material request was last modified.

Check the box in the multiline to mark the requested part for deletion.
Click the Delete icon in the toolbar above the multiline, to delete the part, selected in the multiline.

Modifying material Request

Click the “Edit Request” pushbutton to modify the material request details.

Note: This action is workflow-enabled. Notification messages can be sent and you can configure further processing of this document in the "Workflow Management" business component.

Note: The login user should have rights for creating material request and rights for accessing the warehouse from which the material is requested.

Note: You cannot modify an material request , which is in the “Cancelled” status.

The system performs the following on clicking the “Edit Request” pushbutton:

If the user has selected the Authorize MR check box, the parameter ‘Automatic re-allocation of stock allocated to a Maintenance or General MR to satisfy a higher priority unfulfilled Material Request?’ is set as 'Yes' in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters” screen of the “Logistics Common Master” business component and stock is allocated to the MR upon authorization where an unfulfilled MR of higher priority exists for the same stock and also MR Need Date does not fall within the Threshold limit for the MR priority as defined in the 'Manage Priority codes' screen, then
- The Issue that got generated against the MR is cancelled.
- The Stock is allocated to the MR of higher priority and Issue gets generated.
If the “Request For” field is set to "Internal And Customer" or "Customer", the system allows creation of the material request only if the customer is mapped to the specified storage area in the warehouse defined in the “Maintain External Stock Allocation” page of the “Storage Administration” business component.
Ensures that the stock status other than the customer-owned stock status is selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Customer attribute set as “No” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Internal”.
Ensures that the valid customer-owned stock status and internal stock status are selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Supplier attribute set as “No” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Internal And Customer”.
Ensures that the customer-owned stock status is selected in the multiline, with the Ownership-Customer attribute set as “Yes” in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component, if the “Request For” is set as “Customer”.

Note: The system checks whether the parts are internal or customer-owned, by verifying the part type-stock status mapping in the “User Defined Stock Status” business component.

For material requests with “MR Priority” set as “Normal”, the system ignores the value entered in the “Aircraft Reg #” and “Station #”fields.
For a material request with “MR Priority” set to “AOG”,

Ensures that aircraft registration number is entered.
Ensure that the need date is either the current date or the next date from the current date.
The system updates the status of the material request as “Fresh”, if the “AOG Material Request Authorization” option is set to “Normal” in the “Set Inventory Option” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.
The system updates the status of the material request as “Authorized”, if the “AOG Material Request Authorization” option is set to “Automatic” in the “Set Inventory Option” activity of the “Logistics Common Master” business component.

If the MR status is “Fresh”, the system creates the plan demand for the parts listed in the multiline. If the existing part quantity is modified, the plan demand is also modified to reflect the modified quantity. If an existing part is deleted in the multiline, the system deletes the plan demand for the part.
If the status is set to “Fresh” and the requirement type is “Specific”, then the preferred serial and lot number information must be entered for the part.
If this page is invoked from the business component other than the “Material Request”, provided that the “Reservation” flag is set as “Yes” in the corresponding business component, the system performs the above specified detail on updation.
Updates the Stock Status as “PBH” for the line number, if the Stock Status is not selected and the aircraft, or component and requested part is under “PBH”.

Amending material Request

Click the “Edit Request” pushbutton to modify the material request details. Condition for amendment of material request

The status of the amended MR remains “Authorized”.

Subsequent to amendment, if the requested stock is available in stock, the system allocates the parts to the amended material request.

The table below shows the specific values that are allowed to be modified in an authorized MR.

MR created from
AME	CWO	Material Request component with Ref. Doc. as AME	Material Request component with Ref. Doc. other than as AME
MR Need Date	MR Need Date	MR Need Date	MR Need Date
MR Priority	MR Priority	MR Class	MR Class
Warehouse	Warehouse	MR Type	MR Type
User Status	User Status	MR Priority	MR Priority
MR Category	MR Category	Warehouse	Warehouse
User Defined Detail -1	User Defined Detail -1	User Status	User Status
User Defined Detail -2	User Defined Detail -2	MR Category	MR Category
Delivery Instruction	Delivery Instruction	User Defined Detail -1	User Defined Detail -1
Remarks	Remarks	User Defined Detail -2	User Defined Detail -2
-------	-------	Delivery Instruction	Delivery Instruction
-------	-------	Remarks	Remarks
-------	-------	Ref. Document Type	Aircraft Reg. #
-------	-------	Ref. Document #	Component #
-------	-------	-------	Work Station
-------	-------	-------	Station
-------	-------	-------	Ref. Document Type
-------	-------	-------	Ref. Document #
Hard Allocation Required Note: You can change from "No" to "Yes" only	Hard Allocation Required Note: You can change from "No" to "Yes" only.	Hard Allocation Required Note: You can change from "No" to "Yes" only.	Hard Allocation Required Note: You can change from "No" to "Yes" only.

Status of General/Maintenance stock issues

If "Confirmation of General Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request"/ "Confirmation of Maintenance Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request" parameter under the category “Process Automation” in the “Set Warehouse Process Parameters” activity of Storage Administration is '1' for the warehouse, on authorization of a General/Maintenance material request, the system generates the equivalent stock issue in ‘Confirmed’ status.
However, if "Confirmation of General Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request"/ "Confirmation of Maintenance Issue generated during Authorization of Material Request" is ‘0’, the status of the equivalent stock issue automatically generated on authorization of material request will be ‘Fresh’.

Generating MMD reports for issued parts

If the status of the General/Maintenance stock issue generated on authorization of a General/Maintenance material request is ‘Confirmed’ and, if the process parameter "Print MMD for General Issue generated in Confirmed status during Authorization of MR"/”Print MMD for Maintenance Issue generated in Confirmed status during Authorization of MR” under the category Stock Management Report in the Set Inventory Process Parameters activity of Logistics Common Masters is '1', the system automatically generates MMD report for such stock issues.

Generating MMD reports for transferred parts

- If the process parameter “Print MMD for Stock Transfer Issue generated in Confirmed status during Inter Warehouse Transfer processed from Plan Materials screen” under the category “Stock Management Report” in the “Set Inventory Process Parameters activity in Logistics Common Master is ‘1’, the system automatically generates MMD report for the stock transfer issues in Confirmed status.

To cancel the material request

Click the “Cancel Request” pushbutton to cancel the material request.

The system sets the status of the material request as “Cancelled”.

The system deletes the plan demand created for the material request.

Note: You cannot cancel the material request, if its status is ‘Authorized’.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit References” link at the bottom of the page to maintain the document references.
Select the “Edit Preferred Serial / Lot Information” link at the bottom of the page to enter the preferred serial and lot number details for the part.

Note: You can invoke this link only if the requirement type of the requested part is set as “Specific”.

Select the “Edit Stock Issue” link to modify the stock issue associated with the material request.
Select the “Authorize Stock Issue” link to approve the stock issue associated with the material request. Prerequisite for using Authorize Issue link

Select the “Inquire Stock Availability Substitute Parts” link to view the stock balance details of the alternate parts in the selected warehouse.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Warehouse Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Select the “Inquire Stock Balance” link to view the availability of stock balance for the selected part.

Refer to the topic “Inquire Stock Balance – A summary of the activity” for more details in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Select the “View Parts Information” link to view the part details.

Refer to the topic “View Parts Information – A summary of the activity” in the “Part Administration” business component for more details.

Select the “View Alternate Part Info” link to view the alternate part details.

Refer to the topic “View Alternate Part Nos. – A summary of the activity” in the “Part Administration” business component for more details.

Select the “Check Part Availability” link to check the availability of the part.

Refer to the topic “Check Part Availability – A summary of the activity” in the “Stock Maintenance” business component for more details.

Select the “View Customer Order” link to view the Customer Order of the part.

Refer to the topic "Manage Customer Order - A summary of the activity" in the "Customer Service Order" business component.

Select the “View Part Sale Order” link to view the Part Sale Order of the part.

Refer to the topic "Manage Part Sale Order - A summary of the activity" in the "Part Sale Order" business component.

What you can do in this page

Indicate the MR class

Modify the type of the MR

Assign a priority to the material request

Assign a status to the MR

Specify the reference document type

Specify the condition in which the part is required

Specify whether alternate part to be considered

Indicate the MR class

You must specify the MR class, which indicates whether the MR is created for maintenance requirement or for a general requirement.

Set the “MR Class” drop-down list box as “Maintenance” to create the MR for maintenance requirement.
Set the “MR Class” drop-down list box as “General” to create the MR for general requirement.

Modify the type of the MR

You can modify the type of the material request. The “Planned” type material request indicates that the MR is created for planned maintenance activities or from execution documents that contain the list of materials required. The “Unplanned” type MR indicates that the material request is created from unplanned maintenance activities such as the line station.

Set the “MR Type” drop-down list box as “Planned” to modify the material request to the planned type.

Note: Any one of the following field must be entered: “Ref document #”, “Aircraft Reg#”, “Component #”, or “Station #”, if the “MR Class” and the “MR Type” is set as “Maintenance” and “Planned respectively.

Set the “MR Type” drop-down list box as “Unplanned” to modify the material request to the unplanned type.

Note: Any one of the following field “Aircraft Reg#” or “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #” must be entered if the reference document type is “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #”, MR class is “Maintenance” and MR type is “Unplanned".

Assign a priority to the material request

The priority of the material request can be modified. You can modify a material request to “Normal” priority to indicate that the MR is created for parts that pertain to the usual requirement of an aircraft or to the “AOG” priority to indicate that the MR is created for the aircraft on ground. This is the situation where the parts have to be made available immediately because the aircraft cannot fly without the part. MR of this type must be assigned the first priority.

Set the “MR priority” drop-down list box as “Normal” to modify the priority of the material request to normal.
Set the “MR priority” drop-down list box as “AOG” to modify the priority of the material request to AOG.

Assign a status to the MR

The status of the material request can be modified. The “Draft” status indicates that the material request details are recorded, and some more details are yet to be recorded for the material request. The “Fresh” indicates that all the material request details have been entered.

Set the “Status” drop-down list box as “Draft” to specify that some more details of the MR must be entered.
Set the “Status” drop-down list box as “Fresh” to specify that all the material request details are entered.

Specify the reference document type

You can specify the reference document type for the MR of the “Maintenance” class and the “Planned ”type.

Set the “Ref. Document Type” drop-down list box as “Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #” to indicate that the MR is prepared based on the Aircraft Maint. Exe. Ref. #.
Set the “Ref. Document Type” drop-down list box as “Others” to indicate that the MR is prepared based on some other document.

Specify the condition in which the part is required

You can specify the condition in which the requested part is required.

Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “New” to indicate that the part must be new or purchased recently.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Overhauled” to indicate that some maintenance action or servicing must be done on the part, and the part has not been used after servicing.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Serviceable” to indicate that the part must be in a usable condition.
Set the “Preferred Condition” drop-down list box as “Unserviceable” to indicate that the part can be in an unusable state.

Specify whether alternate part to be considered

You can specify if alternate parts can be considered when the part entered in the “Requested Part #” is not available.

Set the “Alternate Part? ” drop-down list box as “Specific Alternates” to indicate that specific alternate part numbers can be considered if the required part is not available,
Set the “Alternate Part? ” drop-down list box as “Not Allowed” to indicate that alternate part numbers can not be considered, if the required part is not available.

Modifying material request details – An overview

You can modify the material request selected in the “Material Request Selection” page. You can modify the following details:

The status of the material request
MR class, whether the material request is created for maintenance requirement or for general requirement.
MR type, whether the material request is generated for planned maintenance activities or for unplanned maintenance.
The category to which the material request belongs
MR priority, whether the material request is created for usual requirement of an aircraft or for the aircraft on ground.

You can modify the date on which the material is required, the number and description of the warehouse from where the materials can be collected and the user-defined status of the material request.

You can also modify the aircraft registration number and the component ID, for which the parts are required. The numbers of the work center and station where the parts are required, and the reference documents details can also be modified.

You can also specify whether hard allocation is required for a part or not, and whether the parts have to be issued in a single lot or not. You can specify the following part details: The part number and required quantity
The alternate part if the requested part is not available
The stock status of the part that is required
The required condition of the part
The expected return date for the returnable part that can be modified

You can also modify the user- defined details, delivery instructions and general comments about the material request. The system creates the material request number and stores the name of the currently logged in user and the current server date.