Recording the preferred serial number and lot number information for the part

You can record the preferred serial number and lot number information for the part. Tell me more.

Select the “Edit Preferred Serial/Lot Information” link at the bottom of the “Edit Material Request” page.

The “Edit Preferred Serial # / Lot # Information” page appears.

Note: This page can be invoked, only if the requirement type of the requested part is set as “Specific”.

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 “Material Request Details” group box:

Material Request #	The number identifying the material request for which the preferred serial and lot number details must be recorded.
Status	The status of the material request.
MR Type	The type of the MR, which could be “Planned” or “Unplanned”.
MR Class	The class to which the MR belongs, which could be “Maintenance” or “General”.
Warehouse #	The number identifying the warehouse where you are located.
Warehouse Description	The textual description of the warehouse.

Enter the following field in the “Part Details” group box:

Line #

Use the drop-down list box to select the line number containing the part for which the preferred serial and lot number information must be recorded. The system lists all the line numbers containing parts with requirement type set to “Specific” in the main page.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the part details.

The system displays the following in the “Part Details” multiline:

Part #	The number identifying the part.
Mfr. Part #	The part number provided by the manufacturer of the part.
Part Description	The textual description of the part.
Part Control Type	The type of part control, which could be “Serial Controlled”, “Lot Controlled” or “Both”.
Stock Status	The stock status of the required part.
Preferred Condition	The condition of the preferred part.
Reqd Qty	The quantity of the part required.
Reqd UOM	The unit of measurement of the parts required.

Enter the following fields in the “Preferred Serial/Lot Details” multiline:

Seq #

The order of preference for the serial numbers and lot numbers specified for the material request (Integer). Ensure that the sequence number is a positive integer.

If you leave the sequence number blank, the system automatically assigns a sequence number to each row, in the order in which they are entered in the multiline, on clicking the “Edit Serial / Lot Information” pushbutton. Ensure that you do not leave it blank for any of the serial or lot numbers occurring in between.

Serial #

The preferred serial number of the part (Alphanumeric, 40). The serial number entered must be a valid serial number and as defined in the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Help facility available.

Lot #

The preferred lot number of the part (Alphanumeric, 18). The lot number entered must be a valid lot number and as defined in the “the “Stock Maintenance” business component.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

Manufacturer Lot #	The lot number of the part issued by the manufacturer.
Component #	The component number of the part.
Available in Warehouse	Indicates whether the part is available in the specified warehouse or not. The system displays “Yes” if the quantity is available in the warehouse. Otherwise, the system displays “No”.

Enter the following:

Qty

The quantity of parts required (Decimal). The quantity entered should be a positive value.

It is mandatory to enter this field if the part is “Lot Controlled”.

Note: If the part is serial number-controlled, or serial number-controlled and lot number-controlled, the system sets the “Quantity” as“1” irrespective of the value entered.

Note: For the selected line number, ensure that sum of the quantity in the multiline is equal to the “Required Qty” displayed in the “Part details” group box.

The system displays the following:

Expiry Date	The date of expiry of the part.
Condition	The condition of the part.

Note: Ensure that at least one record is selected in the multiline.

Check the box in the multiline to mark the part for which the preferred serial number or lot number detail must be modified or deleted.
Click the Delete icon in the tool bar above the multiline, to delete the preferred serial or lot number information for the part.
Click the “Edit Serial / Lot Information” pushbutton to modify the preferred serial number and lot number details.

The system performs the following on clicking the “Edit Serial / Lot Information” pushbutton:

If the sequence number is left blank, the system automatically generates the sequence number as per the sequence in which the serial/lot numbers are entered in the multiline.
If the part is serial number-controlled or both serial number-controlled and lot-number controlled, then the system

a) Ensures that the specified serial number or the serial number – lot number combination is available in the selected warehouse or in any of the warehouses defined for the specified MR priority in the “Set Options” activity of the “Stock Demand Management” business component.

b) Ensures that there are no issue documents in “Draft” or “Fresh” Status, for the specified serial number or serial number – lot number combination.

The system updates the status of the material request to “Fresh” when the preferred serial and lot information are entered for all the requested parts with requirement type “Specific”. Alternatively, if the Authorize MR check box is selected, the status of the MR is set as ‘Authorized’.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “View Consumption & Range Parameters” link at the bottom of the page to view the consumption and range parameters of the component.

Refer to the topic “View Component Record – A summary of the activity” in the “Aircraft” business component.

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

Recording preferred serial and lot number information for component work order – An overview

This page allows you to specify the preferred serial number and lot number information for the part for the selected material request. You can select the line number containing the part for which the preferred serial and lot number details must be recorded.

Note: You can record the preferred serial and lot number details only for the parts for which requirement type is set to “Specific”.

You can enter the details such as the serial number and lot number of the part and the quantity required. The system saves the details and updates the same for the specified material request.