Part Forecast, via A/C Planning

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Part Forecast, via A/C Planning

The Part Forecast merges the Planning element details (all) and the part Spares Forecasting option from the Detail view.

Enter the desired search criteria then click the Find button. Inventory that corresponds with the search criteria will be displayed in the Results window.

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Planning Elements:

The following information/options are available in this window:
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Defect checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by Defect Reports.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the Defect Type, Defect Category, Defer Category, MEL radio button, CDL radio button, GMM radio button, ALL radio button, Terminating Defect checkbox, and Defect Interval drop down in the Planning Filters section.

Defect No Schedule checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by Defects with No Schedule.

Defect Called On checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by Defect Called On. When selected, those Defects which are controlled by an E/C will appear in the planning query results. This option allows the user to see all Defects that have been deferred onto an E/C. The E/C schedule will be inherited by the Deferred Defect.

E/C checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by E/C.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the E/C Classification and Sub Category fields in the Planning Filters section.

E/C No Schedule checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by E/C No Schedule. Examples of No-Schedule E/Cs are: company convenience, do at next shop visit, etc.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the E/C Classification and Sub Category fields in the Planning Filters section.

P/N E/C checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by P/N E/C.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the P/N fields in the From To Selection section and the P/N S/N, P/N Sub Category, E/C Classification, and Sub Category fields in the Planning Filters section.

P/N E/C No Schedule checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by P/N E/Cs without a schedule. Examples of No-Schedule E/Cs are: company convenience, do at next shop visit, etc.

P/N Control checkbox

If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the P/N fields in the From To Selection section and the P/N S/N, PN Maint Control, P/N Control, and P/N Sub Category fields in the Planning Filters section.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the P/N fields in the From To Selection section and the P/N S/N, PN Maint Control, P/N Control, and P/N Sub Category fields in the Planning Filters section.

Next E/C

Select this checkbox to view all linked E/Cs coming due as of the To Date entered.

To Date - This field only appears when the Next E/C checkbox is selected. Enter the To Date of linked E/Cs coming due.

W/O checkbox

Select this checkbox to filter by Work Order.

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the system displays the W/O Location, Linked W/O Start Date Range, and W/O Schedule Start Date/Time Range fields in the Planning Filters section.

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Planning Actions:

The following information/options are available in this window:
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Elements checkbox

This checkbox has three different settings:

Plan Checked Elements - Will display tasks that have the Plan checkbox selected.

ALL Elements - Choose this option to query for Defects, E/Cs or P/N Controls that have their respective Plan checkbox either selected or not selected.

Plan Un-checked Elements - Choose this option to query for Defects, E/Cs or P/N Controls that have their respective Plan checkbox not selected.

Note: The outcome of the selection/de-selection of the above three checkboxes will depend on the setting of the Plan checkbox (i.e. Plan, Plan E/C, Plan Defect) for the planning elements. The system will default to the Plan Checked Elements checkbox.

Note: Users must have security to access this checkbox.

Run Using Flight Schedule checkbox

When selected, the forecast will be based upon a flight schedule. Once that flight schedule is surpassed, the forecast will then become based on the time the planning is run in calculation with the schedule.

PLNAUTO7D - (Activate Seven Day Forecast automatically at set interval.) - If set to Yes, this switch will activate the Seven Day Forecast window in the Interactive Planner. It will also automatically set a Planning Job to forecast the tasks for the next seven days. If set to No, the Seven Day Forecast will not be activated.
Note: This option should only be used with the Interactive Planner View.

Multiple Occurrences checkbox

Select this checkbox to activate the 'Calculate Multiple Occurrences for the Next [number of] Months' functionality. This functionality will query for every due date that occurs within the selected time span for each queried record. (For example, if querying an E/C for a 12 month time span, every due date that occurs for that E/C for the next 12 months will be displayed.) However, if the first due date occurs outside of the specified time span for any of the queried records, then only that first occurence will be displayed for the record. (For example, if the first due date for an E/C occurs in 13 months, but the parameter was set to 12 months, only that first occurence for the E/C in 13 months will be displayed.)

Note: If this checkbox is selected, the W/O, Defect No Schedule, E/C No Schedule, P/N E/C No Schedule, and Defect Called On checkboxes are removed from the Planning Elements section and the Plan Elmn Due Date, Within Hours, Within Cycles, Within Days, and And/Or drop down options are removed from the Planning Actions section. Additionally, the checkbox becomes the Calculate Multiple Occurrences for the Next (number of) Months option.

Calculate Multiple Occurrences for the Next (number of) Months - With the Multiple Occurrences checkbox selected, the user can query for multiple occurrences of a maintenance event in 12 month intervals (i.e 12, 24, 36 etc.).

Run in Background checkbox

Select this checkbox to have one or multiple planning queries run in the background.

Plan Element Due Date

The Planning query will only return planning element items that are due before the date entered in this field.

Within Hours/Cycles/Days

The Planning Query will only return maintenance events that have a Remaining Schedule that is less than or equal to the specified number of Hours/Cycles/Days.

And / Or drop down

Select 'And' to search for any Planning Elements which meet all search criteria. Select 'Or' to search for any Planning Elements which meet any search criteria. (i.e. Within Hours, Cycles and/or Days). Utilizing the 'Or' selection with the 'Within Days' functionality looks at the due date/current date, not just the remaining days of an E/C.

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From To Selection

The following information/options are available in this window:
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From-To A/C

Enter the From-To aircraft tail number range for the forecast request. For additional information regarding Aircraft, please refer to the A/C Master, General Tab via the Settings Training Manual.

Select A/C button

Select this button to access a drop down selection of aircraft to select from and filter by. Select the Select All button to select all A/C. Select the Deselect All button to deselect all A/C. Click on the Select button to select the marked A/C.

From-To A/C type/Series

Enter the From-To aircraft type/series range for the forecast request. For additional information regarding A/C Type/Series, please refer to the A/C Type Series, General Tab via the Settings Training Manual.

From-To E/C Control

Enter the From-To E/C range for the forecast request. For additional information regarding the E/C Control, please refer to the Engineering Control, General Tab via the Engineering - E/C Training Manual.

From-To Chapter/Section

Enter the ATA Chapter/Section range for the forecast request. For additional information, refer to ATA Specifications via the Settings Training manual.

From-To P/N

The Part Number reference for the aircraft part. Enter the From-To part number range for the forecast request.

Customer

The Customer field allows users to search for results related to the selected Customers. This field is mapped to the Customers listed via the Settings/Update/A/C Master, Other 1 tab.

Select Customer button

Select this button to access a drop down selection of customers to select from and filter by. Select the Select All button to select all Customers. Select the Deselect All button to deselect all Customers. Click on the Select button to select the marked Customer(s).

Company

The Company used to auto generate the E/C reference. For additional information regarding the Company field, please refer to the Engineering Control, General Tab via the Engineering - E/C Training Manual.

Note: For more information, refer to the Multi Company Functionality.

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Planning Filters

The following information/options are available in this window:
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E/C Category

Enter the Engineering Control Category for the forecast request. For additional information regarding the E/C Category, refer to the Engineering Control, General Tab section of the Engineering - E/C Training manual.

Over Night Station

Over Night Station Code. For additional information regarding the Over Night Station, refer to the A/C Master, Optional 2 Tab via the Aircraft section in the Settings Training Manual.

E/C Status

Enter the Engineering Control Status for the forecast request. For additional information regarding these statuses refer to the Engineering Control, General Tab via the Engineering - E/C Training manual.

Planner

Select the Planner's name from the Employee Master. The Planner's name must be entered into the Planner field of the A/C Master, Optional 2 Tab. For more information regarding the Planner Field, refer to the A/C Master Optional 2 Tab via Aircraft Master section of the Settings Training Manual.

Capability Area

The Capability Area identifies where a maintenance task can be accomplished in association with the customer's internal capabilities (e.g., a particular E/C can only be accomplished during a heavy maintenance visit at a heavy maintenance capable Site). The Capability Area can be assigned for E/Cs, P/N Controls, and Defect Reports. However, a maintenance task with any Capability Area can be scheduled on Work Orders at Sites that have their Capability Area set to 'ALL'. For more information regarding the Capability Area, refer to the Capability Area section of the Planning Transaction Code Manual.

Planning Department

The Planning Department Code to assist the Planning department in filtering and planning tasks.

Note: When a code is entered into this field, the results for that specific code will be included in the planning query as well as results registered to department: 'ALL.' For example, if department 'HANGAR' is entered in this field, all E/Cs with department 'HANGAR' will be included in the query results along with all E/Cs with department 'ALL,' since an E/C that is related to 'ALL' departments is also related to department 'HANGAR.'

Note: When Switch PLANDEPT is set to Yes, the Planning Dept and Planning Sub Dept fields become mandatory in the following windows: P/N Control, Engineering Control/ Other tab, Defect Report/ Defer tab. When set to No, the Planning Dept and Planning Sub Dept fields are not mandatory. For more information, refer to Switch PLANDEPT via the Planning Switches Training Manual.

Planning Sub Department

The Planning Sub Department code to assist the Planning department in filtering and planning tasks.

A/C Flight Hours

The number of aircraft daily utilization (mean) hours that will be used to override the set-up mean hours for this search of the A/C Planning Query. This allows planners to forecast if an aircraft route were to change, what were to be coming due sooner as a result.

A/C Flight Cycles

The number of aircraft daily utilization (mean) cycles that will be used to override the set-up mean cycles for this search of the A/C Planning Query.

MEL / CDL / GMM / ALL radio button

Select one of the radio buttons to filter for a specific deferral category or ALL deferral categories.

Planned Location

This is used with the Planned section in the Planning Detail. Enter the Planned location. This is used in conjunction with the Planning Transaction button in the Planning results window.

Planned Start Date / To

Planning section in the Planning Detail. This is used with the Work Order Planning Element. Enter the Planned Start Date (From-To range). This is used in conjunction with the Planning Transaction button in the Planning results window.

Created Date (Range)

Enter the Creation Date (From - To) range of the Work Order for the forecast request.

Modified Date (Range)

Enter the Modified Date (From - To) range of the Work Order for the forecast request.

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Enter the desired search criteria then click the Find button. Inventory that corresponds with the search criteria will be displayed in the Results window.

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