Assign Parts to Maintenance Program

Explanation

This activity is used to assign valid serial parts to a maintenance program.

Prerequisites

• Serial parts must have been defined.
• A maintenance program must have been defined. This maintenance program must be in the Preliminary status.
• Template structures must have been defined if the Copy Parts From Template Structure option is to be used.

System Effects

• The assigned serial parts are valid to use for the maintenance program.  
• If the Copy Parts From Template Structure option is used, all serial parts belonging to the selected template structure will be assigned to the maintenance program.
• All existing revisions of the assigned serial parts are automatically added to the maintenance program. The assigned part revisions can be viewed in the Assign Part Revisions tab.
• Maintenance groups can be connected to the maintenance program.

Windows

Define Maintenance Program
Parts Assigned To Maintenance Program

Related Window Descriptions

Define Maintenance Program  
Define Maintenance Program/Assign Parts  
Copy Parts From Template Structure  
Remove Part and Structure 

Procedure

Note: The following procedures can be performed using the Parts Assigned To Maintenance Program window as well.

Follow this procedure to assign a serial part to the maintenance program:

1. Open the Define Maintenance Program window and query (F3) for your maintenance program revision.
2. Click the Assign Parts tab and create a new record (F5).
3. In the Part Number field, enter the part number of the serial part which is to be assigned to the maintenance program. Use the List of Values to select a value.
4. If needed, enter the manufacturer of the serial part in the Manufacturer Number field.
5. If needed, enter the manufacturer's part identity in the Manufacturer's Part No field.
6. Save the record (F12).

Follow this procedure to assign a serial part to a maintenance program when the part number of the serial part is not known:

1. Open the Define Maintenance Program window and query (F3) for your maintenance program revision.
2. Click the Assign Parts tab and create a new record (F5).
3. Enter the manufacturer of the serial part and the manufacturer's part identity in the Manufacturer Number and Manufacturer's Part No fields. Use the List of Values to select valid values. Once these values are entered, the part number of the serial part appears by default.
4. You can also choose to directly enter the manufacturer's part identity in the Manufacturer's Part No field. Use the List of Values to select a value. Once the manufacturer's part identity is entered, the manufacturer number and part number of the serial part appear by default.
5. Save the record (F12).

Follow this procedure to assign serial parts to a maintenance program using the Copy Parts From Template Structure option:

1. Open the Define Maintenance Program window and query (F3) for your maintenance program revision.
2. Click the Assign Parts tab.
3. Select the row that contains the part number that was manually assigned to the maintenance program, right-click and then click Copy Parts From Template Structure. The Copy Parts From Template Structure dialog box opens.
4. In the Template Part No field, the template part number for the assigned part appears by default. If needed, click List to select a different template part.
5. In the Templ Rev field, enter the revision number of the selected template part. Click List to select a valid value.
6. Select the Copy only Template Parts check box to copy template parts in the selected template structure. There are no restrictions in the number of serial parts that can be copied to your maintenance program.
7. Select the Copy Alternates check box to copy alternates in the selected template structure.
8. Click OK.

When the Copy Parts From Template Structure option is used to assign serial parts, parts belonging to a template structure that is not required for the maintenance program may be copied as well. Use the following procedure to remove these serial part from the maintenance program:

1. Open the Define Maintenance Program window and query (F3) for your maintenance program revision.
2. Click the Assign Parts tab.
3. Select the row that contains the template part structure to remove, right-click and then click Remove Part and Structure. The Remove Part and Structure dialog box opens.
4. The value in the Template Part No field appears by default.
5. In the Templ Rev field, enter the revision number of the template part structure to be removed. Click List to select a value.
6. Click OK.