Work packages

A work package defines a set of maintenance tasks that are performed on an aircraft during a specified maintenance period. Work packages include details about the tools, materials, labor, skills, and repair locations that are required to perform the work. You can associate a work package with a customer and a related customer agreement.

Adding tasks and work orders

You can use the Add Tasks and Work Orders to Work Package action to add any combination of valid work orders and task cards to the work package. A valid work order or task card satisfies the following conditions:

It is related to the aircraft to which the work package applies.
It has a relationship to the customer, if a customer is specified.

You select the Generate Work Orders option to create all of the work orders for the task cards that are related to the work package. A work order hierarchy is also created. If the work package is large, generating the work orders can take time, but you do not have to wait for this process to complete. You can continue working in the user interface by selecting the Generate Work Orders in the Background check box. You receive an email when all of the work orders are created. The email contains details of any errors that occurred when the work orders were generated.

By default, the work orders are generated in sequence, but you can specify that they are generated in simultaneous threads. In the System Properties application, open the psdi.plusa.wpgenwothreads property and specify a number greater than 1 in the Value field.

You can use the Maximo® Integration Framework to import a set of work orders that a customer provides. You can then create a work package with these work orders and validate the work package against a copy of an operator maintenance program (OMP) that a customer provides.

Creating customer estimates

After you add work orders to the work package, you can use the Create Estimate action to create estimates for all work orders in the work package. You can email estimates to your customer by clicking Create Communication in the Customer Price Estimate window.

The Pricing tab displays a summary of costs, prices, and margins for all work orders that are associated with the selected revision of the work package.