This activity is used to identify maintenance opportunity and scope for a vehicle. Maintenance opportunity refers to an opportunity window for maintenance, while scope refers to the capacity of work that is to be done as part of a maintenance opportunity.
A maintenance opportunity can arise due to an unscheduled stoppage or it can be planned in advance. Once you have determined the duration, e.g., of the breakdown or planned opportunity, you need to determine what should be done. For this, the list of pending maintenance events should be examined to identify events that meet the opportunity window and which need to be prioritized. Mandatory modifications and critical faults are typical examples of events that should be prioritized. Other factors to consider will be the resource capacity for the duration and material availability. For instance, if the resource demand is more than available capacity, you will need to decide if the scope should be adjusted or external services utilized. Once the scope is defined, a work order(s) can be generated for the workshop at which the maintenance will be carried out.
As a basis for decisions concerning scope definition, query pages and reports can be used to summarize:
Maintenance opportunity and scope can be identified from the Maintenance Event per Serial Structure page, the Serial Maintenance page, the Due Information per Maintenance Event page and the Assign Events assistant in Maintenance Order page. To perform this activity:
Pending maintenance events must exist.
Maintenance opportunity and scope have been identified. Pending events are prioritized, and as a result, a work order(s) can be created.