Release Demands
Explanation
This activity is used to release the resource and material demands for a maintenance order. You can choose to
release demands when setting the maintenance order to the Under Preparation status or while the maintenance
order is still in this status. The Set Maintenance Order to Under
Preparation activity describes how to release demands as part of the status change. This activity describes how
to release demands by using the Release Demands option.
When material demands are released, material on the connected task cards and subtasks will be made available to
the MRP (material requirements planning). This allows the MRP to initiate order proposals/supplies for the
maintenance order material demands at an early stage. Once the material demand is released you have the ability to
reserve or peg material against a supply, i.e., inventory stock, purchase order or purchase requisition. The
benefit of this feature is to minimize the risk of stock shortage especially for items with long delivery lead
times.
When resource demands are released, resource activities will be generated for each resource on the task card or
subtask. For instance, if two mechanics are planned on a task card, one activity will be created per mechanic.
Resources are planned for the duration of the task card. The planned start date of the resource activity will be
set to the planned start of the task card or subtask or if this does not exist at this stage, the planned start of
the maintenance order. The planned finish date is calculated based on the planned hours. The activity origin of the
resource activities will be set to Maint Order Task Card. Resource activities can be viewed in the Resource
Activities page. The following origin keys on the generated activities can be used to identify the maintenance
order, event or task card for which the resource is valid:
- Origin key 1 - The maintenance event on which the resource is included
- Origin key 2 - The task card sequence of the task card to which the resource is connected
- Origin key 3 - The task card resource sequence
- Origin key 4 - The maintenance order to which the event is connected
- Origin key 5 - The ID of the task card or subtask to which the resource is connected
Once demands are released, any further changes to resources and material while the maintenance order is in the
Under Preparation status will automatically release new/changed demands. This can be:
- Releasing new or changed material demands
- Removing material demands that are no longer needed from the MRP
- Creating resource activities for new resource demands
- Updating resource activities for changed resource demands
- Removing resource activities for resource demands that are no longer needed
To perform this activity, click the Release Demands option from the Manage Maintenance
Page.
- Using the Inventory Part in Stock Reservations page you can verify that the material demand is released.
Verify that the material demand is created with the Maintenance Order type. Once the maintenance order is
released and a work order is created for it, the order type of the corresponding demand lines will be changed
from Maintenance Order to Work Order.
- Using the Resource Activities page, you can verify that resource activities have
been generated for the resource demand. Search for the maintenance order, event and/or task card ID to which the
resource is connected and verify the activity origin of the resource activity is set to Maint Order Task
Card. Once the maintenance order is transferred to a work order, included resource and material demands will
be transferred and created as demands on the corresponding work task. The resource activities will become
resource activities on the work task and the activity origin will be changed to Task Management Line.
Prerequisites
- A maintenance order in the Under Preparation status must exist.
- Resource and material demands must be included on the maintenance order.
- Resource demands must not have already been released.
System Effects
- Soft-pegged demands are created for the material on the maintenance order.
- Resource activities will be generated for the resources on the maintenance order.
- The Demands Released field will be enabled on the maintenance order and the Release Demands
option will be disabled.
- The workshop on the maintenance order can only be changed to a workshop within the same site.