Aerospace & Defense

IFS Maintenix already have developed API for AeroBuy from AeroExchange few years ago (pre-Covid). Do you know if there is on IFS agenda to add API for AeroRepair ? I know there are Maintenix customer is already using AeroRepair module from AeroExchange and each one is using their internal method of trying to automate processes between Maintenix and AeroRepair.

Hi All,I am working with an aircraft OEM and they manage different kind of rotable pools with their customers wherein customer can take a part from the rotable pool and in-return will supply the unserviceable core item to the OEM for repair.This OEM does not carry out internal repairs and create a CRO of repair order type “external service order” to send the unserviceable core part (P1) to supplier and get it repaired. Some of the times, the supplier will perform modification to the part (P1) which leads to change of part number (P1 now becomes P2). When we receive the modified part (P2), OEM would perform Register Arrival - utilize modify receipt conditions and change the part number (P2 - ensure alternates are defined) and receive the modified part (P2) in inventory. This creates a part serial transaction for the received modified part and serial.Now the caveat over here is, the CRO external order which was initially created for the unserviceable part P1 remai

Description•Add a History tab in Stock Details, to see updates and changes made in Stock details.Impact•Restock levels and automatic restock actions changes need to be reviewed via periodic analysis.  Need historical change information to tie to the outcome of those changes.Role•Inventory PlanningFrequency•Daily

Southwest Airlines would like to know how other operators manage Tasks that require accomplishment after a minimum usage but before a maximum usage.   Plan after but Before a specified scheduling parameter.  example: Task must be accomplished after 10 flight cycles (FC) and before 25 flight cycles after initialization.   Task must be accomplished 4 times and then terminate: Accomplished between 50-100 FC Accomplished between 150-200 FC Accomplished between 250-300 FC Accomplished between 350-400 FC terminates  Terminates after 4th accomplishment  

With the upgrade to Maintenix 8.3 SP10, we need to upgrade JasperReports Server to version 9.0.0, this is fine, we’ve already installed it on our Dev box. We have a lot of custom reports and we have used Jasper Studio in the past to develop and publish reports. Unfortunately, it looks like Jasper Studio 9.0.0 now needs an internet connection to log into the Jaspersoft community before we can use it. Our Dev box (and all our servers) are not allowed to be on the internet due to ITAR constraints, we also aren’t allowed to install software on our local machines due to our company security policy. We have a lot of security restrictions that make this process difficult.We’re talking to our Infrastructure team to try and find a solution and are wondering if anyone else has run into this issue and how they have solved it. 

Do other operators have a way they prevent the purchase and receipt of banned parts? Specific inventory at the P/N and S/N level.

As everyone knows, doing anything ADHOC in Maintenix creates multiple “behind the scenes” issues that cause massive data base clean up to have to take place.  However, the question arises: how do you remove batched inventory from the system when it is not used on an actual aircraft?  An example of this is when a bowser is serviced, oil and filters are used to maintain the bowser.  These items would not be issued to an aircraft, as they are not used on an aircraft.  This leaves the airline with two choices: a) do an ADHOC issue or b) adjust out the stock.  As mentioned above, if an ADHOC issue is performed, this can often times create an ADHOC request that never closes.  It is not obviously seen, so you typically find it when a station keeps receiving stock from the main supplier location for an item they already have plenty of stock on. If the Stock Adjustment is the preferred method, for ATI, we only have just a certain few individuals that have the ability to

Is it possible to integrate MAINTENIX and SAP for Maintenance Crew management? The Crew Roster is managed by SAP and I was wandering if the data can be imported to Maintenix for Maintenance Crew Management.

Hi All,Qantas currently has an open issue with IFS for Job Card Steps with “special” characters causing HTML formatting on the Task Card report to fail.  This can also cause job card steps to appear to have been edited when using show differences however it is not apparent to the task writer what has been changed.It looks like it is caused by some character encoding conversion when a task is revised.  This is only an issue since we moved to 8.3SP5, possibly related to the data type change of the step_ldesc to CLOB.  Generally this is caused when content is copied from an MS office application that has tried to be helpful and replace a " with a “.  When the task is revised, this character is replaced with a space and an ascii DC3 character(0x19).  Its these control characters that cause the Jasper reports to stop trying to apply the formatting correctly.We’re interested to learn if other operators, especially those with languages that use character

Is it possible to get a part certificate report in the technicians portal if you do not use aviation? I know we have the survey workflow but I want the survey to be on an object like in the aviation part certificate report.

How do you transfer multiple inventories between locations in Maintenix?   For example, when re-organizing items in the Warehouse. 

Industry : Aerospace & Defense Sub-Industry : MRO Line of Business : Engine MRO / Landing Gear / Component MROBusiness Background : Parts (E.g. Blade, Fan, Bushings) removed from large assembly (E.g. Engine, Landing Gear, APU) are subjected to cleaning and inspection process, post which the repair actions will be determined. This will be captured against the part by the Engineering / Team in the form of Component Job cards and Inspection forms. Detailed inspection procedures are carried out stringently by recording the measurements of applicable parameters [such as inner diameter, outer diameter, length, width, thickness..] and validated with standard values / limits that are prescribed the manufacturers in their maintenance manuals (embedded within work instructions). Mechanics, Technicians record the measurements of the parts subjected to inspection and validated with the standard limits an

Trying to figure out how work packages get auto generated in MXI 8.1.

Column data content is not always intuitive.Just noticed the Fleet due list tab header is also not sticky.

Hello everyone, Is there any way to open Tasks on Shop Floor Workbench against Shop Order Operations? So far I could only open tasks on the Shop Floor Workbench “header”, which means, no direct connection to the Shop Order Operation… Does anyone have any suggestion?  

Hello everyone, I was looking for a way to restrict Labor Classes with Work Centers. Does anyone have any ideia if this is possible to be done? Some page with setup for this to work? I am asking this because I need to restrict the Routing Operation when it comes to Work Centers and Labor Classes. Many Thanks

We are trying to identify which assets are in a kit for a Jasper Report. We wish to exclude inventory that is in a kit from the Total Stock Holding.Thanks for any advise.

Failure Category & Fault Priority Field, are BASELINE defined by Fault Definition and not modifiable on ACTUALSFault Type field, is BASELINE & ACTUAL modifiableCan IFS advise is a Parent / Child relation between Failure Category & Failure type exist ? How IFS would recommend tio uses those type of fields with Fault Definition?And finalys how to set up Fault Priority to have them reflecting a priority according to the Fault Definition? 

I just want to know what IETM stands for

Southwest Airlines is curious how other operators manage tracking of locked-out/tagged-out (LOTO) within Maintenix.  Specifically, do you have a method to track which circuit breakers have been locked out during a check, including who locked it out and for what task, or do you handle that externally?Sincerely,Shon Creese 

Southwest is currently working through demoting of parts.  We are wondering if any other carries have any feedback on demoting parts when any of following apply:Managing demotion of a part when in multiple part groups and/or TRK slots Updating open ROs after performing a part demotion  Active task definition  Open Borrow orders  

Hi allAnyone have any ideas on how to upload multiple data or line items in an instant invoice in IFS cloud?We have approximately 50–60 lines per invoice, and it takes too much time to post the same.  

We are implementing IFS Cloud in a CAMRO Customer.For Quality Control it was setup as Mandatory Manufacturing Control Plan for several parts. This requires setup for each Inventory Part and Routing Type a specific Control Plan.Should we have any way to identify which Inventory Part / Routing Type has a mandatory control plan?

Southwest Airlines is interested in understanding how other operators setup tool kits in Maintenix and provide visibility to batch tools that are included in these kits.  We set up Tool kits as assemblies since Maintenix does not have tool kitting capability, and an assembly approach was the best choice provided by IFS at the time.  Tool kits WILL show serialized tools as children of kits, however batched “TOOLS” i.e. sockets, extensions, etc. are NOT showing in kits because they are issued out of stock to be put into the kit.  Batched inventory is never shown as installed on assemblies.The issue we are having is that Technicians do not have visibility to inventory that is contained in these kits.  We often have to AOG parts, when in reality the inventory was in kits that were in stock.  Southwest Airlines is curious how other operators are managing this gap in functionality.  We are at creating an external database to track the batch parts containe

Hi,Can someone help me in Assigning the defined Operational Plan and Execution of it in MRO Fleet Management?