Remove Items that aren't Asset Tracked Using a Maintenance Work Order
The report material transactions feature enables you to report the materials that are consumed in the work order operation. You can issue materials from inventory to the operation and return the issued materials to inventory. Depending on how the item is set up, you can issue materials from the common inventory or from the project-specific inventory.
New functionality as part of this update supports the following scenarios within reporting material transactions:
- The ability to return nonasset-tracked items that weren't previously issued within the context of the work order operation.
- The ability to return ad hoc nonasset-tracked items. ad-hoc non-asset tracked items to inventory
- The ability to remove items on a work order operation first when an open demand for the item exists
Return nonasset-tracked items that weren't previously issued within the context of the work order operation
Before this update, there were technical challenges in handling non-asset tracked items (components) on the Report Material Transaction UI. For example, you couldn't return nonasset-tracked items if they weren't previously issued within the context of the work order operation. With this update, you can better manage nonasset-tracked items.
For example, your work order has two operations: Operation (10) is used to issue a non-asset-tracked item to the work order asset, and operation (20) is used to test the newly configured asset (with the new item) before completing the job. You perform the operation (10) and, report the issue of the non-asset-tracked item and complete the operation. During operation (20), you test the newly configured asset and determine that the item you installed in operation (10) is faulty. As a result, you need to remove it and issue a new one. With this update, you can now return the non-asset tracked item that was previously issued in operation (10) in operation (20) and issue a new one.
Return ad hoc nonasset-tracked items to inventory
With this update, you can create material return transactions for ad-hoc nonasset-tracked items in the same way as you could create material return transactions for ad hoc asset-tracked items. For example, while physically inspecting an asset, you discover a faulty component that isn't recorded in the Oracle Fusion Application. It physically exists on the asset but isn't recorded as existing in the software. You can now create a return transaction for this component and create a record in the user interface, recording the component lot and serial number. The system creates a return record and allocates your newly created component on the selected subinventory locator.
Remove components with material demand
Before this update, you couldn't perform a remove material transactions for an Item if there was material demand for the Item on the same work order operation. For example, you have a work order operation with material demand for Item A. As you are completing the work order in the Maintenance Dispatch List page, you want to perform the return material transaction for the defective Item A, before issuing the new Item A serviceable component, in the same manner as you physically perform the work. Previously, you had to perform the material issue transaction for the serviceable part (Item A) before performing the material return transaction for the defective one. With this update, you can initiate your maintenance in the system either way: issue it first and then return it, or start with a return transaction, followed by issuing it.
The same functionality also supports asset-tracked items.
The features are enabled on these use interfaces
- Issue and Return Material from Inventory
- Review Maintenance Dispatch List - Manual Reporting Completed
- Review Maintenance Dispatch List - Complete with Details
Complete with Details
You can perform material transactions for components that aren't asset tracked in same the manner as components that are asset tracked. You can report your material transactions in the system in the same order as your physically perform them on the asset.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Access Requirements
Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:
- Manage Customer Assets (CSI_MANAGE_CUSTOMER_ASSETS_PRIV)
- Manage Maintainable Assets (MNT_MANAGE_MAINTAINABLE_ASSETS_PRIV)
These privileges were available prior to this update.