Retransfer Template Structure to Site

Explanation

Use this activity to manually retransfer a top part revision to a destination site. New manufacturing part revision records will be created so that the phase in dates of components are compatible with the phase in dates of parent records. You may use a feature to copy the old structure (with Copy First option) to the new phase in date. Normal copy routines are used to include work guidelines, maintenance levels, and other related structure records.

Note: If the AUTO_TRANSFER_STR object property value is set to TRUE, new template structure positions will be transferred automatically to the valid manufacturing sites. The automatic transfer will not create new structure revisions for the entire structure, instead the latest revision of the parent will be updated with a new component line to reflect the new position. Automatic transfer is initiated when the new structure position is activated. For more information, refer the section on automatic part transfer in the online help file Prepare template structure for transfer to manufacturing.

Prerequisites

This activity requires that:

• The top part has already been transferred to the site. A candidate for retransfer is one that has a Transfer Prepared Date that is prior or equal to the Date Last Transferred on the selected site.
• The serial structure template has been created and transferred to the temporary transfer table, and the structure must be in Active status.
• The user has access to the transfer site that has the MRO Enabled check box selected. A Default Planner and Manufacturing Engineer must also be defined for the site in IFS/Manufacturing Standard.
• A Part Transfer Template of type VIM Template is defined in IFS/Manufacturing Standard.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• The system confirms the transfer of a top template part revision ( and all of its level structures) to a site.
• If needed, inventory parts, part revisions, and structures are created. 
• A Template Transfer History record is created, with a transfer status that indicates whether the transfer succeeded or failed.
• A Template Transfer log is created which contains any errors, warnings, or informational messages that were created during the transfer.
• An inventory part record is created from the installed real part. If alternates are defined for the part in the VIM serial structure template, inventory parts are also created for alternates.
• If there are valid modifications in IFS/Fleet and Asset Management that have not already been transferred to the site, then an MRO Modification header record is created for each of the modifications in the structure, and an MRO Part Modification record is also created for each affected part in these modifications. If it is an active modification, and repair codes have been assigned to affected parts on the modification, these repair codes will be transferred along with the affected part information.

Window

Transfer Template Structure

Related Window Descriptions

Transfer Template Structure/Transfer to Site

Procedure

1. Open the Transfer Template Structure window.
2. Retrieve the top template part number records, either by clicking Populate (F2) or by making a selective query (F3).
3. The suggested New Phase In Date will be one day after the Last Phase In Date or the Site Date, whichever is later.
4. If you have set up a default Part Transfer Template in IFS/Manufacturing Standard, the Transfer Template ID field is automatically set to the default value. You can update the transfer template by clicking List of Values and selecting a value or by directly entering a template.
5. By default, the Copy First check box is selected. You can update the value. The Copy First feature helps to preserve data that has been previously created. If it is selected, the transfer process will copy the existing structure to the new structure revision and merge the VIM Template structure into it.
6. Highlight your site(s) in the table window. Right-click and then click Transfer to Manufacturing.  
7. Click OK for any informational and warning dialogs that may appear.