AMOS User's Guide

Electronic Pending Shelf

Maintenance / Maintenance Control

V12.00

Swiss Aviation Software Ltd.

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Contents
Copyright Notice 2

Electronic Pending Shelf 4

Electronic Pending Shelf Overview .....................................................................................................4
AMOS process flow .............................................................................................................................5
Buttons ................................................................................................................................................6
Display section ....................................................................................................................................7
Electronic Pending Shelf related tasks ................................................................................................8
Processing a Selected Item ...........................................................................................................8
Release Rotable .............................................................................................................................9
Electronic Pending Shelf related parameters ....................................................................................11
System Parameter 969.................................................................................................................11
System Parameter 1176 ..............................................................................................................12
Electronic Pending Shelf related licences .........................................................................................13
Move to scrap licence...................................................................................................................13
Hold/release orders licence ..........................................................................................................13
Global licences ..................................................................................................................................14
FAQs .................................................................................................................................................15
Why are the links not displayed in Electronic Pending Shelf? .....................................................15
What is the precondition to have rotables that are removed from an aircraft sent to Electronic
Pending Shelf? .............................................................................................................................15

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Electronic Pending Shelf

Path: Applications/Maintenance Control/Electronic Pending Shelf
APN: 326

Electronic Pending Shelf Overview

Depending on the 969-parameter settings, all rotables which have been subject to an unscheduled
removal and the labels of which have been booked in LabelBooking automatically appear on the
overview mask of the Electronic Pending Shelf - EPS.
According to their experience, Maintenance Control checks the label and the workorder text to finally
decide:
 if a unit should be released for repair -> starting a repair procedure or.
 if a unit should be put on hold for a certain period determined by Maintenance Control in order to
check if the part was really the cause of the failure or.
 if a unit should be released back to service since it is not responsible for the failure; in this case a
new serviceable label has to be attached to the unit.
 if a unit that cannot be repaired anymore should be moved to the location Scrap for parts to be
scrapped.
Releasing a unit in Electronic Pending Shelf means either release for repair or return back to
service. In the latter case it is the Maintenance Control that decides if a unit once removed is in a
serviceable condition. It is essential to differentiate these two cases.
A unit is put on hold after it has been removed on the assumption that it was the cause of a failure. A
few days later, you could find out that the failure persists which means that this unit was not the cause
of the problem. In such cases it would be a mistake to send this unit for repair. That is the reason why
a unit can be put on hold for a certain period in order to avoid unnecessary repairs and the
considerable costs involved.

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AMOS process flow

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Buttons
The following buttons are in Electronic Pending Shelf.

Button Description
Reload Use to reload the data.
Process selected Item Use to process/open selected item.
Exit Use to exit the program.Use to exit the program.

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Display section
Here your data is displayed.

Column Description
Order No. Repair Order Number automatically assigned by the system. A double-click
into this field opens the EPS Detail Dialogue. At this stage, i.e. until the
rotable is either released serviceable or sent for repair, it is temporary,
Vendor = OPEN.
Part No. Part number of the removed unit.
A double-click into this field opens Part Administration
Serial No. Serial number of the removed part.
Description Description of the removed part.
W/O Workorder number which was used to remove the part from the A/C.
Display instant info with one right-click.
Display full workorder form with a double-click.
Label No. Label number with which the part was removed from the A/C.
Display Instant Info with one right-click.
Display full removal label with a double-click.
Station Station where the part was removed from the A/C.
A/C Aircraft from which the part was removed.
Display Instant Info with a right-click.
Removal Date Date when Removal Label was booked.
Location Displays the store location of the rotable on an order entry.
Status Whether or not the unit is currently on hold .
Hold until Unit is on hold until this date.
The background colours mean:
Red -> Deadline is overdue.
Yellow -> Deadline is due.
Green -> Deadline is not yet due.
Remarks
means with a right-click you can display the internal remarks of this part
removal as well as the text of the booked label.
Links/No links
With this you have the possibility of adding a link to the selected order
in the pending shelf dialogue.
The links displayed there come from the order if it was ever generated and
links added and not from the processing of the item in Electronic pending
Shelf.

Depending on parameter settings, see EPS related Parameters on this screen you will either find all
unscheduled removals or only those marked 'trouble-shooting'.

Note: A double-click on either of the columns Status, Hold until or Remarks will automatically open the
EPS Detail Dialogue.

The radio buttons in the lower part of the screen can be used to filter the overview display according to
your current needs:
 All removals
 Only on Hold
 Hold + overdue

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 Today's bookings

Electronic Pending Shelf related tasks

Processing a Selected Item
Path: Applications/Maintenance Control/Electronic Pending Shelf

Steps
Open Electronic Pending Shelf.
1) Select a unit in the Display section.
2) Click Process selected Item, or double-clicking on either of the columns Order No., Status, Hold
until or Remarks.
Electronic Pending Shelf Dialog appears.
3) In the Overview tab you can:
With Re-Print Certificate, Show Workorder, Show Label, Parts Tracking, and Stock
Information you can re-print the EASA For and display any relevant details regarding the original
workorder, the removal label or just check the rotable history or the current stock situation.
4) Optional: Enter text into the field Internal Remarks.
5) In the next section you can see the details of the removal. All relevant details are displayed.
6) You can enter/change the Hold until date if necessary. By clicking the green button the system
adds the date from the following day.
7) If the unit is not yet to be released for repair or back to store, save your changes by clicking Save
and Return.
8) For releasing the unit for repair click Send to Repair Admin or
9) For releasing the unit back to store click Re-certify Part. AMOS will automatically transfer you to
the program Receiving Goods where you can book the rotable. See also Release Rotable (on
page 9).
10) For moving the unit to the location Scrap click Move to SCRAP.
Workorder Text tab
In this tab the text from the workorder is displayed if available. Also the Action Text is shown if there is
any available. Below the text boxes there are tick boxes which allows you to copy the text to the order
header.

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Release Rotable
Path: Applications/Maintenance Control/Electronic Pending Shelf

Preconditions
Note: Licence required.

There is a licence for releasing rotables in Label Booking, Component-Tree Label Booking and
Electronic Pending Shelf. The licence is set by the AMOS System Administrator in Label Booking.
The purpose of the function Release Rotable is to release a rotable part into serviceable condition
again, as shown in the following examples:
 a removed rotable was sent to Electronic Pending Shelf due to an aircraft failure. However, the
failure persists after the removal, so this specific rotable cannot be the cause of the failure and
maintenance control releases it back to service. It is marked "serviceable" again with a new label.
 a serviceable rotable which was removed from an aircraft for cannibalization purposes - and was
automatically switched to the status "unserviceable" - has to be marked "serviceable" again and
gets a new label before installation in the grounded aircraft.
Basically, whenever a component is booked off the aircraft or also off a "Component-Tree" - even if it
is actually, physically serviceable - it is automatically marked as unserviceable by the system and
therefore must be released back to service before it can be used for installation again.

Note: When starting the "Release Repairable back to Service" process, the System now checks
whether the "Rotable to be released" really is "available" for this process or in contrast for example
has been sent out to "External Repair" (i.e. is on "Outgoing Location" in "Rotables Admin"). In the
latter case, a "Release back to Service" now is no longer possible.

In order to mark the rotable as serviceable again, the following steps need to be performed:
1) When working in Electronic Pending Shelf, select the rotable part to be released and click
Process selected Item.
2) When working in Label Booking or Component Tree Label Booking, load the currently
unserviceable label number.
3) Click Release Rotable which is on the bottom of the screen. The Receiving Dialog screen will pop
up.

4) Choose how the certificate number - Form 1, will be generated. You have three possibilities:
Cert awarding strategy
labelnonew
current
 take the label number as certificate number
 enter manually a new certificate number
 use the old/current certificate number
5) Enter a serviceable label number manually or let the system generate a new one by right-clicking
and enter the current condition of the rotable for example "visually inspected".

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6) Click Continue Receipt and update, if applicable, the rotable data and requirements.
7) If there are any open modifications, a message will pop up asking if the system should show them,
giving you the option to report them back.
8) A message will pop up asking if a JAA/EASA Form One should be printed. A user with the licence
"Unprint JAA/EASA From 1" can set the status of the a printed JAA/EASA form to "not printed".
Unprint will appear in the dialogue box where you get the information that the Form 1 was already
printed.
Take also into consideration what happens actually whenever a rotable part is released:
 The history will automatically be updated. Before the release, the rotable's last record in the
history was its removal from an aircraft and consequently its unserviceable condition. After the
release, the last record, voucher mode B1=Receiving Goods will say that the part is serviceable
and has been put back on store or installed in any other aircraft, in case of RISC - removed in
serviceable condition.
 The rotable's data are updated, such as the condition is changed from US - unserviceable to
whatever code typed in for example: VI - visual inspected and the location is reassigned. This is
especially important for keeping the correct stock quantity for both, the home base and outstations
in the system.

Note: It is important that you have an address with Vendor Code 0 - zero in Address Administration
use for internal bookings. If you do not have an address with Vendor Code 0- zero it is IMPERATIVE
to define one.

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Electronic Pending Shelf related parameters

The AMOS system administrator can set the following related parameters. For further information,
refer to Parameter Setup.

Note: The following combinations of parameter 1176 and 969 are possible.

Combination Function
1176=1 + 969=Y/N All removals go into Electronic Pending Shelf, whether scheduled or
unscheduled.
1176=0 + 969=N All unscheduled removals go into Electronic Pending Shelf.

1176=0 + 969=Y Only unscheduled removals marked 'trouble-shooting' go into Electronic

Pending Shelf.

System Parameter 969

No. Description Function

969 Only U/S Only U/S Troubleshooting removals go to Electronic Pending Shelf.
troubleshooting First look at parameter 1176 (Label booked removal parts, strategy for
removals further processing) and if it is set to 0 (meaning Unscheduled
Removals go to Electronic Pending Shelf and Scheduled Removals
go directly to Repair Administration), then this parameter (969)
comes into play.
Here you can fine tune how to handle Unscheduled Removals with
either a Troubleshooting flag or not.

Field Description Value/Example

Amount [Float]
Amount [Int]
Amount [String] Enable TS N(o) : This is the default setting.
(Y/N) With parameter 1176 = 0 and this
value set here to "N", all
Unscheduled Removals are sent
to Electronic Pending Shelf.
Y(es) : With parameter 1176 = 0
and this value set here to "Y",
only Unscheduled Removals
marked "Trouble shooting" are
sent to Electronic Pending
Shelf. Non-TS Unscheduled
Removals will be sent directly to
Repair Administration.

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System Parameter 1176

No. Description Function

1176 Label booked removal This parameter defines the strategy that is applied to the further
parts processing of Removal Parts after booking them off with either
Rotables Label Booking or Repairable Consumables Label
Booking.

Field Description Value/Example

Amount [Float]
Amount [Int] Type of 0 = This is the default setting.
removals Unscheduled Removals go to
Electronic Pending Shelf,
Scheduled Removals go directly
to Repair Administration.
Also see parameter 969 (Only
U/S troubleshooting removals go
to Electronic Pending Shelf) for
a further fine tuning possibility.
1 = All Removals end up in
Electronic Pending Shelf
regardless whether they are
Scheduled or Unscheduled.
2 = All Removals end up in
Repair Administration
regardless whether they are
Scheduled or Unscheduled.
Amount [String]

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Electronic Pending Shelf related licences

Listed below are the most important licences which can be set by the AMOS System-Administrator. All
licences are listed in Admin Programs.

Move to scrap licence

Licence Function
Move to scrap Allows you to move parts from Electronic Pending Shelf to Scrap
Material.

Hold/release orders licence

Licence Function
Hold/release orders Allows you to hold and release a rotable part from Electronic Pending
Shelf.

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Global licences
Global licences are used in every AMOS program and are listed in Admin Programs > Global
licences.

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FAQs
Why are the links not displayed in Electronic Pending Shelf?
The links displayed in the Link column of Electronic Pending Shelf come from the order, if it was
ever generated and links added and not from the processing of the item in Electronic Pending Shelf.

What is the precondition to have rotables that are removed

from an aircraft sent to Electronic Pending Shelf?
Depending on the settings of System Parameter 969, all rotables that have been subject to an
unscheduled removal and the labels have been booked in Label Booking, automatically appear on
the overview mask of the Electronic Pending Shelf.

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Index
A
AMOS process flow ............................................... 5
B
Buttons ................................................................... 6
C
Copyright Notice .................................................... 2
D
Display section ....................................................... 7
E
Electronic Pending Shelf ........................................ 4
Electronic Pending Shelf Overview ....................... 4
Electronic Pending Shelf related licences ............ 13
Electronic Pending Shelf related parameters........ 11
Electronic Pending Shelf related tasks ................... 8
F
FAQs .................................................................... 15
G
Global licences ..................................................... 14
H
Hold/release orders licence .................................. 13
M
Move to scrap licence .......................................... 13
P
Processing a Selected Item ..................................... 8
R
Release Rotable .................................................. 8, 9
S
System Parameter 1176 ........................................ 12
System Parameter 969 .......................................... 11
W
What is the precondition to have rotables that are
removed from an aircraft sent to Electronic
Pending Shelf? ................................................. 15
Why are the links not displayed in Electronic
Pending Shelf? ................................................. 15

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