Component Maintenance Cockpit

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Component Maintenance Cockpit

(CMC)
Purpose
Within rotables management, the Component Maintenance Cockpit (CMC) is designed to be
used as a daily tool by employees in Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) areas in the
aviation industry. Usually, these workers are grouped in MRO units also known as
work centers. Each work center has a leader responsible for the planning
and execution of MRO activities in that work center; and generally a queue of
work orders awaiting execution.
The type of work performed in the different work centers can be quite different depending on
the type of parts received - a typical division is made between mechanical and electronic
parts. Some parts need to undergo many and time-consuming tasks, whereas others have a
short
turnaround time (TAT). The number of workers required for the different
MRO activities may also vary.
Mechanical parts often undergo a variety of tasks performed in different work centers,
meaning that a number of work centers can be linked together in the MRO process for that
particular part. This complicates the planning process for work centers, because the part is not
necessarily at hand and ready for process. The arrival of the part depends on the previous
work centers in the repair chain. The CMC enables planning within each work center based on
a basic set of rules, on transparency, and on the provision of a simple method of
communication between the different work centers involved.
The business process usually starts with receipt of an
unserviceable part in a technical object (for example, from a line station). The
technical object is usually an aircraft component, a jet engine, or ground
equipment requiring a specific service (repair, overhaul, modification,
calibration and/or test). The responsible MRO work center creates the
relevant PM/CS orders on arrival of the unserviceable part. The technical
object, part or component to be repaired may or may not be owned by the
MRO service provider.
The CMC assists work centers to find the best possible sequence in which to execute these
orders and the associated operations. The CMC can prioritize and schedule orders in
accordance with the way it is configured. The CMC provides users with valuable information
that is based on real-time data, enabling work centers to repair unserviceable parts on time,
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thus avoiding the unnecessary purchase of parts and components. It also eases the process
of planning the right skills required in a work center in the short term.
The basic rotable process consists of two different scenarios. Starting with the removal of an
unserviceable part from a technical object, such as an aircraft, the CMC triggers either a
closed- or an open-loop repair process, depending on the Customizing settings.
• Closed-loop scenario (Remove-Rework-Install)
The work center dismantles the unserviceable part(s) from the technical object, inspects
it immediately, and determines the appropriate maintenance tasks. On completion of
repair, the work center reassembles the same part(s) back into the technical object, and
releases it to the customer. The now
serviceable part is returned to its original location without being moved
through a warehouse of serviceable stock
Usually, closed-loop orders have due dates and times that are driven by the aircraft
maintenance schedule and/or departure of the aircraft from the hangar (within the slot
time). These time-based orders should be configured in Customizing so that the CMC
does not reschedule them as this would change the due dates.
• Open-loop scenario (Remove-Install-Rework)
The work center dismantles an unserviceable part from the technical object and
immediately replaces it by an equivalent part(s) from stock. Parts qualifying as
equivalent are defined in the
Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC), or by using the SAP FFF class
functionality (fully interchangeable Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPN)).
The unserviceable part is placed in a warehouse of unserviceable stock until scheduled
for repair. The repair of this unserviceable part is not dependent on an aircraft repair
schedule, and can be scheduled automatically by the CMC. The repair of an

unserviceable part usually depends on the
range of coverage (ROC) for the part, or on the stock level in
unserviceable condition permitted for that part. After repair, the now
serviceable part is placed in a warehouse of serviceable stock until
required in a repair/maintenance process.
The events that trigger the generation of PM/CS orders include:
• incoming spare part / equipment (
• rotable component) from a customer (equipment change)
• repair due to unplanned event (defect)
• overhaul due to planned maintenance (counters, notification, maintenance plan)
Integration
The extensive functions available for the CMC are supplemented by integration with the
following application components:
Materials Management (MM)
• Separation of spare parts into rotables, repairables, and expendables by a spare parts
class code in the material master.
For more information, see
Spare Parts Class Code.
• Determination of movement types for rotable parts for use in the ROC calculation.
Movement Types.
• Determination of the condition of the rotable parts, that is whether serviceable,
unserviceable, new, or to be scrapped. The CMC offers four methods to determine the
condition of rotables:
• storage locations
• batch status management
• batch classification
• split valuation
Inventory Management and Physical Inventory.
Production Planning and Control (PP)
• Consideration of transport and wait time (TWT) between two operations in different work
centers. The CMC can include this when scheduling orders and distributing the total
available buffer by using the move time matrix in Customizing for PP.
For more information on the move time matrix, see
Interoperation Time.
Logistics Information System (LIS)
• Tracking of rotables in the LIS by means of goods movements (transfer postings) to

support the ROC calculation. This is supported by LIS information structures S464 (FFF
class/material movements) and S034 (batch movements).
Overview: Background for the LIS.
Part Interchangeability
The CMC also supports the interchangeability of parts, and can consider ROC parameters on
FFF class level.
Part Interchangeability.
Features
The CMC has a wide range of functions to assist MRO work centers and planners when
working with PM/CS orders and notifications:
•
• Customizing settings for order codes and priority rules, CMC profiles, CMC user status
groups, and CMC inventory groups
• Scheduling based on
• range of coverage or on due dates
• Distribution and evaluation of total
• buffer
• Consideration of
• transport and wait times
•
• Bundling of orders with relationships
• Consideration of
• parallel operations for labor and machine
• Warning and
• alert monitoring

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schedule, and can be scheduled automatically by the CMC. The repair of an

• Tracking of rotables in the LIS by means of goods movements (transfer postings) to

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