This activity is used to release the resource and material demands for a maintenance order. You can choose to release demands when setting the maintenance order to the Under Preparation status or while the maintenance order is still in this status. The Set Maintenance Order to Under Preparation activity describes how to release demands as part of the status change. This activity describes how to release demands by using the Release Demands option.
When material demands are released, material on the connected task cards and subtasks will be made available to the MRP (material requirements planning). This allows the MRP to initiate order proposals/supplies for the maintenance order material demands at an early stage. Once the material demand is released you have the ability to reserve or peg material against a supply, i.e., inventory stock, purchase order or purchase requisition. The benefit of this feature is to minimize the risk of stock shortage especially for items with long delivery lead times.
When resource demands are released, resource activities will be generated for each resource on the task card or subtask. For instance, if a task card includes two technicians and a welder, a separate resource activity will be created for each technician and the welder. Resources are planned based on their given durations, as specified in the Planned Hours field of the resource demand. The planned start date of the resource activity will be set to the planned start of the task card or subtask. If this does not exist at this stage, it will default to the planned start date of the maintenance order. The planned finish date of the resource activity is calculated based on the planned hours. For example, if a technician is required for 2 hours with a planned start on 25/04/2025, 8 AM, the activity finish date will be set to 25/04/2025, 10 AM.
The activity origin of the resource activities will be set to Maint Order Task Card. Resource activities can be viewed in the Resource Activities page. The following origin keys on the generated activities can be used to identify the maintenance order, event or task card for which the resource is valid:
Once demands are released, any further changes to resources and material while the maintenance order is in the Under Preparation status will automatically release new/changed demands. This can be:
To perform this activity, click the Release Demands option from the Manage Maintenance Page.