Using the Part Maintenance Workbench

You can use the Part Maintenance Workbench (tsmsc1600m100) session to view, filter and process the part maintenance lines and the work orders. The workbench session comprises of:

The Part Maintenance Workbench (tsmsc1610m100) session, wherein you can set the various filters for the part lines and work orders.
The Part Maintenance Lines (tsmsc1110m500) session.
The Work Orders (tswcs2100m200) session.

The workbench session can only be accessed from the main menu. The satellite sessions and the related options to filter the lines and orders, are displayed based the Part Maintenance Workbench Appearance field setting in the Service User Profiles (tsmdm1150m000) session.

Filtering the lines and orders:

To filter the lines and orders, you can specify the header data such as the Item, the Serial Number, the Sold-to Business Partner, the Operations Department, and the Maintenance Sales Order.

You can also use the options that are specific to the part lines and the work orders. These options are based on the status of the lines and orders. When you select an option, the count of the lines and orders, with that status is also displayed.

If you select a part line, only the work orders that are linked to the selected part line are displayed.

Using the workbench session:

You can use the workbench session to process the part lines and the work orders. The modified data is defaulted in the Maintenance Sales Order - Part Maintenance Lines (tsmsc1110m100) and Work Order (tswcs2100m100) sessions respectively.

For the part lines, you can perform actions such as:

Release Order
Cancel...
Convert to Part Receipt
Create Work Order
Transfer to Work Center

For the work order, you can perform actions such as:

Plan...
Close Order
Cancel...
Complete Order
Check Material Availability

Note: You cannot add part lines and work orders using in this session.

As part of the usability enhancement, the status of the lines and orders is displayed in specific colors.