Process Planning

Solumina will even determine what tasks need to be "brought forward" based on schedule for next visit to prevent any requirement going past due time.

A Complete Information Kit for the Technician

Solumina work orders are more than just job or task cards, they are a complete information kit for the technician so that they don't have to go searching for documentation or instructions. They include work instructions, inspection requirements, engineering specifications, tooling lists, parts lists, and links to manuals — all online at the tecnician's fingertips.

The work instructions include hyper links to supplementary documents such as drawings and standard operating procedures and can include bookmark information, that takes the user to a specific view within the document. Linked documents can reside in an external repository.

Illustrated Interactive Work Instructions

Solumina offers a rich set of tools to illustrate work instructions. Work instructions can be simple, containing only text and illustrations — or can be more sophisticated, containing slide shows with marked-up drawings, 3D model animations, or videos. Interactive slide shows stop at specific points of a movie or animation sequence to display instructions and prompt for data collection.

Smart Media

Work Instructions are assembled on the fly from subesctions authored and controlled independently. Change history is recorded for each subsection. In contrast, work instruction solutions that are based on word processing and file management software cannot achieve the same level of detail control over different elements of a work instruction.

Paperless Publishing

The transition to a paperless system for process management will yield the following immediate benefits:

• Elimination of clerical work needed to update, distribute and replace documents
• Consistent job performance using the correct and latest versions of drawings, instructions and parts
• Real-time data, status, and metrics

Change Approval and Control

Configuration and change control are daunting tasks when planning the maintenance or overhaul of complex assemblies with intricate work processes. Solumina streamlines and expedites these processes, facilitating the fast deployment of instruction revisions to the shop floor.

A complete history of “who,” “what” and “when” is recorded for each changed object in each work plan revision and work order alteration. The configured workflow controls the number and order of groups involved in the authoring, review and approval processes. Solumina Communications preserve discussions and recommendations between different functional groups.

Change Release and Deployment

Depending on the urgency of a change and the work already completed, your process planner can choose to supersede work instructions entirely, write special upgrade instructions, or allow the unit to be completed to earlier specifications.

Visibility of the work order status and the ability to place in-process units on hold facilitate the task for your process planner.

Inspection Requirements

Inspection requirements are specified as part of the work instructions and include data collection and certification requirements. During execution, based on the results of inspection measurements and observations, the inspector can launch and complete required nonroutine tasks.

Nonroutine Task Instructions

Work instructions for known nonroutine tasks can be preplanned into work plans or Standard Operations. If required, the request for disposition can be routed to a Designated Engineering Representative to author special instructions or request disposition from the manufacturer.

Operation Flow Diagrams

Work orders are not limited to a linear-sequence routing. The Operation Flow Diagram defines complex operation sequences including parallel sequences, alternate sequences for standard repairs, and loop-back points.

Standard Text

Reusable work instruction segments are managed in the Standard Text library. Tools are provided to propagate and incorporate revisions to standard text into new revisions of work plans and work orders.