Material issue to work orders and returns to inventory are typical store room functions and can be performed by using the Maintenance Super User - Stores tab.

There are two activities involved in delivering material from stores to a work order.

1. A Material Issue Request is generated to request the material to a work order. This process is automated upon work order release by selecting a check box in the Enterprise Asset Management Parameters (See: Defining eAM Parameters).

2. The Material Issue Verification is generated when you access the Stores tab and select material for a work order, based on available, unprocessed move orders.

There are two primary methods used to issue material to a work order:

• One Step Issue method - Used to issue one-off or ad hoc material to a work order. This method does not involve the prior requesting of material and can be executed for both planned and unplanned material.

• Two Step Issue method involves two steps:

  1. The maintenance planner or user requests material from store.

  2. The stores room person delivers the material to the work order.

You can return material to inventory from a maintenance work order. If excess or defective material is issued to a work order, it needs to be returned.

The section includes the following topics:

• Delivering Material from Stores to a Work Order

• Returning Material to Inventory