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Returning Repaired Serialized Units for Inspection

If you want to allow inspection of a repaired unit before it is returned to inventory and is available for issue or installation, change the unit status to Returned when you create the Return Part to Inventory transaction.

The asset status might already have been updated to Returned when activity was reported for the repair work order task, or when the work order task was closed.

After the part has passed inspection, you can create another Return Part to Inventory transaction and change the status to Spare, so that the repaired unit is available for issue.

To Return a Repaired Unit for Inspection

1.	In the Site window, select the Resource Management view and then the Inventory tab.

2.	On the Warehouses tab, select the warehouse in which the resource is stocked. The list of stocked resources is shown in the table on the right.

3.	Double-click to open the serialized resource that you are returning. The Warehouse Item window appears.

4.	Select the Units tab. This tab shows a list of all of the units of this serialized resource.

5.	Find the unit that you want to return. Normally, this will be a unit with one of the following statuses:

•	Repair On Site

•	Awaiting Repair Action

•	Awaiting Restock

•	Awaiting Installation (for units linked to assets only)

•	Working (for units not linked to assets only)

6.	Right-click the unit and select Return to Inventory. The Material Return to Inventory dialog appears. For example:

7.	APM automatically completes the information related to the resource, unit, and warehouse. Verify that this information is correct.

8.	Complete the following:

Setting Name

Description

New unit status

Identifies the new status of the unit, usually “Spare” or “Returned to Inventory”. To return a unit to inventory, and allow it to be issued, select “Spare”. To return a unit for inspection, select “Returned to Inventory”.

Returned by

Select the employee who returned the unit.

Returned on

The date and time the unit was returned.

Reason

The reason for the return.

Credit

Select the work order, asset or GL account that should be credited with the return.

9.	Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog. APM posts the new transaction and makes the appropriate inventory adjustments in the warehouse.

10.	After the unit has been inspected, create another Return to Inventory transaction to set the status of the unit to “Spare”.