AAOM Handbook

RE.02 Are Inventory Items Available? Context

The objective of the work management processes is to deliver the agreed performance targets of a business area by completing the Right Work, at the Right Time, in the Right Way. Every work package has a distinct window that defines the right time for completion. This window is bounded by the earliest date that the requirements for completion of the first elements of the work can be assembled, and by the date at which an unacceptable outcome is likely to result if all of the work has not been completed. The objective of the scheduling process is to allocate the resources necessary to complete each Task of the work package within this time window. The processes that deliver materials, special tools and contracted resources to the workplace for each Task must therefore ensure that all the specified items will be available for the Scheduled Date of each Task. Since the Schedule Date for a Task can move as the preparation of the work package progresses, the resourcing process must continually monitor the Scheduled Date for each Task and ensure that inventory items will be available for the current Scheduled Date. Purpose To check that the inventory items will be available for the Scheduled Date for each Task. Quantity One decision whether the availability of inventory items will allow them to be delivered to the workplace for the Scheduled Date/time for each Task. Quality Use the Resources Status Report to identify critical issues with availability of resources. The decision criteria to be used are:  All inventory required to meet the outcomes of a Task will be available at the workplace in time for the Scheduled Date/Time of the work. In making the decision consider the following;

 the Task Scheduled Date/Time,  list of required inventory items,

 the availability status indicated on the Resources Status Report,  whether the materials can be picked, packaged and moved from the storage/staging location to the workplace in time to meet the Scheduled Date/Time.