Patent ID: 8897949

Claim:
A method for reworking a component on a vehicle, comprising: reading, by a processor, component rework information from an automated identification technology tag attached to the vehicle, wherein the component rework information comprises information identifying a history of rework of the component, wherein the component rework information comprises rework threshold information indicating an amount of remaining possible rework of the component and further comprising: identifying, by the processor, an inconsistency on the component; determining, by the processor, an estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency; ordering, by the processor, a reworking of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is less than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and ordering, by the processor, a replacing of the component in response to a determination that the estimated amount of rework to remove the inconsistency is more than the amount of remaining possible rework of the component; and displaying, by the processor, the component rework information on a user interface.