Patent ID: 7340319

Claim:
A method for maintaining an aircraft engine, comprising: inputting a modification scope of at least one maintenance operation for at least one part of an aircraft engine; generating an expected bill of material comprising said at least one part for said aircraft engine; tearing down said aircraft engine; populating an as-received configuration database with at least one part for said aircraft engine; finding an unexpected part in said aircraft engine; determining whether to reconfigure said modification scope of said at least one maintenance operation for said aircraft engine based upon finding said unexpected part; dispositioning said unexpected part; modifying said as-received configuration database for said aircraft engine based upon the disposition of said unexpected part; generating for said unexpected part a tag comprising at least a part status; routing said unexpected part based upon said part status; generating a should-build database for said aircraft engine based upon the disposition of said unexpected part; reassembling said aircraft engine; and generating an as-shipped bill of material comprising said at least one part for a reassembled aircraft engine based upon at least the disposition of said unexpected part.