Servigistics automatically sets up all parts so that they are a repair part for themselves. Ideally, you want to repair part A with part A. But what happens if part A is not available? Repair options let you create a list of parts that could be used alternately to repair a part.

When you use repair options, the repair process finds a part that needs to be repaired, called the "repair to" part. If the repair to part cannot repair itself with the same part, the repair process checks for on hand bad stock from the repair options for the part in need. The parts that could potentially be used to repair the repair to part are called "repair from" parts. The repair process will generate multiple repair recommendations using different repair from parts. For example, consider part A where there is a need for 50 parts. Part A has repair options of parts B (priority 2), C (priority 3) and D (priority 4). There is no on hand bad for part A, but B, C, and D each have 20 on hand bad. The repair process will start searching for on hand bad stock with part A. If the repair to part is not listed as one of its own repair from options, the repair process will assume it is a priority 1 repair from option. If you want another repair from part to take first priority, this can be overridden by entering the part as one of its own repair options with a different priority. Alternatively, you could let the repair process assume part A as it's own priority 1 repair option and set another repair from part to a priority with a lower number (like 0 or a negative number). So, back to the example, the repair process would generate three separate repair recommendations. They would be repair 20 of part B to part A, 20 of part C to part A and 10 of part D to part A.

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