Course Description for Handle Fleet Forecasting

This course consist of two parts. Part one gives the attendees an understanding of how to establish an operational budget. Budgeting is to be done per vehicle type and owner. The attendee will be introduced to the processes of creating, modifying, distributing, and approving an operational budget.
Part two deals with forecasting. The forecasting process to predict for a budget year, diverted from maintenance history, the number of planned and unscheduled maintenance activities, the need for man hours per skill and spare parts to cope for the budget value.  

Course Length

The estimated time to complete this course is 2.5 hours.

Target Audience

This course was designed primarily for operation and maintenance managers who are responsible for making operational budgets or estimate prognosis for maintenance. 

Operational Budget

This lesson gives you an introduction on how to create an operational budget, adapt the proposal to match a predefined traffic program and finally approve it.

Prerequisites

Before taking the lessons in this chapter, you should have completed a basic navigation course in IFS Applications. 

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 0.5 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for operational and technical managers being responsible for operational budgeting or to estimate prognosis for maintenance. 

Forecasting

This lesson takes you through the different functions for creating a maintenance forecast. This process includes alteration of forecast input data and reprocessing to simulate a cause - effect relationship. 

Prerequisites

It is also highly recommended that you have completed the courses Operational Budgeting and Maintenance Planning.

Chapter Length

The estimated time to complete this chapter is 2 hours.

Target Audience

This chapter was designed primarily for maintenance managers being responsible for organizing maintenance in terms of making prognosis for manning, facilities, tools and special equipment and need for spares.