MAINTENANCE FORECAST

The Maintenance Forecast sub-module is used to generate a forecast of all upcoming maintenance requirements within a given forecast period. Maintenance requirements are determined based on the configured Next Due value on the serial number details of a part which is tracking a constraint within RAAS. By using a variety of filter criteria and specifying the forecast period, a user is able to generate a listing of all required maintenance tasks coming due within the specified period. Once the forecast has been generated, a user can raise NEW Job Cards by issuing from the forecast results (see CREATING JOB CARDS ).

RAAS understands that there may be many different departments that are involved in the planning process (technical records staff, planning staff) who all may be responsible for discrete functions. To support this, RAAS breaks the forecasting and planning process into stages, which allows for a flexible process that supports all stakeholders involved.

Navigation Option 1 - Maintenance Forecast Report

1. Select Maintenance Forecast from the Planning and Production module.

2. Generate a forecast.

3. In the bottom right corner of the page, click the Print or Export button.

   1. Print - Select the preferred PDF report output option, then click Print.

   2. Export - Select the preferred Excel report output option, then click Export.

Generate a Maintenance Forecast Listing (Basic Filters)

To generate a maintenance forecast, a user will need to specify the header of the part they wish to forecast against (an aircraft), specify a utilization rate and forecast period, and configure filters as needed. This process is described below.

1. Click on Planning & Production and select Maintenance Forecast.

   

2. Select a Search Type, enter the Search Criteria, and click the Find button. Select the desired Serial Number from the drop-down list.

   1. Note: Maintenance forecasts cannot be generated for items in the Dead location.

   2. Show Planning Cat. - This is used to filter forecast results based on the Planning Category as configured on the Part Number details;

3. Configure the appropriate filter criteria as required within the Maintenance Forecast header.

   1. Include Hours/Cycles/Calendar - This is used to include/exclude constraints based on Hours/Cycles/Calendar limitations respectively;

   2. Forecast Period and Utilization Rate - Combined, these filters will determine the scope of the maintenance forecast generated. By entering in an average utilization of hours/cycles per unit of time, and specifying the number of days to forecast within the Forecast Period, RAAS will calculate the required hours/landings to be used in the forecast scope;

      1. Note: RAAS will use the utilization rate to determine the Estimated Due of a line item. This calculation takes the remaining value of the constraint, divides by the utilization rate (to determine the number of theoretical days until the line item would be due) then adds this value to the Last Updated Date of the constraint.

      2. Utilization Rate fetch button will bring forward pre-determined Utilization Rates. These can be set up in Aircraft Information either via Settings or the Fleet Status Dashboard, or the Utilization Rates button on the Maintenance Forecast filter criteria.

         

   3. Items to Display Filters

      1. Pending Items - Includes items where the underlying constraint has not yet been issued to a Job Card;

      2. Issued Items - Includes items where the underlying constraint has been Issued to a Job Card (on a New Job Card);

      3. Open Items - Includes items where the underlying constraint has been Issued to a Job Card (on an Open Job Card);

      4. Include NP JCs - Includes items where the related Job Card is Non-Planned and in a status of New or Open and will show based on the JC Est Due Date. These items will be ineligible for issuance and are included for reporting only.

      5. Include Closed JCs - Includes items which have been issued to a Job Card and the Job Card has since been closed; however, the Serial Number constraint remains Issued or Open (not Pending or Suspended);

      6. Include WIL - Includes items which have been configured as Whichever Is Later however the latest limit of the configured constraint is not due within the forecast period;

         1. Note: Those items in which the latest limit of the configured constraint is due within the forecast period cannot be suppressed using this filter;

4. Click Show Filter for additional filter settings. (see Figure 4)

   1. Item Class - Configure the specific Item Class you wish to forecast against (no selection will use all Item Classes);

   2. Item Type - Configure the specific Item Type you wish to forecast against (no selection will use all Item Types);

   3. Trade Requirements - Configure the specific Trade Requirements you wish to forecast against;

      1. Note: This is based on the configured trades entered on a Job Card Template. Should all Trade Requirements be selected within this filter, only JCTs which have Trade Requirements will be displayed. You will need to unselect all if you wish to see the full forecast listing regardless of Trade Requirements.

   4. Show trade information - Includes details of Trade Requirements.

   5. Show Part Number notes - Includes information from the Notes section of the PN detail.

   6. Show Serial Number notes - Includes information from the Notes section of the SN detail.

   7. Include Capital Expenditure Items only - Includes only items that have the Capital Expenditure Item flag on at the Part Description level.

   8. Show forecast repetitions of repeating items - Includes items multiple times that are predicted to come due more than once within the Forecast Period.

      1. Note: Multiple JCs cannot be Issued for the same item and only the first instance in the Maintenance Forecast will be allowed to be Issued.

5. Continue to Step 6 or click More Details (see Figure 5) to further refine the specific items you wish to forecast against. The More Details window will allow the user to specify a more specific listing of components within the given Serial Number (as specified in Step 2). This can be useful for forecasting requirements against specific Part Numbers or Part Descriptions. Also, the More Details filter is used to run a Fleet Forecast for items of interest. By using a Serial Number of a Base or the Company itself (as specified in Step 2), you can forecast against specific Part Numbers within that particular Base or Company.

   1. Select a search type, enter the search criteria and click Find.

   2. To add all Serial Numbers for a given Part Number to your forecast, select a part number and click Add Part Number or double-click a part number.

   3. Continue to add part numbers until the Selected Parts list contains all desired parts.

   4. To remove a Serial Number from the Selected Parts list, select the Serial Number and click Delete SN or double-click a serial number.

   5. Click Delete All to remove all Serial Numbers from the Selected Parts list.

   6. By default, the Include sub-components for selected Serial Numbers option is selected. This will result in all items installed on selected Serial Numbers with due values within the forecast period being included in the forecast results.

   7. Click Forecast Now to generate the forecast.

6. Click Generate to generate the Maintenance Forecast.

7. If the Serial Number specified in Step 2 has Separate Time Tracking items (ie, Engines, APUs), RAAS will present the user an opportunity to specify a custom utilization rate for those assemblies. This will default to the utilization rate specified in Step 3.b)ii). The Fetch button will bring forward pre-determined STT Utilization Rates. Click OK once the utilization rates have been verified.

   

Subtask (MPD Task) Issuance Status

When generating a maintenance forecast, if the forecasted constraint is applicable to one or more Subtasks, a button will be presented on the Maintenance Forecast that allows a planner to review the issuance status of associated subtasks.

Based on the status of the subtasks associated, the button will be colored in one of three ways:

1. Green Font

   1. Green font identifies that all of the subtasks associated with this constraint have been issued to one or more Job Cards.
      Note: While all tasks may be issued, the forecasted constraint may not be.

2. Red Font

   1. Red font identifies one of two scenarios:

      1. The constraint has been issued, and one or more tasks associated with this constraint have not been issued to any Job Card, or

      2. The constraint has not been issued, but one or more tasks (not all) associated with this constraint have been issued to one or more Job Cards.

3. Black Font

   1. Black font identifies that the constraint has not been issued, and no subtasks associated with this constraint have been issued.

Issuing Planned Job Cards

1. Select the top box of the items that require Planned Job Cards to be created.

   1. If a Job Card was previously created and the filter for Display “Issued or Open Items” is selected, the Forecast will refer to the previously created JC #, its current Status and the top box will be greyed out. The JC detail can be viewed here by clicking on the JC # hyperlink.

2. Click Issue.

3. Review and select the Job Card Group, Base of Maintenance, and Expense Center (required for non-internal job cards).

4. Select the preferred Work Pack option if required.

5. Click Create.

The Planned Job Cards will now exist in the Aircraft Job Card Listing (and the Aircraft Work Pack if selected).

Note:
All Job Cards created in the Maintenance Forecast are Planned (P) Job Cards. Once the Maintenance Forecast listing refreshes, the job status will change from Pending to Issued with the New JC number (e.g. JC - #### P - New).