Modern Inventory Management and Spares Modeling
Seminar Presented by Robert Butler, Kevin Griffiths, Chris Hampson
Next Seminar: TBD
Sign up: seminars@tfdg.com or call 831-649-3800.
Tuition: $500
Includes seminar, documentation, lunches and refreshments.
About the Seminar
Recent advances in spares management and modeling are changing the supply chain management landscape. As with other logistic disciplines involving analysis and optimization, TFD Group has been in the forefront of these new methodological developments. This seminar has been created to inform senior management of these advances and show how they can be used to improve the creation and management of the simplest or most complex supply chain.
The course is aimed at senior management. Although the topics are frequently technical and some mathematical and modeling background will be useful, it is not necessary. The course is much more oriented toward the introduction of a conceptual framework with which a non-technical manager can understand and guide the discussion of how his or her company or agency can move forward in improving the management of the supply chain. The basic concepts used in decision-aiding mathematical models are discussed to the level needed to gain a reasonable understanding of their application and capabilities – as well as their short-comings. These concepts are then applied to the expanded discussion of where the field is going and what new capabilities are now available.
Course Outline
Day One Morning: Basics Theory and Tool Comparison
- Basic Theory
- The saw-tooth inventory model and single item modeling
- EDCAS®-style single item quasi-optimization using unit prices
- System modeling using marginal analysis
- Multi-echelon, multi-system and special attribute modeling
Available spares models compared
- VMetric®, OPUS and US government models: ASM, SESAME, ACIM,CARES/ARROWS
- Fast heuristic algorithms
- The rest (single item models)
Day One Afternoon: Spares Management – a Different Problem
- Frailties of steady state optimization modeling
- Optimal response to daily changes
- The effect of maintenance decisions and total asset visibility
Day One Evening: Reception and Barbeque
Day Two: Introduction to VMetric® Inputs, Processing and Outputs
- General Introduction to the TFD Data Vault and TDX™
- VMetric-specific input data, definitions and examples
- Using TFD’s multi-layered default system
- Run options and control of model behavior
- Understanding and using VMetric’s outputs
- Linkage to other TFD applications
Day Three: VMetric Case Studies and Analytical Exercises
- Case Study 1: Simple aircraft fleet deployment
- Case Study 2: Fleet of fleets with high commonality
- Case Study 3: Fleet of fleets with no commonality
- Case Study 4: Fill rates vs. operational availability
Wrap-up and discussion
About Seminar Staff
The seminar staff is led by Robert Butler, CEO of TFD Group and the author of many of its software models, including, in partnership with Craig Sherbrooke, the VMetric model. Kevin Griffiths is the chief architect of the TFD Data Vault and is largely responsible for developing TFD’s software training courses. Chris Hampson has been a skilled users of VMetric for many years and in a variety of settings.
Contact us at seminars@tfdg.com or 831-649-3800 to register for this seminar.
