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Introduction
Contracts offer opportunities to be more efficient in the planning
and use of resources.
The main reason for this is that the majority of contract work is
planned, rather than call-in work, which is often unplanned.
Planned work provides visibility of future workloads, parts
consumption, and capacity needs.
Planned work is also more repeatable, which allows for specific
training and tools to best complete the job.
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Business Logic
Perhaps the most important consideration for contract resources
is capacity planning. With a contract, not completing work or
turning customers away because there are not enough
resources is NOT an option.
Providing technicians with the right tools and training is important
to maximizing their productivity.
Maintenance work generally is shorter in duration than repair
work. Therefore, travel time is a higher percentage of the overall
cost. Proper planning can help to reduce travel time.
– Getting parts to technicians in an efficient manner reduces travel
time.
– Understanding the workload and the locations of machines and
technicians enables efficient dispatching of technicians and
reduced travel time.
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Inputs and Outputs
Daily
Operational
Resource
Optimization
Process
• Scheduled events
• CSA machine location
• CSA technician location
• Parts required
Start: Start of contract End: Work Complete
INPUTS / OUPUTS INPUTS / OUTPUTS
• Grouping of services in a
single trip
• Parts available where
needed
• CSA labor variance
• CSA capacity (capability)
Planning and
Budgeting
Resource
Optimization
Process
• Capacity plan
• PM Tech recruitment and
training plan
• PM truck and tooling
budget
• CSA business forecast
• PM Tech skill requirements
• PM truck and tooling
requirements
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Value Proposition Statement
Improving technician productivity results in more hours available
to sell or to offset overtime.
Similarly, reducing travel hours results in more hours available to
sell or to offset overtime.
Consider parts sales generated from billable labor hours as well.
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Value Proposition Template
20 20
1,800 1,800
75% 25%
27,000 9,000
85% 20%
30,600 7,200
3,600 1,800
100 50%
360,000 100
40 90,000
144,000 40
504,000 36,000
50%
40
36,000
162,000
Estimate of Additional Parts Margin with Improvement
Additional Margin Generated from Improvement
Additional Margin Generated from Improvement
Estimate of Additional Revenue (Margin) with Improvement
Percent of Incremental Hours Converted to Maintenance Time
Average Parts Margin per Billable Labor Hour
Average Parts Margin per Billable Labor Hour
Average Labor Sell Rate
Estimate of Additional Revenue (Margin) with Improvement
Average Parts Margin per Billable Labor Hour
Estimate of Additional Parts Margin with Improvement
Estimate of Additional Parts Margin with Improvement
Incremental Billable Hours Incremental Hours Available
Average Labor Sell Rate Percent of Incremental Hours Sold
Target PM Technician Productivity Target Travel Hours
Target Billable Hours Target Travel Hours
PM Technician Productivity Travel Hours %
Total Billable Hours Total Travel Hours
PM Technicians PM Technicians
Average Hours Worked per Technician Average Hours Worked per Technician
Proposition 1 - Technician Productivity Proposition 2 - Travel
The following logic applies for increasing the amount of time a technician
spends on billable/contract hours rather than expense hours.
The following logic applies for increasing the amount of time a technician
spends on repair/maintenance time rather than travel time.
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Capabilities: Develop CSA Personnel Skills
Are specific roles and responsibilities defined within the CSA
business?
Is there a dedicated manager for the CSA business?
Are there dedicated administrative people for the CSA business?
Are there dedicated technicians for the CSA business?
Are the specific skills for each role in the CSA organization
defined?
Is there training classes/material available for each role in the
CSA organization?
Are people regularly evaluated based on the required skills for
the role?
Are development/training plans established and executed?
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RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
Develop CSA Personnel Skills
Conduct Training
Develop Training
Plans
Identify Training
Needs
Dev elopskills/
tasks matrix f or
technicians
Dev elopan
ev aluation
process to
determinean
indiv idual’s
capabilities
Dev elopindiv idual
training plans
Dev elopgroup
training plans
Conductindiv idual
training
Conduct group
training
Determinescope
of CSA’s
Conduct Gap Analysis
Annually
Conduct Needs Analysis
Annually
Perf ormserv ice
ev ent
Are training
materials
av ailable?
Acquire or
dev eloptraining
materials
No
Yes
Determinegap
analy sis of needs
v s.capabilities
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Capabilities: Establish PM Truck Requirements
Are there dedicate trucks for PM work?
Do the PM trucks have adequate types and capacities of fluids?
Do the PM trucks have adequate capacities for disposal of
fluids?
Do the PM trucks have appropriate lube equipment (filter
crusher, hose reels, grease pump, etc.)?
Do the PM trucks have sufficient capacity to stock filters and
store tools?
Do the PM trucks have kidney looping technology?
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RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
Establish PM Truck Requirements
Other
Considerations
Miscellaneous
Lube Equipment
Coolants and
Fuels
Oil Disposal
Oils
Determine
Industry to be
Serviced
Mining
Aggregates
General
Construction
Light
Construction
Engine
15-40 wt
Transmission
30 wt
Finaldriv es
50 wt
Hy draulics
10 wt
Coolant
Wasteoil
Hosereels
In-linef ilters
Dust caps f or
line ends
Compressor
Generator Greasepump
Solv ent
tank
f or cleaning
Fuel
New Filter
Storage
UsedFilters
Drainto
waste tank
Kidney loop
sy stem
(see separate
process
maps)
Tool storage
Determine
PMtruck
return
f requency
Recy cle/
burn
Additional
serv ices
Commercial
Engines
Filter
crusher
Coolant Disposal
Waste
Coolant
Recy cle?
Pump power
No
Enclosed or
open
(enclosed
recom'd)
Yes
Determineif
meteringunit
is needed
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Capabilities: Complete Capacity Planning
Is there a process to assess current CSA capacity/capability?
Is there a process to review CSA growth targets?
Are the growth targets and current capacity compared to
determine gap?
Is there a process to recruit and train new CSA personnel?
Is there a process to document investment (trucks, tools,
facilities) requirements?
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Complete Capacity Planning
Benchmark Existing
Capabilities
Determine CSA
Capacity Needs
Identif y existing
CSAcontracts
Determinelabor
requirements f or
allCSA’s
Identif y potential
CSA’s f rom f uture
sales
Determineexisting
shop labor
capacities
Determineexisting
f ieldlabor
capacities
Determineshop
f acility capacities
Determinef ield
inf rastructure
capacities
DetermineCSA
managementstaf f
capacities
Determinestaf f
requirements to
support CSA’s
Is there
adequate labor
capacity ?
Is there
adequate
inf rastructure
capacity ?
Is there
adequate CSA
staf f capacity ?
Add labor using
HumanResource
processes
No
Perf ormCSA
ev ents
Add inf rastructure
in alignment with
capital
expenditure plan
No
Add CSA staf f using
HumanResource
processes
No
Determinescope
of CSA’s
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Capabilities: Parts Logistics Planning
Is there a process to review parts needed for a CSA and
compare to current stock?
Does the event scheduling process provide sufficient visibility of
parts requirements to allow stocking options?
Is there a process to deliver parts to technicians, job sites, or
drop boxes?
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Parts Logistics Planning
Determinescope
of CSA
Determine
customer / dealer
roles and
responsibilities
Determine
equipmentlocation
Is locationsuch that
serv ice f rom a branch is
optimal?
Usestandard
parts logistics and
dispatching
process
Is there a resident
technicianliv ing
closeby ?
Is therev olumeto
support another resident
technician?
Is therev olumeto
support another
branch?
Add a branch
Usestandard
parts logistics and
dispatching
process
Use site drop box
Use site drop box
Add a technician
Drop Box Process
Development
Size of parts f or
box
Is therea
conv enient
locationtomatch
shuttletrucks
Determineif there
is asecurity risk
Determine which
customersy ou
trust f orthis
serv ice
Determinea
shuttledeliv ery
plan
Determinedrop
box
communications
plan
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Usestandard
parts logistics and
dispatching
process
No
Yes
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Capabilities: Dispatch Recommendations
Is there a process to check for additional work on a machine
prior to dispatching a technician for a PM job?
Is equipment and technician location considered when assigning
/ dispatching a technician for a job?
Is there a process to consider pending work on other machines
in close proximity when dispatching a technician?
Are remote technicians put in place where appropriate?
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Dispatch Recommendations
Additional Work Analysis
Determinescope
of CSA’s
Receiv eev ent
needs report f rom
ev ent scheduling
Usingmodeland
serialnumber,
check f or
additional work
needed
Determineif there
areany PIP/PSP’s
outstanding
Determineif there
are any
outstanding
backlogs
Determineif there
are any condition
monitoringcritical
actions
Determineif
inspections
identif y additional
needs
Modif y ev ent
needs report
Open work order
planningsy stem and
create segments -
using standard jobs, if
possible
CreateServ iceEv ent Plan
Determineif
specialtools
needed by
technician are
av ailable
Determineif parts
needed are
av ailable
Obtain required
serv ice
inf ormation
Determine
technician
capability needed
Assign
technician(s)
capable of
perf ormingev ent
Perf ormev ent
Are tools and
parts
av ailable?
Process
backorders/
schedule tools
Are tools and
parts
av ailable?
No Yes
Yes
Wereadditional
needs
identif ied?
Close work order
andUpdate
schedulingsy stem
that ev ents are
completed
New event identified
No
Determinelocation
of equipment
No
Yes