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Reducing aircraft downtime thanks to Critical Chain Project Management
Context
While being already competitive, ABS Jets wants to further reduce the aircraft downtimes in its Prague's maintenance center for business jets.
Approach
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Critical Chain deployment for a dynamic scheduling of the mechanics' work throughout the maintenance visit.
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Creation of work packages to group relevent task cards.
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Daily update of the schedule.
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Monitoring with the Fever Chart, the main KPI to track project progress.
Results
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Reduction by 30% of aircraft downtime. A Check C maintenance executed in 4.5 weeks instead of 7 weeks.
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Elimination of the stressfull work environment.
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Clarity and stability of the priorities given by the management.
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Durations garanteed by a "project buffer".
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Online article : How has ABS Jets grown in the last 15 years?
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About Marris Consulting
Marris Consulting is an industry consulting and training company specialized in the Theory of Constraints (ToC) and Critical Chain Project Management. We focus on improving the performance of manufacturing and process industries by using Constraints Management combined with Lean and Six Sigma. To boost project performance, we also use Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), which we sometimes combine with Lean Engineering. Our 2-day performance audits, our performance consulting services and our project management, Lean, ToC & CCPM training by our industry consultants offer a wide range of solutions to help our clients around the world reach the highest possible levels of performance.