Realization Technologies, Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF131-204

Description

ABSTRACT:Concerto is Realizations Commercial Off the Shelf software used on aircraft maintenance at all Air Logistics Complexs (ALC) as well as the software maintenance at WR-ALC. In Phase II we plan to develop the resource planning and scheduling functionality identified in Phase I. Additionally, we are proposing an optional extension to Phase II which will provide for the development of a web-based planning engine as identified in Phase I. Concerto has three Theory of Constraints (TOC)/Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) based algorithms at the core of the software. They are the Concerto Critical Chain Buffering algorithm which allows users to create aggressive project plans with strategically placed time buffers, the Concerto Pipelining algorithm which allows users to control the release of projects into execution based on capacity, and the Concerto Buffer Management algorithm which computes the impact of delays providing synchronized priorities for all resources and early warning signals to all managers. The base resource planning/scheduling enhancements proposed will directly enhance the results delivered by the Concerto Buffer Management algorithm by providing managers with new reports to quickly identify resource shortfalls in the near term and future horizons. All reports will be based on current planning and re-planning execution decisions.BENEFIT:Through the use of resource planning that is directly linked to dynamic project re-planning of maintenance events, managers and Master Schedulers can quickly make resource decisions. These decisions can include, but are not limited to, hiring, contracting changes, overtime, and resource movement across squadrons. By having this information real time and reliably linked to execution data costly maintenance delays and fleet availability issues can be avoided.