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Planning & Scheduling with AKWIRE
Seattle‐Tacoma International AirportAviation Maintenance
SpeakersKelsi Pothier• Port of Seattle• Business Systems Manager• [email protected]
Richard Almendarez• Prometheus Group• Director of Client Services• [email protected]
Port of Seattle & AKWIRE
About UsAviation Maintenance• 382 employees • 14 maintenance shops + 3 additional areas of
support• Maintain the airport and outlying facilities• 46.9 million passengers annually• 9th busiest airport in US based on passengers• Fastest growing airport in US
Port of Seattle & AKWIRE
How did we get here
• 2006 standardized planning and scheduling using in house excel tool
• 2012 implemented AKWIRE with Maximo 7.1• 2017 moved to AKWIRE 2016 with Maximo 7.6
Port of Seattle & AKWIRE
Our Move to AKWIRE 2016
• Part of our Maximo Upgrade from 7.1 to 7.6• AKWIRE was carved out as part of the project• Fit/Gap exposed some gaps with our
understanding of AKWIRE• Deciding what new functionality to adopt
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Calendar
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Extra Time, Non‐Work, Personal, Sick, Training, Vacation, Work
Scheduler
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Heat Map
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Combined Scheduler and Heat Map
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What’s working well
• Tools & technology to continue our Work Management efforts
• People notice when it’s not working!• Weekly Work Management Team Meetings
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What could we do better?
• Training, continuous and refresher• Keeping up with latest version of the software• Cross training of System Administrators
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Lessons Learned
• Understanding the change in functionality was probably our biggest challenge
• Getting time to test from our users was a challenge – competing priorities
• Having on site support when we went live was key
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Where Are We Going Next
• Productivity Team • Develop Best Practices• Refresher Training• Elimination of Repetitive Non‐Value Added
Tasks
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Where Are We Going Next cont.
• Upgrading to Maximo 7.6.1• Upgrading to latest version of AKWIRE• Utilizing Reports from AKWIRE• Adopting Metrics • Making the system easier for our users• PM Forecasting
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AKWIRE Features to Implement• UI Roles• Export to Excel Template• Dynamic Help• Export to Outlook• Fixed Columns• Workload Summary on Group By• Calendar Day of Week
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Questions
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UI Roles• UI Roles allow you identify what icons are
visible on the screen, which right click menus are available, what buttons can be seen
• Users can change their own UI Role• Allows users to grow into more advanced
capabilities when ready
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Export to Excel Template• Allows users to create templates in Excel and
the data is exported directly into the template
• Empowers the user to make changes whenever necessary
• Allows other data tabs to reference the data tab
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Dynamic Help
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Export to Outlook
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Fixed Columns
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Workload Summary on Grouping
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