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Transportation
Industry:
Capacity Assessment and Staff
Evaluation
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| | Client: |
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passenger rail operator with two rail car facilities and one locomotive repair
and heavy maintenance facility.
| | | Problem: | | Internal
operations plan and budgets did not fully utilize the workforce or fixed plant
capacity. Did the repair and heavy maintenance operations have the skilled craftsman,
scheduling flexibility, management, quality assurance, materials procurement,
distribution capability, technical support and physical plant to perform major
repairs, modifications and upgrades to transit rail cars and locomotives for various
customers?
| | | Approach: | | Conduct
site surveys using a Tunnell team with extensive experience in managing a large
rail contract facility. Collect data on annual schedules, production planning,
workstation specifications, cost accounting system, shop layouts, workforce by
craft and shift assignment, quality assurance programs, material support functions,
historical performance, contract work experience and engineering support. Analyze
client capabilities by comparison to a successful large contract rail maintenance
and repair operation.
| | | Results:
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was determined that one facility was working at 20%-25% of capacity and the others
at 40%-45%. Based on the assessment of all factors involved with operation of
a profitable contract rail equipment facility, the client was advised to pursue
contracts from agencies seeking repair, remanufacture or upgrade to rail transit
equipment with work scope and technical specification similar to current client
programs.
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