A Management Perspective on Planning

Audience
Managers on all levels in the area of IT and crew/fleet operations. The course is relevant for clients that today are using Carmen's planning tools or for clients that wish to learn more about the impact of introducing advanced planning solutions.

Benefits
After the course you will know more about how advanced planning solutions work and how they can be used to constantly carry out long-term planning, short-term planning and strategic analysis. You will also know more about the organisational consequences in terms of increased need / possibility for communicating key performance indicators and requirements on a support function.

Course Topics

Introduction

• Introduction to optimization - Why use it, what is it and how does it work?
• Overview of the airline operation and products to support it.
• The general structure of Carmen's products.

Cost and revenue factors that can be influenced with better planning

• Using the resources more efficient.
• Increasing the operational stability.
• Constantly measure and benchmarking the operation.
• Deliver the right service to the passengers.

Cost and quality control

• Measuring operational efficiency.
• Using Key Performance Indicators.

Using the system in an efficient manner

• Using the flexibility and short lead-times.
• Organisational requirements.
• IQ-visits.

Communicating the results

• Technical tools that makes communication easier.
• Sharing goals.
• Explaining planning results for crew members.

Simulations and prognosis

• Simulating changes in union agreements, base structure, crew need, time table, fleet structure, etc.
• Simulating as a part of the planning process.

Duration
The duration is 1.5 days.

Course Material
Copies of slides (can also be distributed electronically). Demonstrations with a standard system or with the client's system, where this is relevant. Material will be handed out during the course.

Schedule and fee
The course fee is 12 000 SEK per person (1 300 Euro, 1 600 USD), with a minimum of two participants.

The course is given on request, and is not part of the standard course schedule. To make it easier for the participants to be open about the own organisation, the course is only scheduled with participants from the same airline. (The course can be given for many different clients upon requests, for example for managers within the same alliance).