This example of a Spares Analysis demonstrates how you can use Spares Analyses to evaluate spare parts. We will refer to this example throughout
the Spares Analysis documentation as needed.
Assume that you want to create a Spares Analysis for a group of pumps,
which contain seals, bearings, and impellers, each of which can fail.
Because you may need to replace seals, bearings, and impellers on the pumps
when they fail, you can use a Spares Analysis to determine the optimal
level for each spare part. Currently, two spare seals, two spare bearings,
and no spare impellers are stored in the warehouse. By conducting a Spares Analysis, you can determine if this number of spare parts is adequate.
In the Spares Analysis, you will include failure data for each part of
the pump, run the Monte Carlo simulation, and then view the plots to see
the optimal level of each spare part. By implementing the recommended
spare level, you will be able to limit the amount of downtime and reduce
failure costs.
The following records will be defined for the Spares Analysis example. Data that exists within each record in the Spares Analysis example
can be found in the example data tables.
Spares
Analysis Example (Spares Analysis record)
Seals
(Spare record)
Inboard Application
(Spare Application record)
Inboard
Population 1 (Spare Application Population record)
Inboard
Population 2 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard Application
(Spare Application record)
Outboard
Population 1 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard
Population 2 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard
Population 3 (Spare Application Population record)
Bearings
(Spare record)
Inboard Application
(Spare Application record)
Inboard
Population 1 (Spare Application Population record)
Inboard
Population 2 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard Application
(Spare Application record)
Outboard
Population 1 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard
Population 2 (Spare Application Population record)
Outboard
Population 3 (Spare Application Population record)
Impellers
(Spare record)
All Applications
(Spare Application record)
Pump
Population 1 (Spare Application Population record)
Pump
Population 2 (Spare Application Population record)
Pump
Population 3 (Spare Application Population record)
Pump
Population 4 (Spare Application Population record)
When viewing this list of records, you can see that
each Spare record is linked to the Spares Analysis record, each Spare
Application record is linked to a Spare record, and each Spare Application
Population record is linked to a Spare Application record.
This example represents only one approach to creating
a Spares Analysis. There are many alternate workflows that can be used
for developing a Spares Analysis. For example, instead of creating a Spares Analysis at the pump level (e.g., the equipment level), you can create
a Spares Analysis for each of the individual spare parts. After you are
familiar with the functionality of a Spares Analysis,
you can implement any workflow that works best for your organization.
