What is ProRail

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What is ProRails Life Cycle (cost) Management?

• Ronald van Mameren
• 14th march 2006
• E-mail Ronald.vanMameren_at_ProRail.nl

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Agenda

• Life Cycle (cost) Management
• Philosophy of implementation
• Theory LCM-methodology
• LCM-calculation program
• Implementation

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Implementation philosophy 1/2

• 1999
• List of 10 items to be done (like Configuration
  management OK, Specifications OK, etc.)
• Select one item Implementation LCM- methodology
• Spin-off for other items

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Implementation philosophy 2/2
Management
Sponsorship
Spin-off
Spin-off
Spin-off
Spin-off
Spin-off
LCM Spin-off
Spin-off
Spin-off
Spin-off
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Life Cycle Management issues?
How much money?
What is the performance?
What technique?
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What is the Life Cycle Management methodology

• LCM methodology helps to make choices of options
• Start with functional requirements
• The LCM methodology compares investment and
  maintenance costs, and values planned and
  unplanned interruptions.

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Why Life Cycle Management?

• Best value for money
• No decisions based on emotions
• Decisions made now, with long-term effect (gt 10
  years).
• Bad decisions
• - Cost a lot of money
• - Unnecessary interruptions
• Consistent lay-out
• Tractability of decisions
• LCM methodology helps

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LCM scope ProRail
Requirement for Mobility
ProRail LCM methodology
Performance regime Bonus/Fines for availability
(lack thereof)
Choices
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LCM helps with choice of options

• Choices
• Which system
• Implementation plan

Developing new systems

• Choices
• Which function
• Which system
• How to build

Bad performance
Building new tracks

• Choices
• Maintain or renewal
• Which system
• How to build

Maintenance and renewal existing track
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LCM Step by step

• Define project
• 2) Think about the options
• 3) Define preferred option
• 4) Make report

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Example
O2 Simple construction
O1 Paint
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
O3 Signals with glass fibre
Signal gantry Bilthoven 1998 Maintenance is
very urgent
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LCM- calculation program
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LCM-calculation programStep 3. Define preferred
option
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LCM calculation program
Unplanned interruption
Planned interruption
Maintenance costs
Invest costs
O1 O2 O3 Paint Simple Glass- fibre
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LCM-methodology

• Define preferred option based on
• - Costs and interruptions
• - Sensitivity analysis
• - External aspects
• Motivate preferred option

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LCM methodologyStep 4. Make report

• Give summary
• Print LCM report

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LCM calculation program
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History

• 1998 10 items to be done
• 1999 LCM methodology calculation program LCM
  education
• gt 2000 All expenses gt 500,000.-- (specific
  and general)
• 2001 LCM knowledge centre share experience (180
  LCM considerations)
• 2002 Procedure Project and maintenance
  departments
• 2002 2004 Database with cost information

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Future 2006

• General policy based on LCM
• Make available feed back of operation-information
  (RAMS and Cost), to optimise (LCM)Specifications
  and (LCM)Plans

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Conclusions

• LCM methodology development is first step
• Spin-off effect for other (LCM) items
• Sponsorship of Management is essential
• Find right moment for next steps

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LCM-information

• E-mail Ronald.vanMameren_at_ProRail.nl
• Telephone [phone]
• Mailing address ProRail
• Post Office Box 2038
• 3500 GA Utrecht
• The Netherlands

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This is ProRails Life Cycle (cost) Management
Thank you for your attention