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Calculation of the Daily Demand (DD)

To calculate the daily demand DD for an aircraft engine, for instance, the number of aircraft
should be NTP = 10 and the number of engines per aircraft is NEQ = 2. Further, the operation
time per real time is estimated (from history) being t = 15 h/d ( = 15 operation hours per day).
Mean time between unscheduled removal is given by MTBUR = 750 h (operation hours) from
the manufacturer or system history.
Therefore, the daily demand can be calculated as

That means, the average demand for the engine is equal to 0.4 parts per day concerning
unscheduled removals.

Calculation of the Annual Demand (AD)

The annual demand is calculated by multiplying the daily demand with 365, therefore

Calculation of the Average Shop Load

Here TAT should be given as TAT = 7.5 d. Therefore, the Average Shop Load can be
determined as

There are two interpretations of this value:

1. The first is that ASL identifies the demand for parts during the Turn Around Time of one
other part. In this example, while one engine is repaired, 3 other engines are needed.

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2. The second is that ASL is equal to the number of serviceable parts on the stock in the
case of IP (if the stock is empty before).
This can be explained by the following scenario: Considering that ASL and DD are
mean values, a timely regular demand for unscheduled removals is supposed. Here, an
engine is needed every 2.5 days. This situation is sketched below in four figures: The
rotable float is shown for the times 0, 2.5, 5 and 7.5 days. There, the hangar which
contains unserviceable parts (represented by an open circle), the repair pipeline and the
stock that contains serviceable parts (represented by a filled circle) are displayed. The
first event takes place at 0 days (unscheduled removal of an engine with serial number
0). The time difference until this engine is available on the stock of serviceable parts is
given by TAT = 7.5 days. During this time, three other events appear: they have the
numbers 1,2 and 3. Consequently, three serviceable parts have to be on stock in the
case of IP at the time 0 days to cover the demand until the first part (serial number 0) is
repaired.

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Calculation of the Repair Float

Given that ASL = 3 and SL = 0.95 (95 %), and K f (SL) = 1.65, the resulting repair float is

Increasing the service level to SL = 0.99 (99 %) requires a repair float of RF = 7.04. This
means, in the case of a timely regular demand, 3 engines are needed (ASL = 3). In the case
of a stochastic demand, 6 engines are needed to achieve a service level of 95 %, respectively
7 engines to achieve a service level of 99 %.

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