Maintenance Staffing Optimization Software (MSOS)
MaxUp® MxP
Delivering Readiness By Accurately Predicting Workforce and Cost Requirements
The Problem:
Maintenance and supply functions, whether carried out internally or through third-party providers, are specialized services essential for effectively managing inspection, repair, and supply chain operations. A skilled and diverse workforce is crucial for performing these critical tasks. However, many organizations struggle to make effective human resource decisions today to meet customers’ future demands.
The Solution:
Lone Star’s MaxUp® MxP is a software solution within the award-winning MaxUp® Readiness Solutions, designed to optimize maintenance and supply staffing. It enables users to create, document, and evaluate different workforce strategies based on asset utilization. Utilizing a bottom-up forecasting approach, MaxUp® MxP predicts scheduled, unscheduled, and special maintenance needs across assets, calculating necessary staffing by skillset to achieve utilization targets. The software aims to enhance organizational efficiency while reducing workforce costs through advanced analytics and comprehensive data on maintenance and administrative demands. It incorporates factors like Collective Bargaining Agreements and overhead costs to provide accurate projections for workforce expenses aligned with targeted services.
Workforce Planning
- Employs a defendable, scientific methodology based on asset utilization
- Conducts comprehensive forecasting through bottom-up analysis of maintenance events
- Projects workforce costs aligned with products and services using various financial inputs
Skilled Workforce Needs
- Addresses the need for specialized services in maintenance and supply functions
- Identifies challenges organizations face in making informed HR decisions
- Provides staffing solutions by skillset and labor hour requirements for maintenance, supply, and administrative tasks
Actionable Insights
- Features model-based simulation to predict workforce and cost requirements accurately
- Enables what-if analysis for effective personnel management
- Offers actionable insights for sound fiscal stewardship and mission accomplishment
- Currently utilized by the US Navy, adaptable across DoD and commercial sectors