Equipment Designers Cost Analysis System (EDCAS) Training

The Standard for Excellence

About EDCAS Training

Delivered by TFD Global instructors, vastly experienced in their respective fields and who contribute to the development of ILS/IPS Methodology across the world, the training will give you the overview and tools required to understand the foundation of modelling and how EDCAS can analyse product Life Cycle Costs.

The training is specifically related to TFD Software Products and is delivered from an independent and agnostic point of view.

The training will assist the user in understanding design and support strategies, development, and in-service phases of a system’s life cycle and how to ensure the support is cost effective.

Intended for any personnel who are required to assess Life Cycle, Product Design, Asset/Inventory Management and Support costs within their business.

The Goal

The training provides the overview and user software tools required by EDCAS customers on how the following outputs from the EDCAS Software, within an applicable Support Programme can be extracted:

  • Evaluation of the Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) of an equipment design choice.
  • Comparison of the LCC of alternative system designs.
  • Identification of the lowest cost repair policies for all assemblies in a system (LORA).
  • Performing of trade-off analysis for part attributes and alternative configurations.
  • Sensitivity analysis on any combination of data inputs.

Explanation of EDCAS

EDCAS is the ‘The De facto Standard for Cost and Level of Repair Analysis’.

A decision support tool of choice for systems engineers, logistic planners and cost analysts seeking to identify cost effective design and support strategies throughout the design, development, and in-service phases of a system’s life cycle. By including the impact of Level of Repair in its Life Cycle Cost (LCC) calculations, EDCAS will identify the lowest cost support policies for all system assemblies and, with its complete trade-off analysis capability, EDCAS users can evaluate the LCC impact of system design choices. EDCAS will also help you understand and assess cost risk through sensitivity analysis. With over 1000 government and industry users worldwide, EDCAS is recognised as the De facto Standard for Design Choice, Cost Assessment and Level of Repair Analysis.

What you will Learn

The training will give you the overview and tools required to understand the foundation of modelling and how EDCAS can analyse product Life Cycle Costs.

  • LCC, Trade-Off and LORA
  • Basic EDCAS Functionality & Context
  • How the Software Works
  • Inputs & Outputs
  • How to Navigate the UI
  • How to Navigate the UI
  • Managing Models in EDCAS
  • How to bulk load data
  • Team Working and Incremental Model building/Revising
  • How to use EDCAS for Front End Analysis LCC
  • How to use EDCAS for LORA
  • How to use EDCAS Sensitivity Analysis with LORA
  • Interfacing with Other Systems and Data Exchange
  • SQL Server Basics
  • Refining Models in EDCAS
  • Technical Support
Types of EDCAS Training

Basic User Course

Benefits of EDCAS Training

EDCAS Software and Training will enable Technical Programme Managers to:

  • Cost the best design for new equipment.
  • Defined the best level of repair strategy for a support solution.
  • Evaluate the impact on supportability and cost of part and configuration design trade-off.
  • Understand the logistics performance and impact of design alternatives.
Who is EDCAS for?

EDCAS Software and Training is intended for any personnel who are required to assess Life Cycle, Product Design, Asset/Inventory Management and Support costs within their business.

 

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