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Potential Failure Interval Generalization and Assessment - NEDTRAIN - Varun Raman Many maintenance jobs follow from inspection results. Often, the amount of resources required to finish such jobs becomes clear after a capital asset is taken out of service. However, for each maintenance job, there is an earliest moment in time when it can be scheduled for a specific asset. Only then, the required volume of manpower, equipment and parts can be made available. Planners anticipate uncertainty of jobs to be scheduled by introducing slack into plans, increasing spares inventories or increasing maintenance capacity. A graphical representation of logistic lead time and load can characterize a job for a particular asset. When this is done for all jobs, you obtain a load-time curve, which characterizes that specific asset design and maintenance program. At NedTrain it is assumed that this description will help decision making with respect to maintenance planning. Because it is a new concept, it has to be developed and validated. (supervised by: Jorge Parada Puig, Msc) 
