Primavera P6 and FleetFocus M5 Integration
Solving complex scheduling difficulties by integrating Primavera P6 with the leading fleet management software
In chatting with a colleague, they expressed some of the difficulties they were experiencing in properly scheduling fleet maintenance shop work using their fleet management software. Our discussion centered around their maintenance process and the information they needed to track in order to streamline servicing/maintenance on the units in their fleet.
There were many difficulties being experienced with pain points such as (but not limited to) misplaced vehicle. For example, a vehicle was brought in for service, but did not arrive when it was scheduled to be in the shop (sometimes arriving early, sometimes late), or once in the shop, part requirements were discovered which necessitated the vehicle having to wait (the bay was needed for other servicing activity). In moving the vehicle out and back into the service bay, the actual tracking and confirmation of status was getting lost.
In addition, there were pain points such as long term planning issues. Scheduling issues included how to best address forecasting of upcoming vehicle maintenance accurately for the known service requirements of the fleet (routine vehicle maintenance). Furthermore, there were emergency vehicle repair requirements and the necessity to accurately understand which shop and bay could handle an emergency repair.
This was how the integration between Primavera P6 and AssetWorks FleetFocus M5 came to be. Primavera P6 handles the scheduling requirements side and with the integration of the two systems, information from FleetFocus M5 is used in P6 to carry out the scheduling piece without any duplicate data entry. (We wanted to solve issues, not create new ones!) Emerald Associates has a well-established history in creating integrations with Primavera P6 to streamline process, give greater visibility and manageability to users.
For more information on Primavera integrations please refer to our integration overview webpage.
About the Author
Mary Lynn Backstrom, PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-BA – Implementation Specialist
Mary Lynn spent many years filling a variety of project controls duties such as planning, scheduling, analyzing, training and continuous improvement in the Aerospace Industry. Since joining Emerald in 2008, she has been a tremendous asset to the Emerald team. She has worked as a lead scheduler for turnarounds, led sessions for review and troubleshooting of scheduling and reporting, created and given custom training courses for clients, and is a sought after Primavera P6 trainer.
Mary Lynn enjoys some very diverse spare time activities. Along with a variety of outdoor activities such as gardening, she also enjoys making life size lawn ornaments for special holidays like Christmas. Mary Lynn is known for her participation in the community as well. You may have seen her walking in fundraisers in Edmonton and Calgary for the Cancer Society.
