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The
OSCAM JSF model is now available as a runtime version, in addition
to the installation. The runtime version allows the model to be
run directly from CD without needing to install anything. Both
versions are available from the download section of the website.
Due to the extensive changes in the business processes and the
input data that is used by OSCAM to build a cost estimate, it
is not possible to load an OSCAM JSF v1 data record directly into
OSCAM JSF v2. More
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Aircraft introductions
are now specified annually, with the option to introduce all aircraft
at the start of each year, or spread introductions evenly over
the year. Aircraft introductions can be spread over a 30-year
period. More
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Disposal costs have been moved from the Operations sector to the
Program Profile. The Salvage cost has been renamed Attrition Cost.
Attrited aircraft no longer incur the disposal cost, they will
only incur the attrition cost. More
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A new facility has been added allowing cost reporting to be deferred
to a given year.
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All aircraft now allocated to environments using a single input
form with an option to prevent over-allocation of aircraft introduced.
The absolute number of aircraft required each year is now specified.
Tools have been developed to speed up the process of allocating
aircraft to environments. More
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The default environment priorities have changed. The Reserve environment
has been moved from second priority to fourth priority. More
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There are now two alternative approaches available to specify
flying hours; Average Flying Hours per aircraft per month or target
annual flying hours per operating environment. In either case
the maximum number of flying hours an aircraft can fly in a month
can now be specified. More
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In average flying hours mode, the average number of flying hours
per aircraft per month are specified for deployed and non-deployed
aircraft. Options on how OSCAM behaves in the event of a shortfall
are available (an interactive help page has been added to illustrate
the options). The maximum number of flying hours an aircraft can
fly in a month can be specified. The deployed / non-deployed graph
has been changed to show the total number of aircraft deployed
per year. More
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In environment flying hours mode, the total number of annual flying
hours per environment are specified for deployed and non-deployed
aircraft. The maximum number of flying hours an aircraft can fly
in a month can be specified. The deployed / non-deployed graph
has been changed to show the total number of aircraft deployed
per year. More
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The Training sector has undergone a comprehensive re-write. Training
costs can now be entered in either Simplified or Detailed mode.
In Simplified mode, training costs are based on turnover of personnel
and the number of new aircraft introductions. In Detailed mode,
training costs are specified annually in a table, for different
training centers. In either mode, additional annual costs can
be added (as a Throughput-style table). There are more ways to
specify Simulator Operations costs; per year, per squadron per
year, or an annual cost profile can be entered. More
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The level of detail (Simplified or Detailed) can now be set differently
for Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance, for Air Vehicle and
Propulsion. The Aging Parts Cost factor has been replaced with
two aging curves; Aging AVDLR Cost and Aging Consumables Cost.
Both new aging curves are based on the year rather than the percentage
of life. More
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All Overhaul inputs are now disabled until an Overhaul frequency
is supplied. Overhaul CLS costs can now be specified per action,
per year, per aircraft per year or per Flying Hour. More
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All Emergency Repair inputs are now disabled until an Emergency
Repair Frequency is supplied. The Emergency Repair frequency is
now specified in flying hours, rather than actions per 1000hrs.
Emergency Repair CLS costs can now be specified per action, per
year, per aircraft per year or per Flying Hour. More
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A Recurring
Modification annual cost table has been added. Post-modification
factors affecting scheduled / unscheduled maintenance are now
specified separately for Air Vehicle and Propulsion. The parts
cost factor has been replaced by two new factors; DLR Cost Factor
and a Consumables Cost Factor. More
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An annual cost table has been added to the Other sector input
form to allow a more flexible representation of other costs. More
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An additional Throughput input has been added allowing costs to
be specified per flying hour. An inflation appropriation category
can now be associated with each Throughput item. This allows Throughput
data to be updated automatically when the Cost Base Year is changed
and also it allows it to be included in the calculation of Then
Year $ results. Each Throughput can be assigned to a CAIG element
in the Results Tree. More
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It is
now possible to undo previous data changes. An undo button is
used to undo the last change. Previous changes can be selected
from a pull-down list. Alternatively, double-clicking on an input
will show the traditional dialog to select values from Primary
or Reference data records, to which an extra tab has been added
to allow previous data values to be selected. Data tables also
have a list of undo items.
A re-do button and pull-down has also been added to reverse undo
actions. The list of undo and re-do actions is cleared when a
new data record is loaded.
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Use of the Powersim simulation package with OSCAM is now optional
and does not need to be installed on the host PC in order to be
able to use OSCAM JSF v2. More
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The required length of a simulation run is automatically calculated
based on the year of the last aircraft introduction and the aircraft
lifetime (plus 1 year). This can be manually overridden to allow
for shorter runs that do not cover the whole of the program lifetime,
or if Throughput costs are required to extend beyond the retirement
of the last aircraft. More
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The cost breakdown structure has been organized using the CAIG
2005 structure and numbering. Some of the output lines have changed
to reflect the business processes that are represented in OSCAM
JSF v2. The results can now be viewed as a Pie-Chart. More
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The results
tabs at the bottom of the results table now display a popup menu
when right-clicking the mouse on them. This allows quick access
to view/change the results description, delete a results set,
reload the dataset that was used to generate the results, and
to specify whether or not that results set is displayed on the
graph. More …
The Uncertainty Tool has been extended to allow more than 20 inputs
to be selected. It also now allows a variety of probability distributions
to be used. To help in the selection of a probability distribution
a graphical display will show the shape of the distribution for
the selected parameter values. The input data for an Uncertainty
run is now saved as part of the input data record rather than
the workspace. More …
Results
that are saved via the option in the File menu now retain more
decimal places. This allows more accurate calculations to be applied
in Excel when exporting the results.
When Copying and Pasting the results from the OSCAM results tree
into Excel, the pasted data will use the displayed number of decimal
places and the displayed layout. More
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The default OSCAM Databases directory structure is no longer placed
in the Program Files directory. The installation process now places
the Databases directory structure in the users My Documents directory
(in Windows 2000 or XP) or Document directory (in Windows Vista).
The top level directory is called 'OSCAM' with a sub-directory
called 'JSF v2 Databases'. Note that these locations may be changed
during the installation process. More
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Data from the currently loaded data record can now be exported
to a tab delimited file to enable viewing in Microsoft Excel.
The exported file will be of fixed size regardless of which inputs
are populated. This allows templates to be created that can extract
the required information from the export file. More
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