A leading service provider needed to operationalize their high level network transformation plans. This included planning projects in a manner that would optimize design and construction from a resource and cost points of view. Planning needed to include defining resources, funding, materials and permits required to implement their deployment plan.
Outside Plant Operations Strategy and Planning
The Problem
DTS Approach
- Defined requirements to implement operational planning
- Created operational data model structure to support requirements
- Developed preprocessing module to capture and organize input data
- Modeled roll-out options that optimized resources and project costs
- Developed specific operational models:
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- Module that defined coax and fiber build miles by time period.
- Cost model that defined deployment costs for each activity type
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- By cost type (material, labor [in-house & third party], CapEx, OpEx)
- By time period
- By in period spend
- And by costs spread over time based on expected spend timing
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- Developed a material forecast to support timely supply chain sourcing

Client Benefits
- Budget based on spend timing allowed for more accurate and timely funding that reduced budget variance and reduced program delays.
- Detailed resource requirements by resource type by time period made available to support deployment plan, allowing timely on-boarding of resources.
- Materials arrived and available on time, preventing costly delays and dissatisfied customers.