Life Cycle Logistic Support

Systems require maintenance throughout their life.  The removal and replacement of a faulty part requires isolation of the part with the fault, acquiring a replacement part, and then either repair of the faulty part or disposal of that part.  The life cycle logistics support can be provided by Government agencies, suppliers, or third party contractors.  We analyze the many approaches to support taking in to account all costs, and the need to minimize system down time.

 

Key Benefits

• Independent evaluation of Government versus contractor support, or a combination of Government/Private logistics support

• Determination of number of maintenance actions expected by subsystem, number of maintenance levels needed, and the most cost-effective approach to life cycle logistics support

• System operating costs are collected and analyzed for the operational system.

Capabilities

Performance Based Logistics

Performance Based Logistics (PBL) aims at providing the highest system availability while minimizing support costs and the logistics footprint.  The PBL strategies range from complete Government agency support through a mix of public-private partnerships to complete contractor support.  We are skilled in the development of the baseline, developing and evaluating performance outcomes of alternative system support implementations, working with Government and Contractors to provide an independent evaluation of the possible public-private support strategies, developing and evaluating supply chain management strategies, and conducting the PBL business case analyses.

System Operating and Support

The system design includes the operating and support systems (hardware and software) needed to maintain the system at all levels of maintenance.  We have experience in development of maintenance and supply chain processes including automated maintenance data collection, and cross-correlation with supply transactions data.  We excel in estimating the operating and support costs of alternative system implementations, and comparison with the baseline current system costs which are influenced by reliability, maintainability, availability, operating and non-operating hours, and maintenance labor-hours per maintenance action.