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Obsolesence Management Stratergies

This presentation discusses various Obsolescence Management Strategies to fight obsolescence challenges that manufacturers of large equipment with long service lives face today

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Obsolesence Management Stratergies

This presentation discusses various Obsolescence Management Strategies to fight obsolescence challenges that manufacturers of large equipment with long service lives face today

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OBSOLESCENCE MANAGEMENT

(OM)

AN

APPROACH TO

LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT

OBSOLESCENCE ??
DIMINISHING
MANUFACTURING SOURCES
AND

MATERIAL SHORTAGES

OBSOLESCENCE
MANGEMENT

BACKGROUND
WHAT IS

OBSOLESCENCE?

PLCS AND OM
OM TOOLS
WAY AHEAD

Background
Increased Reliance on Micro-Electronics
Supply increasingly Unstable

Share in Micro-Electronics marketInsignificant


Defence market-0.3%

Life Cycle incompatiability


Defence system-20/30 yrs
IC technology Iterations-18 M

Obsolescence is a Business decision.

THE

BIG PICTURE

SHARE OF US DoD - APPROX 1%


HIGH VOLUME OF COMMERCIAL APPS
CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS, NW SWITCHES

MKT SHIFT TO COMMERCIAL APPS


CHANGE FROM 5V LOGIC DEVICES TO 3.3
V AND LOWER CKTS

THE

SCENARIO

Every NATO force suffers from increasing


rate of attack to field Current, Legacy
systems
Also affecting follow-on and new systems
Euro Fighter A/C (Euro fighter)
F22 stealth fighter
AWACS Tornado fighter

Advanced micro-electronic devices used are


out of production prior to delivery of 1 st A/C.
Rate of Discontinuance is increasing steadily

What is Obsolescence ??
It is the Act of becoming Obsolete
Dictionary defines as no longer
functional
It no longer meets the users need
It is not possible to make it do so without
considerable effort-if at all

In many cases, Obsolescence is a gradual


process
It may well that the item diverges more and
more from what the user needs

Why Obsolete?
Systems become obsolete Bcause
of
Failures and no reasonable source of
spares/skills/facilities available for
repair. Reliability ??
Largely due to increased expectations.
With change of operational Env. Eqpt
can no longer offer adequate
performance
Quantum jump in Technology
Enhanced capability / features

WHY OBSOLESCENCE ??
Obsolescence happens Bcause
the world changes,
and this happens more often and
rapidly nowadays

The changes is, sometimes


predictable,
POWER OF CHIPS

Defence eqpt has more gestation


period and life ,therfore OM is
imporatnt

COMPONENT OBSOLESCENCE
Experience in avionics project
,post devt shows
75% of the components are still active
11% require re-specification
1% require re-design
13% require last time buy

Combating Obsolescence
by US

Flexible Foundry Technology


Process licenses on terminal transfer
Provided solutions for F-22,F-16 and B-2
Fighters

Industry partnership
Perry Memorandom

PERRY MEMORANDOM
PERFORMANCE BASED SPECS
BLACKBOX APPROACH

LOWEST GRADE COMPONENT THAT


MEET ENV AND PERFORMANCE REQMT

MIL SPECS /STD - AS A LAST RESORT


REMOVE REQMTS WHICH DONOT
ADD VALUE

What is

COTS ??

Commercially available products,


from a published catalog and price
list.
The supplier absorbed
and own IPR.

Performance

IR&D costs

as per suppliers

specifications.

Also known as Blackbox

Approach

COTS- THE PROS


PROS
ALIGNED TO COMMERCIAL
PRACTICES
MORE IMPLEMENTATION
FREEDOM
CATERS FOR
TECHNOLOGY INSERTION
CATERS FOR
TECHNOLOGY
TRANSPERANCY
REDUCED COST OF
OWNERSHIP

&

CONS

CONS
NEW WAY OF THINKING
REQUIRED
QUALIFICATION REQD
SW PORTABILITY
ONLY INDUSTRIAL
SUPPORT POSSIBLE
CONFIGURATION
PROBLEM

OBSOLECENCE MANAGEMENT(OM)
OBSOLESCENCE CAUSED BY CHANGE
INEVITABLE AND CANT IGNORE
ANTICIPATE & ACCOMMODATE

OM IS PART OF LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT


(PLCS)
MUST BE TAILORED TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF
PRODUCT AND PROGRAMME
NEED A SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIP

PRO-ACTIVE OM IS A KEY DESIGN


REQUIREMENT

Life Cycle Mangement


Life cycle : It starts from
inception of a new product idea
and doesnt end until the last
customer has sent his last
product back for repair.

Traditional
Technology Insertion

Technolgy Insertion
Planning

to
insert
improved
and
current
technology
in
batches
through the production
and support life of the
programme.

MODERN APPROACHES TO OM
OPEN ARCHITECHTURE & MODULAR
DESIGN
PERMITS UPDATES/CHANGES

PRODUCT CONFIGURATION MAINTAINED


FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD
BY LAST TIME BUYS

PLANNED PERIODIC ENHANCENENT.


TO REMOVE OBSOLESCENCE AND DESIGN
IMPROVEMENTS

OM TOOLS

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INSERTION


OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND MODULAR DESIGN

FUNCTIONAL PARTITIONING
USE OF OPEN SOURCE SW-LINUX OS
USE OF COTS AS SHORT TERM SOLUTION

Open System Architecture (OSA)


Refers to Non-Proprietary and
Vendor Independent Design
Using Popular and widely
accepted Stds and Interfaces
OSA applies to :
S/W : OS ,DBs and Graphics
H/W: INFO & Display processor, DSP
and Backplane

Open System Architecture (OSA)


Provide Time / Cost / Effort
advantage
Provide Flexibility to designers for
Easy Integration of subsystems
from Different Vendors
Enable Customization, Modification
throughout life cycle.
Life Cycle support through
Technology Insertion and Upgrade

Functional Partitioning
Use of Modularity of Chosen Architecture
Functionally Partition System
Platform specifics with long life span
Technologies with rapid evolution
( SBCs, graphics DSP etc)

Regular Insertion of powerful SBCs in F15, F/A-18E/F etc

Technology Refresh

Every new technology step is made


100% backwardly compatible ,
so that older technology can be
refreshed by swapping out the old for
new

Technology refresh requires ,


strict Configuration Management ,
to guarantee swap out capability ,
over the products life

Technology Insertion
Advantages
System backborne is future proofed
Can be upgraded for better performance/
functionality
Moores law: Cost of new generation will
continue to decrease

Dis Advantages
Logistics problem related to different
batches/configurations
Recertification for safety critical functions

THE

OBSOLESCENCE PROBLEM
OBSOLESCE
NCE
PROBLEM

COMPONENT
AVAILABILITY

MIL/IND/COT
S

COMPONENT
LIFE CYCLE

COMPONENT
SUITABILITY

RELIABILITY

ENV
CONDITIONS

SUMMARY
WORLD IS CHANGING MORE OFTEN
NOWADAYS

POSE SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR PLCS


NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE OM PLAN
TRADITIONAL LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
MAY NOT BE COST EFFECTIVE AND
ECCONOMICAL
PRO-ACTIVE DESIGN SHOULD ENABLE
SEEMLESS UPGRADE /MODS TO OVERCOME
OBSOLESCENCE

SUMMARY

(CONTD)

PLANNED AND PHASED TECHNOLGY INSERTION


IS THE ECCONOMIC WAY TO MANAGE
OBSOLESCENCE
NAVAL POLICY ON PLCS MAY NEED TO BE
FORMULATED CONSIDERING OM

COMPREHENSIVE LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT SHOULD


BE PART OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION AND
COST INCLUDED:
INCLUDE OM THROUGH TI , UPGRADE, MODS ETC.

THANK

LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENTTRADITIONAL APPROACH

STRATEG
Y

DESCRIPTION

APPLICATION

FFF

FORM FIT & FUNCTION


EQVT

MULTI SOURCE
COMPNT,COTS

LIFE TIME BUY

FOR SERIES PRODN

HIGH RISK SINGLE SUPPLIER.


FOR KNOWN LIFE CYCLE

LTB

ON NOTIFICATION

FOR EXISTING EQPT

SUBSTITUTION NON COMPLIANCE -OK

NO ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE

AFTER MKT
SUPPLIER

EXISTING PRODUCT

RIGHTS FROM OEM

EMULATION/
CLONING

FFF RE-ENGG WITH


CURRENT TECHNGY

ASCIS

REDESIGN

WITH CURRENT
TECHNGY

FOR BULK OBSOLESCENCE

INVENTORY
SURVEY

INTERNET LOCATING
AVAILABILITY OF OB.
ITEMS

LRU s OUT OF
PRODUCTION,EQPT IN
SERVICE

FLEXIBLE FOUNDRY
The Ultimate Insurance policy
Established
to ensure long term
availability of Micro-Electronics
Capability to fabricate vast array of
obsolete microelectronic devices(Logicckts, Amps, ASICS, Gate Arrays etc)
Through
successful
Partnership
with
semiconductor
industry
by
licensing
&fabrication
Located in California, USA

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