Component obsolescence is an important element of a system’s or product’s supportability. It affects all products and equipment throughout its total life cycle and is not limited to only certain types of hardware. It also affects test and support equipment, facilities, software, tools, processes, logistic products, product knowledge base (people), standards and specifications and it may be very expensive and time consuming to correct.

During the different life cycle phases, from acquisition until phase out, electronic and non-electronic components (in particular, semi-conductor technology) could change over several times and may cause serious obsolescence and supportability risks. Requirements to manage obsolescence of electronic as well as non-electronic components and parts during the total life cycle of long life cycle systems, or complex programmes, need to be managed as an important part of the system’s design and development-, production- and later the product support phase activities.

System supportability improvement, Obsolescence management (OM) planning, risk mitigation and contracting support are essential to optimize Life cycle cost (LCC) and operational availability

LMS is a leader in the provision of obsolescence management support with the prime goal to enhance system supportability and to optimize total Through Life Support operational costs.

If you have any requirement regarding the following issues, please review what we can offer you:

• Problems with poor supportability of long life cycle or complex systems or products?
• Requirement to determine obsolescence risks and longer term supportability assessment of your systems or products?
• Requiring Obsolescence management policy guidelines to implement at USER, Contractor and Supplier levels?
• Requiring dedicated Obsolescence Management Plan (OMP) in accordance with agreed plan contents and outline?
• Requiring dedicated Product Support Plan, Maintenance Plan, Integrated Logistic Support Plan (ILSP) in accordance with agreed plan contents and outline?
• Requiring Obsolescence management Life Cycle Cost optimization support?
• Requiring Obsolescence risk assessment, monitoring and forecast/risk prediction of your Bill of Material (BOM) or Product breakdown Structure (PBS) of systems?
• Requiring to find alternative / substitute or hard to find components that is form, fit, function and interchangeable?
• Require Cost effective Obsolescence Mitigation Options as alternative to expensive redesigns?
• Require Engineering verification, design upgrade and re-engineering support related to component substitute or alternatives?
• Require Obsolescence management awareness presentation or dedicated Obsolescence management training?
• LMS has developed unique databases (ObsMan® and CapMan®) to manage obsolescence and strategic supportability in an integrated and controlled process during all life cycle phases. These tools optimize Through Life Support costs by enhancing system supportability. It enables user friendly visibility of Products/System's supportability and ensures pro-active reporting on applicable risks.

LMS specializes in Obsolescence management, Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) including Logistics engineering, Reliability engineering, Logistic products  development and Product support contract management.