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We supply Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) services to the MOD and private sector industry. The purpose of ILS is to achieve the maximum availability of a system at the minimum whole life cost. We take a ‘cradle to grave’ approach when applying ILS techniques to the whole life support of a system.

We help customers with bid support services at the invitation to tender (ITT) stage of a project. We can analyse initial system designs, using established ILS techniques such as:

• reliability predictions
• maintainability predictions
• failure modes effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)
• reliability centred maintenance (RCM) analysis

These techniques can influence the initial design to enhance availability, reliability and maintainability (AR&M) characteristics of the system at concept stage. Life cycle costing (LCC) analysis can give an early indication of the cost impact of a system’s entry into service and enable the cost implications of different support strategies to be reviewed.

When the design of a system has been accepted by the customer, we can support the entry into service (EIS) and whole life support of the system by assisting in the following areas:

• training needs analysis (TNA)
• training (both development of training material and delivery of training courses)
• technical publications
• illustrated parts catalogues
• initial provisioning and spares recommendations
• logistic support analysis record (LSAR)
• obsolescence management
• spares modelling
• ease of maintenance assessment (EMA)