LSA's core area of expertise is the application of Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) in all stages of the acquisition cycle, including support requirements determination, acquisition and through-life management. At LSA we understand the inter-relationships between the support elements and the importance of the "integrated" aspect of these elements.
With experience in both commercial and military systems, our instinctive understanding of the impacts of poor support planning comes from being past Operations and Fleet Managers who have experienced inadequate support infrastructure established by others after it’s too late. This means we are fully aware of how difficult it is for you to implement change after your equipment has been commissioned into service. Our emphasis, therefore, is on the imperative of getting it right the first time, and early.
Take advantage of our reliable, practical and professional ILS services to value-add to your next project. Ensure the right support infrastructure is established at the outset and avoid costly and unnecessary remediation work later.
By applying a commonsense ILS approach to your acquisition project, your equipment and support system design will be influenced at the earliest opportunity to help you achieve the following benefits:
- Minimisation of support requirements and costs;
- All support elements are acquired in coordination with the introduction of the new equipment;
- All support elements are verified and validated before the equipment is introduced into service or commissioned;
- Support infrastructure elements are optimally related to equipment design and to each other;
- Effective procedures and processes are developed to provide the support infrastructure;
- Equipment availability requirements are achievable and sustainable through life;
- Users and support staff are effective in operating and maintaining the equipment; and
- Disposal activities can be done cost effectively, and there are ‘no surprises’ when the time comes.
Our ILS activities include supportability analysis using recognised and approved commercial and military standards. Analysis is based on the inter-relationship between the ten elements of ILS and the effectiveness of your system in terms of its availability, reliability and design adequacy.
- Operational and Support Concept development;
- Logistic Support Analysis;
- Level of Repair Analysis;
- Reliability Centred Maintenance;
- Repair/discard analysis;
- Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis;
- Life Cycle Cost and cost estimating analysis and modelling;
- Spares Optimisation;
- Maintenance evaluations and maintenance task analysis;
- Support validation;
- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability modelling; and
- Configuration Management.
- Transition of support responsibilities from acquisition to in use;
- Through life support planning and management;
- Disposal planning and management;
- Development and review of technical documentation; and
- Planning and implementation of ILS aspects for Request for Tender and Tender Evaluation