Supportability Analysis: Focus on Lifecycle Effectiveness
Supportability analysis is crucial for ensuring products and systems perform reliably throughout their lifecycle.
Optimizing supportability requires a focus on long-term usability and serviceability, from the initial design phase through deployment and maintenance.
Some of the proven techniques and tools for enhancing supportability include failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).
FMEA is a key technique for identifying potential failure points in a product or system. By analyzing various failure modes, companies can prioritize solutions to prevent common breakdowns. This proactive approach to supportability helps minimize downtime and improve user satisfaction.
Another important technique is reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), which optimizes maintenance strategies by focusing on the most critical aspects of a system. By concentrating resources on key components, RCM reduces unnecessary maintenance efforts and extends the system’s life span.
Tools like ARMS Reliability and Reliasoft are popular for implementing RCM, offering insights into system reliability and service needs.
Then there’s computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
CMMS software, such as IBM Maximo or Fiix, streamlines maintenance scheduling, asset tracking, and inventory management. These tools provide real-time data that informs support teams of upcoming maintenance needs, minimizing unplanned downtimes.
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An up and coming modality is digital twin technology. A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical asset, system, or process. It enables real-time monitoring and analysis of a product's performance under various conditions. By leveraging digital twins, companies can identify issues remotely and resolve them proactively.
Software like GE Predix or Siemens MindSphere offers powerful digital twin capabilities.
Want to learn more? Tonex offers Supportability Analysis Workshop, a 2-day course where participants learn the fundamental concepts and principles of supportability analysis as well as learn to evaluate the supportability requirements of a system or product and identify potential challenges.
Attendees also apply proven techniques and tools for optimizing supportability throughout the product or system lifecycle and develop supportability plans and strategies to enhance operational efficiency.
This course is ideal for professionals involved in the design, development, and support of complex systems, products, or services, including:
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