Product Supportability

Research to develop an integrated support solution. Supportability analysis is a systematic approach to analyse the support implications of products. The aim is to identify design features that can result in excessive In-Service costs at an early phase at the product development. Once identified, these areas can be the subject of trade-offs to revise the design in order to reduce later costs.
Also supportability analysis are conducted to identify the support resources which will needed during the In-Service phase. These resources has to be ready before In-Service date not to decrease the operational availability of the product.

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