System Supportability Engineering

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System Supportability Engineering is a management process designed to ensure the in-service support of a system in the most cost-effective through-life manner. Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) and its subset Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) are structured disciplines that support the overall System Supportability Engineering process. System Supportability Engineering begins at the Concept Phase of a programme and is applied throughout the system's life, only concluding at system disposal - a truly 'lust to dust' discipline.

System Supportability Engineering is an evolving discipline made necessary by the lack of confidence (Industry and latterly US DoD and UK MOD) in the ILS process in isolation and the perception that ILS can be an expensive programme luxury. In reality, ILS can cost between 10 & 20% of the initial acquisition cost of a system. Overall, System Supportability Engineering should be applied within the framework of the systems approach to acquisition.

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