Businesses usually face disruptive changes from time to time. Some of the way processes are carried out, the habits of their customers and, by implication, their markets, may soon become candidates for change. When this is not attended to, the processes, or the business itself may become obsolete.
Obsolescence can be managed by adopting a variety of approaches like planned obsolescence, built-in obsolescence, and technological obsolescence and so on.
Today it seems almost impossible to get through design, test and into use before reaching end-of-life of a product’s key components. Suppliers can go out of business; technologies can become antiquated. If these contingencies are not planned for in advance, future program managers and logisticians may have to scramble to find alternatives, or worse yet, they may have to embark on a costly redesign of an obsolete part, component or system. Military platforms that have been developed and deployed in recent years tend to take a proactive approach to obsolescence. Program managers and contractors alike anticipate obsolescence and pursue plans and strategies to avert the negative implications of this phenomenon. Effective obsolescence management tools means that obsolescence issues can be resolved at a lower level of cost and time than the redesign of a component by focusing on the mitigation of risk. The responsibility for obsolescence management rests not only with program managers, but with the designers and manufacturers of the platforms. Ultimately, obsolescence management comes to ensure the effective operation of platforms over their life expectancies and to reduce overall life cycle costs.
Obsolescence can be managed by adopting a variety of approaches like planned obsolescence, built-in obsolescence, and technological obsolescence and so on.
Today it seems almost impossible to get through design, test and into use before reaching end-of-life of a product’s key components. Suppliers can go out of business; technologies can become antiquated. If these contingencies are not planned for in advance, future program managers and logisticians may have to scramble to find alternatives, or worse yet, they may have to embark on a costly redesign of an obsolete part, component or system. Military platforms that have been developed and deployed in recent years tend to take a proactive approach to obsolescence. Program managers and contractors alike anticipate obsolescence and pursue plans and strategies to avert the negative implications of this phenomenon. Effective obsolescence management tools means that obsolescence issues can be resolved at a lower level of cost and time than the redesign of a component by focusing on the mitigation of risk. The responsibility for obsolescence management rests not only with program managers, but with the designers and manufacturers of the platforms. Ultimately, obsolescence management comes to ensure the effective operation of platforms over their life expectancies and to reduce overall life cycle costs.
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