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Section Four. ILS Elements and Their Interfaces With Def Stan 00-60.

11 Introduction

11.1Section 3 of this Part of this Defence Standard introduced all the ILS elements and described the detail of the core functions contained in this Defence Standard. This Section describes in more detail those elements not yet discussed.

11.2The elements are those which lie outside the core of this Defence Standard because, unlike Integrated Supply Support and Electronic Documentation, they are not fully supported by integrated standards. However, the LSA process requires that all these elements are considered and are no less important in the development of supportable equipments.

11.3The overall interfaces of ILS with the procurement process and with in-Service support are introduced first.

12 ILS Principal Elements

The meaning to the MOD of the ILS Elements is described below:

12.1Maintenance Planning. Maintenance planning is the process conducted to evolve and establish maintenance concepts and requirements for a equipment. The result is a maintenance plan for the equipment, the data of which is recorded in the LSAR. The maintenance plan shall be consistent with the Use Study. The detailed requirements and applicable standards are described in Parts 1 and 2 of this Defence Standard.

12.2Supply Support. Supply Support has already been discussed in Section 3.

12.3Support and Test Equipment (S&TE). S&TE comprises all equipment (mobile or fixed) required to support the operation and maintenance of a equipment. This includes associated multi-use end items, maintenance equipment, tools, metrology and calibration equipment, test equipment and automatic test equipment. All the required S&TE shall be determined and reported in the LSAR. The S&TE shall be identified in accordance with the specific requirements of the ILS Plan (ILSP) and Use Study. The ILSP will state the requirements for: using equipment from an existing standard range; using equipment already held at a maintenance facility; and the use of built-in test equipment. The determination of the S&TE shall be closely linked with the requirements for standardization which ILS promotes. Special tools and test equipment shall normally be avoided unless there are over-riding LCC benefits.

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12.4Reliability and Maintainability (R&M). R&M are performance requirements of defence equipment and have a dominant impact upon both operational effectiveness and LCC. The requirements for R&M will have been stated in the technical specification for the equipment. ILS provides the mechanism to identify and optimise the cost of support options relative to the cost of achieving given R&M and performance requirements. The activities undertaken within the LSA will require outputs from the R&M activities, such as Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM). The results of LSA in the determination of system support criteria for optimal whole life costs may need a subsequent trade-off between the ILS elements and disciplines. The ILSP shall detail the requirement for the outputs from the R&M programme.

12.5Facilities. Facilities comprise all the physical infrastructure required to integrate, operate and maintain the equipment. There are links with S&TE and Training elements. The facilities required shall be determined through the LSA process and recorded in the LSAR. This shall include the justification of their need, their specification and cost.

12.6Human Factors Integration (HFI). HFI is a specific discipline containing a set of Manpower and Human Factor considerations, which was formerly known as MANpower and PeRsonnel INTegration (MANPRINT). This programme aims to examine the balance of manpower and personnel across both operational and support areas with the overall objective of ensuring that during equipment definition and procurement, full account is taken of the capabilities and limitations of the military and civilian personnel required to operate and maintain the equipment or facility in-service. The Manpower and Human Factors implications of the equipment support shall be determined and shall meet any over-riding requirements of the technical specification and ILSP. In particular, the number and skills of military and civilian personnel needed to operate and maintain the equipment or facility shall be determined. In a wider sense, the recognition of all human factors issues, in so far as they relate to supportability of the equipment, shall be considered during LSA. The safe and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment shall be a fundamental requirement of considering Human Factors.

12.6.1 ILS/HFI Interface. HFI covers areas outside the scope of ILS but the discipline is fed with much information arising from the LSA. The System ‘MANPRINT’ Management Plan and Target Audience Description will influence MOD’s ILSP and Use Study. This Defence Standard does not define the application of HFI but requires all relevant data from the LSAR to be made available in a consistent form to satisfy any HFI requirements. The application of HFI will naturally influence LSA and may drive the maintenance requirements in a particular direction. It is anticipated that the direct linkages with HFI will further develop over time.

12.7Training and Training Equipment. Trained and qualified operators and maintainers will be required to support the equipment. The ILSP will define how the requirements for training are defined and the Use Study will outline the current skill levels and qualifications of Service support personnel. LSA will be used to determine the training needs of the support personnel. LSA will also provide data for Training Needs Analysis (TNA).

12.8Electronic Documentation. Electronic Documentation is discussed in Section 3.

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12.9 Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation (PHS&T). The resources, procedures, design considerations and methods to ensure that all system equipment and support items are packaged, handled, stored and transported properly shall be determined during LSA and recorded in the LSAR. The requirements shall include environmental limitations, equipment preservation requirements for short and long term storage and transport requirements. PHS&T shall conform to appropriate legislation, particularly for hazardous materials.

13 Additional ILS Elements

The previous clauses have reviewed the principle elements of ILS. In the MOD application, the following elements are also identified as significant to the integrated approach to the through life management of equipment.

13.1 LCC. The system life cycle refers to the entire spectrum of activity commencing with the identification of the need for the equipment and culminating in its disposal. The objectives of ILS are to ensure that all support requirements are identified and put in place in a manner which contributes to the optimization of overall LCC, by influencing design, identifying cost effective support solutions and programme planning. The Contract, which calls up this Defence Standard, will define the requirements for LCC and the modelling techniques to be employed.

13.2 In-Service Monitoring of Logistic Performance. MOD Policy requires data, which is subject to change, to be collected in-service. Actual R&M and support data realized in-service shall be recorded and compared with the equipment’s LSAR. The comparison of anticipated and actual performance and in-service costs, shall permit decisions to be made and may lead to changes in the support strategy. For example, the equipment may be redesigned, the spares holding may be changed, technical publications may be updated or the skill levels of maintainers changed (ie conduct an in-service Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)). In-Service monitoring may require automatic data collection equipment, which shall be identified in the Facilities function described in Clause 12.5. The overall responsibilities and requirements for in-Service monitoring will be stated in the ILSP and SOW.

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