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Obsolescence program for fielded defense electronics
Spares, repairs and obsolescence management for a fielded electronics unit of a defense platform supplier, built on the original build records.
PROGRAM PROFILE
- Delivery geography
- Türkiye
- Variants in scope
- 3 assemblies
- Program duration
- 18-month last-time-buy program
- Responsibility level
- Lifecycle
- Standards applied
- Customer configuration control
THE CHALLENGE
A platform supplier had to support a fielded electronic unit long after its original component base started disappearing. Repairs were undocumented, spares were unpredictable, and every end-of-life notice triggered a scramble.
STARTING CONDITIONBuild records and test documentation for the unit existed from earlier series production; there was no structured obsolescence watch and no repair flow.
CUSTOMER PROVIDED
- Original build records, BOM and test documentation
- Fleet size and expected support horizon
- Return stream of failed units from the field
- Security and handling requirements for the material
GANI OWNED
- Obsolescence monitoring across the unit BOM
- Last-time-buy proposals with buffer stock held per agreement
- Repair flow with fault analysis and re-test on original fixtures
- Test report issued per repaired serial number
- Spares built from build records in small covering batches
OUTCOME
What the program delivers.
- Support horizon secured through executed last-time-buys
- Repairs returned with test reports traceable to the original records
- Spares batches built to the original documentation on demand
- Quarterly obsolescence report established with the supplier
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