Design Interface - The nexus of engineering and product support

Author

Dallosta, P.M. ; Simcik, T.A.

Author_Institution

Defense Acquisition Univ., Fort Belvoir, VA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The paper defines the Design Interface process by which system design characteristics of Reliability and Maintainability are analyzed and trade studies conducted to influence the design to meet operational and sustainment requirements. Given that the total cost of Reliability may account for as much as 60% of a system´s life Cycle Cost [1], emphasis on reducing the impact of Reliability related cost drivers during the early phases of product development is an imperative for the Program Management, Systems Engineering and Product Support communities.

Keywords

maintenance engineering; product design; product development; reliability; design interface; life cycle cost; maintainability; product development; product support community; program management; reliability; system design characteristics; systems engineering; Availability; Logistics; Maintenance engineering; Personnel; Reliability engineering; System analysis and design; availability; design; design interface; maintainability; reliability; suitability; supportability; trade studies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2013 Proceedings - Annual

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

0149-144X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4709-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAMS.2013.6517688

Filename

6517688