Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Its Disciplines, Logistic Support Analysis, Recording, Planning, and Organization
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Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Its disciplines, logistic support analysis, recording, planning, and organization Summary Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) stands for the disciplined and unified management of the technical logistic disciplines that plan and develop support for any large system during its complete life cycle. An ILS organization including the ILS program manager and the contractors are responsible for its success. Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) ensures a central and coordinated process. Key elem ents in LSA are the identification and the analysis of maintenance tasks, as they dictate the required support during the system life cycle. All documentation is handled in one central Logistic Support Analysis Record (LSAR) database. The set-up of ILS at the Royal Dutch Navy is sketched as illustration. GS04014 John Yolton 12 Pages Published February, 2008 Revised email [email protected] Internet http://www.aptitudexchange.com Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Table of contents 1. I ntroduction ........................................................................... 3 1.1. Goals ................................................................................................. 3 1.2. Application.......................................................................................... 3 2. The 10 Principle Disciplines.................................................... 3 3. Logistic Support Analysis (LSA).............................................. 5 4. Logistic Support Analysis Record (LSAR)................................ 6 5. I ntegrated Logistics Support Plan (I LSP) ............................... 8 6. Logistics Management ............................................................ 8 6.1. ILS Organization.................................................................................. 8 6.2. ILS Program Management .................................................................... 9 6.3. Role Of Contracting.............................................................................. 9 7. Example: Royal Dutch Navy.................................................. 10 8. Conclusion............................................................................ 10 9. References ........................................................................... 10 10. Appendix A ........................................................................... 12 10.1. Failure Mo3des, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) .........................12 10.2. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) ................................................12 10.3. Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA) ...........................................................12 Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) © 2012 SKF Group 2 (12) manuals, test equipment, special tools, and 1. I ntroduction maintenance courses for the service employees of automobile dealerships. The Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) is the automobile dealerships and manufacturer disciplined and unified management of the must also stock parts. What would happen if technical logistic disciplines that plan and an automobile dealer sold a car without any develop support for military forces [1]. provision for its service? Logistics is, “the science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces. In its most comprehensive sense, 1.1. Goals those aspects of military operations which The primarily goals of ILS include [1,2]: deal with: (1) design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, Integrate support considerations into maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of • design from the outset of the life cycle materiel; (2) movement, evacuation, and Determine the support requirements hospitalization of personnel; (3) acquisition • Acquire the required support or construction, maintenance, operation, and • Provide the required support at minimum disposition of facilities; and (4) acquisition or • cost. furnishing of services.” [2] Focusing on the support of (army) 1.2. Application equipment, Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) ILS is designed as the disciplined and unified is a disciplined, unified and iterative management of the technical logistics approach to the technical and management disciplines that plan and develop support for activities necessary to integrate support military forces. Outside large military considerations into system design during all programs, ILS is being applied to rail stages of the life cycle. Integrated Logistics systems, shipping, petroleum industry, Support is described as a methodology for commercial aviation, and many other areas setting up the necessary logistic processes where large sums of money are invested to to support a capital asset during its whole create a capability [1]. life cycle. It is identified as a complete logistics approach originally developed for the US defense. 2. The 10 Principle Disciplines While the definitions of integrated logistics support may sound a little complicated, The US Army has identified ten separate compare them to a hypothetical situation elements of the acquisition logistics. It is within the automobile industry. An important to note that while these are automobile manufacturer spends several separate elements, each element of logistics years developing and testing a new model support is directly related to one another car. The car is then manufactured and and cannot stand alone. These ten principle transported to automobile dealers. During ILS disciplines are [1,2]: the development phase, designers create a new body style, interior, and incorporate 1 Maintenance planning; much of the other features such as safety, which will support is centered around maintenance attract customers. The automobile of equipment. A primary function of ILS manufacturer must also create service Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) © 2012 SKF Group 3 (12) is to develop a concept for the requirements are focused on the maintenance program to support the maintenance of hardware. This leaves system. The requirements for software, which does not have the maintenance then drive the decisions physical characteristics of hardware, and concerning the resources necessary to hence more difficult to address in the support maintenance actions. context of failures and maintenance 2 Manpower and personnel; Systems tasks. The resources to support software cannot operate and maintain and hardware are an integral part of the themselves. ILS is charged with the support package for most systems. responsibility of identifying the number 8 Facilities; Operation and maintenance of of personnel needed to support most military systems and training of operations and maintenance, and the personnel require some type of facilities. skills they require. ILS is responsible for identifying the 3 Supply support; Operation and needs, planning and developing the maintenance actions require material in justification for acquisition. the form of spare and repair parts. 9 Packaging, handling, storage, and Identification and acquisition of the transportation; Possible physical materials necessary to support the movement of the system must be operation and maintenance of systems is accomplished in a manner that does not another key responsibility of the ILS reduce its effectiveness. Logistics organization. engineers plan and implement the 4 Support and test equipment; Some procedures and measures. systems require additional equipment to 10 Reliability and maintainability; The areas support operations or maintenance. of reliability and maintainability address Support equipment specialists and test how long a system will operate without engineers conduct analyses to identify failure and how long it will take to fix an and develop these requirements. item when it fails, respectively. They 5 Training and training support; Trained play an important role in determining and qualified operators and maintenance the support needed when a system is personnel are required to support the used. systems. Within the ILS organization, are training specialists who participate in Each of the 10 disciplines has a specific role the planning process. Necessary devices in the logistics support planning process. and equipment to support training are These disciplines must then be coordinated also developed by this group. to achieve the desired result. Three key 6 Technical documentation; The elements which focus on the central equipment users need instructions on processes, recording, and planning, how to operate and maintain the respectively, are Logistics Support Analysis system. Technical documentation is (LSA), Logistics Support Analysis Record prepared by the technical publications (LSAR), and Integrated Logistics Support discipline. Plans (ILSP). 7 Computer resources; Computers are used to operate and maintain most systems. The majority of logistics activities have historically dealt with hardware, and most logistics Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) © 2012 SKF Group 4 (12) 3.1.3. Section 300, Preparation and 3. Logistic Support Analysis evaluation of alternatives: (LSA) • Task 301 - Functional requirements The various individual activities of the ILS identification disciplines must be coordinated to achieve • Task 302 - Support system alternatives the best logistics support. For this reason, • Task 303 - Evaluation of alternatives the process known as Logistic Support and trade-off Analysis (LSA) was developed [3]. 3.1.4. Section 400, Determination of LSA involves the integration and application logistic support resources of a range of quantitative