Facility and Asset Management
Facility, Asset and Fleet Management are very similar in many ways to Integrated Logistic Support (ILS).
They have the same sub functions as ILS:
- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM)
- Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) (done during design)
- Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) (done after design to determine maintenance tasks)
- Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
- Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA)
- Verification and Validation (V&V)
- Life Cycle Costing Analysis (LCCA)
Consider a ship or sub marine, which is essentially a building on / in a hull, it constitutes many common systems that require the same analysis and support that any facility or equipment might need:
Electrical
- Electrical Generation systems
- Electrical Distribution systems
- Lighting systems
- Emergency Lighting systems
- Backup power systems / UPS / batteries
Electronic systems
- Communication systems
- Electronic Control systems
- Information systems
Water
- Water purification / desalination
- Water storage / supply
- Hot water production and storage
- Water distribution / plumbing
- Fire fighting system
Waste water
- Grey water system / recyclable / alternate use
- Distribution, treatment and storage
- Black water system / Sewage
- Distribution, treatment and storage
Power Plant / Engine
- Engine mechanics
- Fuel system
- Intake air filtering system
- Exhaust system
- Lubrication system
- Hydraulic system
- Cooling system
Transmission
- Gearbox
- Drive shafts
- Output drive (propeller)
Stowage
- Tanks (fuel / water / supplies / cargo)
- Storage compartments and shelving (supplies, cargo, support equipment)
Structure
- Hull / frame
- Walls
- Flooring
- Roof
Ancillary equipment
- Support boats / inflatables
- Lifting equipment
- Winches
- Weaponry
Ancillary Support equipment
- Repair workshops
- Food preparation, handling and cooking equipment.
Safety systems
- Fire fighting system
- Smoke / gas detection
- Emergency escape systems –
- slides / ladders / life boats
- Life preserving systems
- Life vests, Emergency Breathing apparatus, Defibrillators
The majority of the above also apply to aircraft and to many vehicle systems and of course to land based buildings.
Thus the same integrated logistic support techniques can be applied to non military equipment and facilities with the same benefits in terms of minimising down time and through life costs while maximising availability and performance.
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