Engineering Systems Acquisition and Support.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Biography -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 - A new business environment for complex engineering systems -- 1.2 - Examples of complex engineering systems -- 1.2.1 - Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) -- 1.2.2 - Offshore wind farm -- 1.2.3 - Railway rolling stock and network -- 1.3 - Value for money -- 1.4 - Requirements of logistics for support -- 1.5 - Lean support services -- 1.6 - Concept of integration -- 1.7 - Preparedness -- References -- Chapter 2 - The life cycles of complex engineering systems -- 2.1 - Complex engineering product life cycle -- 2.2 - Types of knowledge -- 2.3 - Tools and methods requirements -- 2.3.1 - Market phase -- 2.3.2 - Functional design phase -- 2.3.3 - Detail design phase -- 2.3.4 - Process-planning phase -- 2.3.5 - Manufacturing phase -- 2.3.6 - Operation-support, -reuse and -renewal phases -- 2.4 - Whole-of-life engineering -- References -- Chapter 3 - Systems acquisition principles -- 3.1 - Systems-engineering approach -- 3.2 - User requirements -- 3.2.1 - Information gathering -- 3.2.2 - User-needs identification -- 3.2.3 - The use-case model -- 3.2.4 - Envisioning and evaluation -- 3.3 - Requirements analysis -- 3.4 - System specification -- 3.5 - Tender management -- 3.5.1 - Principles of acquisition tenders -- 3.5.2 - Tender evaluation -- 3.5.3 - Evaluation steps -- 3.5.4 - Evaluation criteria -- 3.5.5 - Evaluation methodologies -- 3.5.6 - Whole-of-life costing -- 3.5.7 - Value for money assessment (VFM) and source selection -- References -- Chapter 4 - Systems design -- 4.1 - Systems design process -- 4.1.1 - Protection of designs -- 4.2 - Systems modelling: functional, data, process -- 4.2.1 - Functional modelling -- 4.2.2 - Functional decomposition -- 4.2.3 - Data modelling -- 4.2.4 - Process modelling.

4.3 - Design for sustainability -- 4.3.1 - Built-in capabilities -- 4.3.2 - Detailed design activities -- 4.4 - Tool design -- 4.5 - Design verification -- 4.6 - Design freeze -- 4.7 - Maintenance requirement determination -- 4.8 - Reliability-Centred maintenance (RCM) -- 4.8.1 - Selecting items for analysis -- 4.8.2 - Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) -- 4.8.3 - Determining failure-mode significance -- 4.8.4 - Functional item analysis -- 4.8.5 - Determining failure consequences -- 4.8.6 - Task evaluation -- 4.9 - Certification -- References -- Chapter 5 - Management of engineering-design changes -- 5.1 - In-service phase -- 5.2 - In-service engineering support -- 5.3 - In-service system safety -- 5.3.1 - Categories of risks -- 5.3.2 - Initial hazard-risk assessment -- 5.3.3 - Hazard-risk mitigation -- 5.3.4 - Hazard-risk acceptance -- 5.4 - COTS-item obsolescence management -- 5.4.1 - Obsolescence progression -- 5.4.2 - Supportability of COTS products -- 5.4.3 - Obsolescence strategy -- References -- Chapter 6 - Systems prototyping and testing -- 6.1 - Prototyping -- 6.2 - Experimental design -- 6.3 - Physical testing -- 6.4 - Virtual testing -- References -- Chapter 7 - Operations support and logistics -- 7.1 - Process modelling -- 7.1.1 - IDEF3 -- 7.1.2 - Petri net -- 7.1.3 - System dynamics -- 7.1.4 - Monte Carlo simulation -- 7.1.5 - Discrete system simulation -- 7.2 - Vehicle routing -- 7.2.1 - Vehicle routing problem defined -- 7.2.2 - Assumptions -- 7.2.3 - Savings method -- 7.2.4 - Insertion-based heuristics -- 7.3 - Provisioning and inventory analysis -- 7.3.1 - Inventory model -- 7.3.2 - Assessment of contractors reliability -- 7.4 - Remote support technologies -- 7.4.1 - Remote diagnostics -- 7.4.2 - Remote expert advice and process optimisation -- 7.4.3 - Remote training and on-line manual -- References.

Chapter 8 - Systems maintenance and reliability -- 8.1 - Types of maintenance -- 8.1.1 - Classification by level of maintenance -- 8.1.2 - Classification by planning regime -- 8.1.3 - Other classifications -- 8.2 - Maintenance of in-service systems -- 8.3 - Assessing an inspect-replace plan -- 8.3.1 - No immediate repair and immediate replacement -- 8.3.2 - No immediate repair but replacement takes time -- 8.4 - Maintenance contract risk assessment -- References -- Chapter 9 - Mid-life upgrades -- 9.1 - Systems upgradability -- 9.2 - Data authority -- 9.2.1 - Managing baselines -- 9.2.2 - Validating information -- 9.3 - Storage and indexing -- 9.3.1 - Storage -- 9.3.2 - Indexing -- 9.4 - Assessment of information -- 9.4.1 - Process information -- 9.4.2 - Incomplete data -- 9.4.3 - First principles -- 9.4.4 - Simple measurements -- 9.4.5 - Similar systems -- 9.4.6 - Modelling -- 9.4.7 - Organisational reachback -- 9.5 - Best time to upgrade -- 9.6 - Release to service -- References -- Chapter 10 - Architecture for designing support systems -- 10.1 - Characteristics of enterprise architecture for service systems -- 10.2 - Enterprise-modelling methodologies -- 10.3 - Systems architecture -- 10.4 - Support systems design case studies -- 10.4.1 - Case Study 1: Signal-based condition-monitoring system -- 10.4.2 - Case Study 2: Global operation-support services -- 10.4.3 - Case Study 3: Ship-service system -- 10.5 - Transition management -- References -- Chapter 11 - Performance and risks analysis -- 11.1 - Value and performance in service -- 11.2 - Development of performance indicators -- 11.3 - Evaluation of contract fulfilment capability -- 11.4 - Failure analysis -- 11.5 - Contractual risks of in-service assets -- 11.6 - In-service risks -- References -- Chapter 12 - Continuous improvement -- 12.1 - The need for continuous improvement.

12.2 - Six-sigma processes -- 12.3 - Enterprise transformation modelling -- References -- Chapter 13 - Final remarks -- 13.1 - Intangible assets in support system lifecycle -- Reference -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.