Reliabilty, Availablity, Matainability/Integrated Logistics Support (RAM/ILS) - Management Sciences

• Provides high level reliability, maintainability, and logistics support (RAM-ILS) methods
• Moves specialty engineering for RAM-ILS up front in design cycle
• Provides model year reliability paradigm

• Contributes to the goal of improved product quality by 4X
• Enables alternative ways to reduce support costs by 4-10X

• Integrated RAM-ILS in Mentor Falcon Framework
• Integrated RAM-ILS with
  • System engineering tool (RDD-100)
  • Cost estimating tool (PRICE)
• Encapsulated RAM-ILS into Enterprise Framework
• Enhanced failure modes and effects criticality analysis (FMECA)

• Beta interface software available
• Commercial product - 1Q97

. RELATED EFFORTS

• Beta site activity at multiple locations
  • Significant interest at various Lockheed Martin sites
  • Commercialization plans
• Cross marketing and sales agreements with Ascent Logic
• Combined sales calls Integrated with Applixware spreadsheet to enable tool use independent of the Mentor Graphics toolset