{"id":97876,"date":"2021-08-17T13:38:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=97876"},"modified":"2021-08-17T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:38:17","slug":"life-asset-management-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/life-asset-management-defence\/97876\/","title":{"rendered":"What is through life asset management in defence?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fleet management<\/a> and asset management are terminologies widely used in the defence domain, but through life asset management is definitely new. Pierre-Michael Delamotte, professional head of discipline at Atkins<\/a>, explains<\/h2>\n

In his Defence Support Strategy<\/a> (DSS), the Chief Defence Logistic and Support<\/a> (CDLS), Lt Gen Richard Wardlaw, identified the installation and exploitation of through life asset management as one of the ways to achieve the strategic outcomes he has set for 2025.<\/p>\n

The choice of this new term \u2018through life asset management\u2019 would indicate a willingness from the CDLS to adopt some of the principles of ISO 55000 Asset Management, as expressed in one of his responses during the Q&A session at SupportNet21, held on May 18 2021.<\/p>\n

Some MOD organisations are already on this journey, such as FinMilCap and the Defence Infrastructure Organisation<\/a> (DIO) applying asset management to the Defence Estate assets, or the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) doing the same for their Infrastructure and Equipment assets. Using through life asset management may also highlight a difference with what is commonly described in MOD as fleet\/asset management that refers in reality to managing assets. Indeed, this source of confusion is not specific to Defence and is well explained in the TC251 article \u2018Managing Assets in the context of Asset Management<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
A managing assets focus<\/td>\nAn asset management focus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 Lifecycle activities and asset care \u2013 availability, reliability, dependability and safety<\/p>\n

\u2022 Asset location, condition, life extension and\/or interventions<\/p>\n

\u2022 Asset databases, systems (and IT) and performance<\/p>\n

\u2022 People, skills and work management<\/p>\n

\u2022 Budgets and key performance indicators (KPIs) \/ cost of maintenance and current performance<\/td>\n

\u2022 The purpose of your organisation and what assets it needs \u2013 and why<\/p>\n

\u2022 Value, purpose and long-term outcomes<\/p>\n

\u2022 Risk and context e.g. markets \/ climate \/ regulation<\/p>\n

\u2022 Holistic approach to different funding streams e.g. CAPEX and OPEX?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Collaborative behaviours \u2013 breaking down silos both internal and supply chain?<\/p>\n

\u2022 How assets contribute to organisational value<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

ISO 55000 Standards<\/h3>\n

The ISO 55000 Standards predominantly address the strategies, plans and management system framework an organisation uses to derive value from the assets.<\/p>\n

Whilst they do not in detail address the activities performed directly on the assets (managing assets<\/a>) they do provide a structured approach and a home to connect those activities that are already well defined elsewhere in systems engineering, ARM&T, Safety or Supportability disciplines.<\/p>\n

The additional benefit of the wider asset management approach is that it provides that essential linkage between assets and the delivery of sustained military capability expressed in terms that are more easily digestible by those in control of the finances than a very engineering led approach.<\/p>\n

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Supportability Case:<\/h3>\n

What could through life asset management mean for the current processes and artefacts developed collectively by the Defence Enterprise if the principles of ISO 55000 were applied?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s consider one example by picking the Supportability Case; a key ILS artefact and a major input to the Support Solution Envelope (SSE).<\/p>\n

As defined in the Defence Logistic Framework (DLF), the Supportability Case is defined as: \u201cA reasoned, auditable argument created to support the contention that a defined system will satisfy the Support requirements of a Project\u201d.<\/p>\n

Starting with the initial statement of requirement, it will subsequently include identified perceived and actual risks, strategies and an Evidence Framework. This refers to associated and supporting information, including Support related evidence and data from design activities, trials, etc, through to In-Service and field data as appropriate, and also record any changes.<\/p>\n

In other terms, the Supportability Case is a progressively expanded body of evidence that provides progressive assurance that an asset will achieve its support requirements and that the support risks are managed.<\/p>\n

The Supportability Case already satisfies many asset management principles:<\/h3>\n