Product Support Toolkit (PSTK)

The Air Force Product Support Tool Kit (PSTK), was developed as a quick reference tool for personnel working life cycle logistics tasks throughout a weapon system’s life cycle. This tool is closely aligned with the Air Force Logistics Health Assessment (LHA).

For more information

POC: Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC/LZIA) 
 

Processes Supported

• Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+)
• Configuration Management (CM)
• Digital Product Support
• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS)
• Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA) / Failure Modes Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
• Life Cycle Logistics
• Life Cycle Management
• Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP)
• Independent Logistics Assessment (ILA)
• Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA)
• Manpower Analysis
• Operating & Support (O&S) Cost Estimating
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) / Product Data Management (PDM)
• Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA)
• Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Modeling, Prediction, Allocation and Analysis 
• Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Analysis
• Risk Assessment / Risk Management
• Specifications, Standards and Standardization
• Sustainment Reviews (SR)
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supply Chain Resiliency / Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)
• Supportability Analysis / Product Support Analysis (PSA)
• Technical Data Management

Departments Associated

• Air Force

Integrated Product Support Elements Addressed

• Product Support Management
• Supply Support
• Sustaining Engineering
• Maintenance Planning and Management
• Design Interface 
• Support Equipment
• Manpower & Personnel
• IT Systems Continuous Support
• Facilities & Infrastructure
• Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation
• Technical Data
• Training & Training Support

Disclaimer 
This product support analytical tool was identified as part of a database provided to assist defense acquisition workforce professionals to identify best value product support solutions which optimize system readiness and life cycle cost. As a non-Defense Acquisition University tool, DAU does not provide any warranty of this tool whatsoever, whether express, implied, or statutory, including, but not limited to, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or any warranty that the contents of the item will be error-free. This analytical tools database should under no circumstances be considered as being all-encompassing, and is in no-wise meant to endorse the capabilities or products of any particular individual, company, or organization.