Mitigation of Obsolescence Cost Analysis (MOCA)

​A methodology and its software implementation (MOCA) has been developed for determining the part obsolescence impact on life cycle sustainment costs for the long field life electronic systems based on future production projections, maintenance requirements and part obsolescence forecasts. Based on a detailed cost analysis model, the methodology determines the optimum design refresh plan during the field-support-life of the product. The design refresh plan consists of the number of design refresh activities, their respective calendar dates and content to minimize the life cycle sustainment cost of the product. The methodology supports user determined short- and long-term obsolescence mitigation approaches on a per part basis, variable look-ahead times associated with design refreshes, and allows for inputs to be specified as probability distributions that can vary with time. Outputs from this analysis can optionally be used as inputs to the PRICE Systems PRICE H/L commercial software tools for predicting life cycle costs of systems.

Processes Supported

• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS)
• O&S Cost Estimating
• Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Modeling, Prediction, Allocation and Analysis
• Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• Supportability Analysis

Departments Associated

• Air Force

Integrated Product Support Elements Addressed

• Product Support Management
• Supply Support

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