F. J. Romero Rojo
Decision Engineering Centre, Manufacturing Department, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
R. Roy
Decision Engineering Centre, Manufacturing Department, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
E. Shehab
Decision Engineering Centre, Manufacturing Department, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
K. Cheruvu
Decision Engineering Centre, Manufacturing Department, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
I. Blackman
Component Obsolescence Group, Hertz, UK
G. A. Rumney
Sellafield Ltd, Cumbria, UK
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 2nd CIRP IPS2 Conference 2010; 14-15 April; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 77:50, s. 393-398
Publicerad: 2012-10-11
ISBN: 978-91-7393-381-0
ISSN: 1650-3686 (tryckt), 1650-3740 (online)
The defence industry is moving rapidly towards new types of agreement such as availability contracts based on Industrial Product-Service System (IPS2) business models. Obsolescence has become one of the main problems that will impact on a system during its life cycle. Most of the research carried out has been focused on electronic components; neglecting the impact of obsolescence in other areas such as software. This paper presents the concept of software obsolescence and highlights the key challenges and mitigation strategies to managing it; which was identified through a set of semi-structured interviews with experts in defence; aerospace and nuclear industries and literature review in software and obsolescence management. It is observed that there is a lack of understanding of the software obsolescence and the impact that it has on the systems.
Software Obsolescence; Skills Obsolescence; Obsolescence Management; Industrial Product-Service Systems.
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