Obsolescence management for rail systems
Spare part supply for 30 years and longer: With easy obsolescence management, Siemens Mobility Rail Services offers railway operators a comprehensive portfolio for obsolescence management according to IEC standard 62402 to ensure the availability of spare parts over the entire lifecycle of their vehicles and infrastructure systems.
Spare part supply for 30 years and longer: With easy obsolescence management, Siemens Mobility Rail Services offers railway operators a comprehensive portfolio for obsolescence management according to IEC standard 62402 to ensure the availability of spare parts over the entire lifecycle of their vehicles and infrastructure systems.
The right obsolescence management strategy for the entire service lifecycle
Protect your investments with a reliable railway spare part supply
Rail vehicles and systems have long supply chains with many part suppliers and have to undergo complex, time-consuming approval processes. Obsolescence can’t be prevented – but with the right planning, the consequences can be manageable. To prevent obsolescence-related downtime, interruptions to operations, and unnecessary costs, we offer railway operators three different connected products:
- Obsolescence services
- Obsolescence monitoring
- Obsolescence solution
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Benefit from coordinated railway obsolescence management tools
Our coordinated obsolescence products enable the long-term operation of your vehicle fleet and rail infrastructure and reduce lifecycle costs.
Reduced obsolescence followup costs thanks to early obsolescence detection
Minimization of the risk of downtime
Optimal assessment of component requirements when obsolescence occurs
Bundled solution identification for required development services
100% system availability with obsolescence management for railways
Obsolescence solution for your rail systems
Initial situation
- Siemens Mobility receives an increasing number of discontinuations every year, because product lifecycles – for example, electronics – are becoming shorter and shorter.
- The installed percentage of electronic components is constantly increasing.
- Incoming discontinuations can create a risk to the spare part supply – and ever-longer contract periods increase the possibility of obsolescence.
Services
- Project managers in obsolescence management develop ready-to-use solutions involving all interfaces, including engineering, software, hardware, commissioning, and release managers.
- Followup solutions are also developed for complex products and systems like displays and auxiliary converters.
- By commissioning, we assure a fast and professional project management.
Added value
- All obsolescence management project managers have strong technical expertise.
- With more than 1,000 successful cases of obsolescence management, our experts have acquired very high expertise at deriving solutions.
- All previous solutions are documented – which means that similar solutions can be developed fast.
Obsolescence services and monitoring for your rail systems
Initial situation
- The lifecycles of vehicle fleets are becoming longer – and the risk of availability is shifting more to the manufacturer of the trains and infrastructure.
- Many operators require obsolescence management in accordance with IEC standard 62402.
- Increasing complexity of trains makes it difficult to maintain spare part availability over decades.
- Each rolling stock contract needs to be evaluated individually and requires its own strategies for meeting contractual obligations.
Services
- We identify the obsolescence-critical parts, systematically analyze the vehicle fleet (per IEC standard 62402) for potential obsolescence, and create an obsolescence management plan.
- Findings from other cases of obsolescence management monitoring are incorporated into the evaluation – and recurring supplier queries prevent unexpected shortfalls.
- Each operator contract requires an individual evaluation – through various service packages (health check, notification check & lifecycle check) up to full monitoring, the most different characteristics can be served.
Added value
- Obsolescence management boards are installed to facilitate an ongoing information and communication exchange, to discuss strategies for finding solutions and make obsolescence management decisions.
- The highest possible availability of the vehicle fleet is realized, and lifecycle costs are reduced.
- A fleet-based early warning system is developed.