Standard for Cost Effective Acquisitions (SCEA) Working Group

Last Update: March 29, 2012

Chairman: Marijan Jozic - KLM
APIM 10-011: Standard for Cost Effective Acquisition and Life Cycle Support (pdf, 20K)

Goal: The purpose of the working group is to develop a standard to help technical teams assist their respective procurement departments better understand internal requirements for aircraft engineering, aircraft maintenance, and training devices, taking into account the life cycle of the aircraft. Some of the issues to be addressed are:

• Definition of a basic Product Support Model to illustrate the essential mechanisms that facilitate and ensure seamless and economical maintenance support throughout the equipment and aircraft life cycle.
• Take in to account the requirements for support for aircraft engineering, aircraft maintenance, and training device acquisition and operation initially and over the life cycle of the aircraft or modification at the time of initial procurement.
• Definition of a basic Aircraft Operational Model.
• Definition of a basic Aircraft Life-Cycle Cost Model.
• Reference ARINC Specifications and Guidelines to facilitate assessment of the economical and strategic advantage of those standards.
• Creation of a checklist of items essential for aircraft operation, specifically Line/Component Maintenance.
• Creation of a checklist of items essential for Training Device design, manufacture, operation, and maintenance.

This Report is intended to be used by Airlines, Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) operators, Airframers and Integrators, as they communicate their life cycle requirements to the procurements departments by the engineering, maintenance, and training communities individually.

Current Drafts:

Draft 1 of Project Paper 674: Standard for Cost Effective Acquisition for Aircraft Lifecycle Support

Next Meeting Announcement:

Standard for Cost Effective Acquisition (SCEA) Working Group (pdf, 363K)
June 11-12, 2012; in Annapolis, Maryland
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Last Meeting Report:

Standard for Cost Effective Acquisitions (SCEA) Working Group
January 30-31, 2012; in Cocoa Beach, Florida