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Railway systems have a long service life - stretching over decades. Thales obsolescence monitoring service continuously analyzes the component market and offers form-fit-function replacements decades-long
Obsolescence Monitoring via myProducts
In the railway environment, long service life is standard. To protect the investment and keep lifecycle costs low, availability of components needs to be guaranteed over the entire lifetime of the system.
Thales offers obsolescence monitoring services that support timely and strategic decisions, to mitigate risk and impact of software and component obsolescence.
Thales obsolescence specialists continuously analyze and monitor
- these components' availability on the market
- existing and potential supply gaps and discontinued production
- potential suppliers for their ability to supply.
- technological trends in the component market and evaluate perspectives, such as which technologies are available from how many suppliers.
Thales obsolescence monitoring service provides a 24/7/365 overview of the defined part numbers via myProducts. This overview is updated regularly.
Investment protection
Early notification
Risk mitigation
» ensure system reliability and availability
Strategic decision making
» preserve supply through Last Time Buy
Compliance with IEC 62402
Obsolescence is inevitable. When crucial components can no longer be supplied, it can lead to high costs related with early replacement of whole systems as well as penalties associated with delays and disruption of system operation.
Do need you more information about obsolescence monitoring, how you can use it and take advantage of this service? Check out the most frequently asked questions
In the railway environment, long service life is standard. To protect the investment and keep lifecycle costs low, availability of components needs to be guaranteed over the entire lifetime of the system.
Thales offers obsolescence monitoring services that support timely and strategic decisions, to mitigate risk and impact of software and component obsolescence.
Thales obsolescence specialists continuously analyze and monitor
- these components' availability on the market
- existing and potential supply gaps and discontinued production
- potential suppliers for their ability to supply.
- technological trends in the component market and evaluate perspectives, such as which technologies are available from how many suppliers.