Support System Modelling and Analysis
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On average 80% of through life cost is spent during the in-service and disposal phase of a project. With ever increasing demands to do more with less and escalating pressure on equipment budgets, the impetus to make significant savings has never been greater. Clearly, support offers a significant opportunity for savings to be made. However, these savings must not be made at the expense of equipment availability.
The primary aim of Integrated Product Support is to provide cost-effective availability through design influence… designing for support as part of the systems engineering activity. The output of this activity is a support solution. Optimisation of the support solution (cost versus availability) is achieved through modelling and analysis. What we are trying to achieve through the modelling and analysis process is to identify and flex the support cost driver ‘levers’ to achieve the best ‘bang for our buck’.
The Pennant presentation examines the modelling and analysis landscape, offers opinion on the growing importance of support modelling and analysis, and balances the increasing use of modelling toolsets with the requirement to draw on SME domain expertise when reaching support decisions.”
The event will address the following:
- Integrate Product Support
- Logistical modelling and analysis
- Decision Support Analysis
- Logistical optimisation
- Modelling tools and software
- Life Cycle Cost modelling
SPEAKERS
Mark Willis MSc CEng FRAeS
Head of Integrated Product Support & Strategic Development
Pennant International Group
Mark is a Chartered Aerospace & Systems Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society with over 45 years’ experience in the military and civil industry. Following a very successful 34-year career in the British Army and Royal Air Force, he entered defence consultancy in 2003.From 1998 to 2001, he studied Logistics Engineering at Exeter University and was awarded a master’s in science degree. Since 2003, Mark has held several Board level appointments in Defence SME companies delivering logistics engineering solutions, risk, safety, certification and airworthiness. Mark is a recognised global expert in ILS, IPS and system support solutions. He is the senior UK industry representative on the ASD/AIA SX000i International Working Group and is the author of Chapter 3 (Use of the S Series of IPS specifications in an IPS program) of the specification. Further, Mark sits as an industry expert on several UK Team Defence Information working groups addressing IPS and international specification implementation challenges. Recently, he has participated, as a founder member, in the establishment of the UK Chapter of the Council of Logistics Engineering Professionals to gain formal recognition of the Logistics Engineering discipline and its importance in delivering operational readiness and availability.
Mark is married with two adult children and lives in a rural setting in South Somerset, England.
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9-11 SEPTEMBER 2026
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