BAE Systems, the premier global defence, security and aerospace company - offers the finest suite of obsolescence management tools available on the market today
Take all of the years of BAE experience coupled with real world management of very large systems and add the acquistion of the Air Force's Obsolescence Tool of choice, AVCOM, and you have unmatched products/services at your fingertips to manage obsolescence issues. Whether your organization is managing relatively small scale projects or your have very large and complex systems and platforms, one of BAE's AVCOM tiers can meet your needs as well as allow you to grow into more complex obsolescence management models. The award winning AVCOM product has been broken down into four tiers with a chinese menu of optional services to meet your exact needs and allow you to progress your obsolescence management capabilities as needed. AVCOM is the only tool that can take you from the small-scale to large-scale obsolescence management.
If you take a moment to review the matrix below, you will note four tiers of AVCOM product features. Tier 1 and Tier 2 are essentailly 100% of the competitor base. And yes, like AVCOM Tiers 1 & 2, the competitor tools allow you to: research parts for status, RoHS, alternates, etc; view alerts, PCNs, PDNs, and Datasheets; load BOMs and even simple configurations. If that is all you need then AVCOM Tier 1, Tier 2, or a competitor product are suitable solutions. The task then comes down to product ease of use and data integrity - which BAE highly recommends that you put your perspective tool to the test by submitting sample BOMs to the given vendor. BAE welcomes any side by side comparison of feature set and/or data quality.
So given that Tier1 & 2 are competitors With all of the other obsolescence "tools" on the market today what separates AVCOM and its tier structure from the rest?
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One word: Scalability
Unlike any competitor AVCOM was designed to be very large scale and offer near exact configuration and management capabilities giving an unmatched level of obsolescence analysis and cost savings. Tiers 3 & 4 allow a user to manage to technical order specifications. Even if you are not ready to manage to that level of detail, an added bonus of using Tier 1 & 2 as opposed to a competitor is that it gives you the flexibility to broaden your capabilities (for a subset or all of the items you manage) at anytime you wish to manage at a higher level to get the most return on investment.
| AVCOM Options & Services | Tier 1 Single Part Lookup |
Tier 2 Parts List Manager |
Tier 3 Structure Builder |
Tier 4 Enterprise |
| Single MFG P/N Research | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self Load Flat Part Lists | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Obsolescence Analysis (Health, Reports, Impact Analysis, etc.) | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom Notes | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Product Change Notice, Discontinuous & LOT Buy Alerts | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self Load Indentured BOMs | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Indentured Bill of Material Builder & Analysis | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Solution Sharing | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| NSNs & Technical Order Data (Figure, Index, etc.) | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary Logistics Data | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Predefined Reports & Analysis | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| COTS & Proprietary OEM Market Surveys | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| BAE Loads BOM & Performs AS9100 Quality Checks | * | * | * | Yes |
| Enterprise Analysis | * | * | * | Yes |
| Case Resolution Tracking System | * | * | * | Yes |
| Component Resolution | * | * | * | Yes |
| Source Document Error Identification - ERRATA | * | * | * | Yes |
| GIDEP & ODR Sharing | * | * | * | Yes |
| Government Data Integration & Cleanup (API, etc.) | * | * | * | Yes |
| Web Browser Version | Launch | Launch | Launch | |
| Windows Executable Version | Install | Install |
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