BAE Systems, the premier global defence, security and aerospace company - offers the finest suite of obsolescence management tools available on the market today
BAE Systems delivers unmatched obsolescence management products and services, with its extensive experience, management of very large systems, and acquisition of AVCOM, the Air Force's obsolescence tool of choice.
The award-winning AVCOM is the only tool that takes organizations from small- to large-scale obsolescence management. Applying AVCOM's four tiers, and a comprehensive list of optional services, BAE Systems meets customers' exact needs, from relatively small-scale management projects, to large, complex systems and platforms.
AVCOM offers incomparable ease of use and data integrity. To prove it, BAE Systems highly recommends putting competitor tools to the test by submitting sample bills of materials (BOM) to each obsolescence management product vendor under consideration.
Tiers 1 and 2 of AVCOM provide the same functionality of competitor tools: including researching parts for status, restrictions of hazardous substances, and alternatives; viewing alerts, Product Change Notices (PCNs), Product Discontinuance Notices (PDNs), and data sheets; and the loading and management of parts lists.
What separates AVCOM and its tier structure from the rest of the competition?
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Scalability
Unlike other obsolescence management products, AVCOM was designed to be large scale and offer near-exact configuration and management capabilities, giving an unparalleled level of obsolescence analysis and cost savings.
Tiers 3 and 4 allow management to technical-order specifications and all of the benefits that come from that level of detail. Even without managing to that detail, Tiers 1 and 2 allow a client to start out with the basics and if they ever need to broaden their obsolescence management capabilities can easily migrate up the Tier ladder at anytime for higher-level management to get the highest return on investment.
| AVCOM Options & Services | Tier 1 Single Part Lookup |
Tier 2 Parts List Manager |
Tier 3 Structure Builder |
Tier 4 Enterprise |
| Single manufacturing part number research | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-load flat part lists | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Obsolescence analysis (including health, reports, and impact analysis) | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Product change notice, discontinuous and life-of-type buy | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom notes | * | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Impact Analysis | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Self-load indentured BOMs | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Indentured BOM builder and analysis | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Solution sharing | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| National stock numbers and technical order data (including figure and index) | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary logistics data | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Predefined reports and analysis | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial, off-the-shelf and proprietary original equipment manufacturer market surveys | * | * | Yes | Yes |
| BAE Systems loads BOM and performs AS9100 quality checks | * | * | * | Yes |
| Enterprise analysis | * | * | * | Yes |
| Case resolution tracking system | * | * | * | Yes |
| Component resolution | * | * | * | Yes |
| Source document error identification errata | * | * | * | Yes |
| Government-Industry Data Exchange Program and Obsolescence Data Repository (ODR) sharing | * | * | * | Yes |
| Government data integration and cleanup (including Applications Programs Indenture API) | * | * | * | Yes |
| Web Browser Version | Launch | Launch | Launch | |
| Windows Executable Version | Install | Install |
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