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A ‘Triage’ Approach to Electronics Obsolescence: Unlocking Strategic Sustainment | IIOM 2023
February 14, 2024
Presented at the IIOM 2023 conference by our CEO, Ethan Plotkin, “A ‘Triage’ Approach: Getting Ahead of Electronics Obsolescence (‘The Key to Unlocking Strategic Sustainment’)” offers a deep dive into overcoming obsolescence challenges through strategic sustainment. This presentation reveals how adopting a triage approach enables organizations to proactively manage and mitigate the risks associated with…
Uncover the Secrets of Corporate Health: The OEM’s Tale of the Raptor | Tania’s Teachables
November 21, 2023
In this video, Legacy Expert Tania Scroggie emphasizes the importance of integrating a Legacy Equipment Manufacturer (LEM) like GDCA into your business ecosystem. A LEM can alleviate the burden of maintaining outdated products, freeing up resources for new design cycles and generating recurring annual revenue from these products.
Analysis Paralysis | Tania’s Teachable Moments
November 16, 2022
Presented by Legacy Expert Tania Scroggie, who talks about GDCA’s specialty of getting companies out of analysis paralysis, which can happen when a company spends lots of energy figuring out what to do with an EOL cycle design and customers are asking for more orders. How do you keep customers satisfied by continuing to provide…
How to Recognize a Good Parts Sustainment Plan from a Bad One
June 3, 2022
Presented by Director of Legacy Solutions Bill Spain. After watching this video, you’ll know what to look out for in a good sustainment plan.
How to EOL a product | Tania’s Teachable Moments
February 18, 2022
Innovation is Not Enough. This video covers how to EOL a product and keep customers happy. Tania Scroggie is an embedded legacy expert at GDCA in Livermore, CA.
Dan Christenson presents Sustainment is Rapid Refresh
February 16, 2021
The USAF’s Dan Christianson (Director of Engineering, USAF, 748 SCMG) presents a practical systems engineering perspective based on a profoundly different strategy when it comes to maintaining superiority. Instead of an expensive and time-consuming wholesale pursuit of bleeding edge technology, why not focus on faster insertion of less advanced technology in response to the our…
Peter Sandborn Presents Sustainment is Science (and a Culture)
February 12, 2021
Peter Sanborn (Professor in the CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center and the Director of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute at the University of Maryland) talks about the trend toward sustainment outcomes and the cultural reasons that have prevented our community from achieving them. This involves intentional collaboration between sustainment stakeholders in specific areas…and energizing…
Ethan Plotkin Presents Sustainment is the Lowest Cost Path
February 12, 2021
Ethan Plotkin (CEO, GDCA) introduces the concept of “affordable readiness” as the goal of lifecycle sustainment. By using a combination of traditional obsolescence and program management tools, programs can achieve permanent solutions, instead of short term band-aids – thus greatly reducing the total-cost-of-ownership for long-life systems. Sustainment Symposium 2020 hosted by GDCA is a special…
Robin Brown presents Sustainment is Metrics for Programs
February 12, 2021
Robin Brown ( DMSMS and Parts Management Program Manager for the Office of the Secretary of Defense) talks about the challenges the US Government faces in maintaining aging fleets. She goes on to describe the newest weapon in Program Managers’ lifecycle sustainment arsenal: DoD Instruction 4245.14 provides clear direction and expectations for maintaining a proactive…
Timothy Zitkevitz Presents Sustainment is Planning (And Evolving)
February 12, 2021
Timothy “TJ” Zitkevitz ( COTS HW/SW and Material Obsolescence Lead Obsolescence Management & Modeling Group, Lockheed Martin RMS Global Sustainment) rounds out the brain trust by showing a profoundly different way to plan for lifecycle sustainment. By expanding our planning horizons to be the expected end-of-life of the system and maintaining the necessary management tools,…