About Systecon
Performance and cost – that is what it boils down to. In all contexts and projects where Systecon and Opus Suite are involved, the common denominator is the drive to increase cost effectiveness. This is usually the case for a fleet of systems, for example, fighter jets, naval ships, rail vehicles or wind turbines. We provide our clients with expertise, know-how and the world’s most competent LCM analytics platform, making it possible to optimize the technical design, operations and support solution, so that availability, sustainability and flexibility can be achieved at the lowest possible cost.
Cost effectiveness is key for any organization that operates, produces or maintains advanced technical systems. In every industry and scenario, there are differences in how this is defined and monitored. For rail transports, this may involve balancing the requirements for punctuality and regularity against total costs. In the energy sector, it may involve minimizing disturbances to production while ensuring required margins are kept. In the defense industry, the focus may be on maximizing readiness and availability at an affordable total cost of ownership.
The challenge is rarely about agreeing on the need for cost effectiveness and life cycle management, but rather, about how to achieve and sustain it. With advanced technical systems, demanding operational requirements, and complex maintenance solutions, there are many factors and variables to account for, each of which has its own impact on performance or cost, or both. Time perspectives are typically long, and often the aim is to predict and analyze how performance and cost are expected to develop through a life cycle of ten, thirty, or even fifty years. It is no easy challenge to find solutions in which all the key parameters are, with a holistic long-term perspective, optimally adjusted for cost effectiveness.
It is these types of challenges that are the reason Systecon was founded almost 50 years ago. Today, Systecon and Opus Suite provide industry leaders world-wide with the capability to excel in optimization and decision-making, enabling clients to design, develop, procure and implement solutions that are cost effective throughout the life cycle.
- The Opus Suite is unrivalled as an analytics platform for modelling, optimization, simulation and cost analysis, making it possible to optimize and analyze any scenarios, from small conceptual studies, to the largest and most complex and demanding technology programs in the world.
- Systecon has the expertise, know-how and experience from hundreds of projects and applications, allowing us to provide our clients with guidance, methodology, training courses, and support as needed, to succeed with life cycle management of technical systems.
The capabilities provided by Systecon and Opus Suite are equally applicable across the entire systems life cycle, from concept development and procurement, to verification and implementation, to operations and maintenance, and finally, phase-out and replacement. Systecon is involved in some of the most complex technology projects around the world, and on a daily basis, along with the Opus Suite, facilitates informed decisions at organizations all over the world, in different industries, and in situations and application areas.
Our Philosophy
We encounter the same issues in countless projects in different industries. Complex, technical systems or products need to be procured, developed and used, but the focus lies primarily on capabilities and procurement costs, – rather than overall performance and the total costs of owning and using the system through the entire life cycle.
The Cost of No Control
It is no easy task to understand and manage all aspects of a project early on, but without structured proactive and continuous efforts to identify, understand and influence the parameters that impact performance and cost, it is not possible to take control of a project and steer it towards cost effectiveness.
What are the results of limited control? Examples include wind turbines idling because of missing spare parts, trains that are delayed because the repair shop does not have the necessary resources, or aircraft that cost twice the expected budget to operate.
Ensure Cost Effectiveness – Over the Entire Life Cycle
The task is to develop a new aircraft. The choice between two apparently equivalent components is almost certain to impact both availability and costs for the aircraft’s entire life cycle. Is the engineer making the right choice? Is he or she even considering the impact on life cycle costs, performance and sustainability? Will anyone revisit the decision in five, ten or fifteen years?
This is the idea behind Life Cycle Management, or LCM. Early decisions, often already made at the concept or design phase, impact long-term costs more than any other factor in the product life cycle. Sometimes, the task is to choose between two solutions that appear equal, and sometimes, the task is to identify a small number of cost drivers and drivers of unavailability, among thousands of candidates.
The sooner you think LCM, the greater your chance of reducing costs and ensuring future profitability.
Apply a Complete Holistic LCM Perspective
With Opus Suite and Systecon you can apply a complete holistic LCM perspective on the entire solution throughout the whole life cycle. We have the methodology, the tools and the experience to identify and manage the factors that affect your output and your costs – and to optimize your operations, your system and your logistics support solution based on your specific objectives and circumstances.
In short, we provide you the information you need to make decisions based on facts, not just your gut feeling – today, and for the future of your entire system.
