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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3
Definition .................................................................................................................. 3
Aim .................................................................................................................................. 4
Introduction
Aim
The aim of this paper is to implement the Reliability Availability and maintainability
(RAM) to enhance the supply support.
Importance of RAM
Achieving specified levels of RAM for a system is important for many reasons,
specifically the affect RAM has on readiness, system safety, mission success, total
ownership cost, and logistics footprint.
1.3.1
Reliability
1.2.2 Availability
Availability is a measure of the degree to which an item is in an operable state and can
be committed at the start of a mission when the mission is called for at an unknown
(random) point in time. Availability as measured by the user is a function of how often
failures occur and corrective maintenance is required, how often preventative
maintenance is performed, how quickly indicated failures can be isolated and repaired,
how quickly preventive maintenance tasks can be performed, and how long logistics
support delays contribute to down time.
1.2.3 Maintainability