SYNOPSIS

In the past, products were developed with system support as an afterthought. Today, Systems Engineering Process is applied to all new acquisitions and products, where, from the identification of a need statement, the process extends through planning, research, design, production/construction, test and evaluation, consumer use, maintenance and support and ultimate retirement. This System Life Cycle approach and process requires proper integration of design, reliability, maintainability, human factors etc into the total engineering design effort. This will enable the System to perform as intended in an effective and efficient manner. Hence, reliability and maintainability engineering is an integral part of systems engineering process and influences design. Reliability and maintainability engineering analysis is applied to the operational/need requirements to determine the maintenance concept and maintenance requirements, which in turn, determines system support requirements, such as, maintenance plans, spare parts, technical documentation, training, and support facilities; and ultimately this shall influence the cost of ownership.

This talk shall provide the basic principles and practices of reliability and maintainability engineering analysis in the Systems Engineering Process and System Life Cycle.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Captain Ir Sukhdev, a student of the Royal Military College, obtained a First Class B Sc Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering from Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth, UK in 1980 and a Masters Degree in Operations Research from Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, US in 1991. He served the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) for 28 years and retired as a Naval Captain in 2002. He then ventured into the Defence Industry and joined Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad and has been there for the last 10 years and is a Senior General Manager.  During his tenure in the Navy, he served onboard the frigate, KD RAHMAT, as a Weapon and Electrical Engineering Officer and held various Staff Weapon and Electrical Engineering positions at Fleet Operations Command Headquarters, Fleet Systems Command Headquarters and Navy Headquarters in MINDEF. He was the Director of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and was responsible to institutionalize ILS in all Navy Acquisition Projects, including the Helicopters, Patrol Vessels and Submarines. He was also the Director of Information Technology, where in 2002, under his leadership, the RMN won the Prime Minister’s Award in the Public Sector, for deploying the TLDM*Net to all units in the RMN. In Boustead Heavy Industries, Captain Sukhdev was the Head of ILS for the Patrol Vessel Project and was responsible for planning, analyzing, preparing, acquiring and delivering logistics support package for the Patrol Vessels. He has widely applied the principles and practices of Reliability and Maintainability Engineering during his course of duties and responsibilities. He was also responsible and played a key role in setting up the Joint Venture Company, Boustead DCNS Naval Corporation, for the maintenance of the Scorpene Submarines. Currently he is the Director in the Company and also served as a committee member of Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture Technical Division (MNATD) at IEM.