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We help our customers reduce program risks from design to
decommissioning while also reducing costs both in develop-
ment and deployment with our world-class Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM) and Program Management (PM) services.
GE Intelligent Platform’s PLM program ensures that parts are
available to service routine and emergency maintenance,
and anticipates technology advances to allow for tech-
nology upgrades with a minimum of hardware or software
disruption. The result is the highest level of repeatable
performance at the lowest possible cost of ownership across
the program’s lifecycle.
Our long-established PLM team maintains close contact
with component suppliers and industry groups such as the
Component Obsolescence Group to constantly monitor tech-
nology developments and component obsolescence issues.
At the heart of the program is a dedication to providing both
progressive and defensive Long Term Support.
Progressive support begins on the design table, with
embedded products being designed for maximum compat-
ibility or upgradability even before they are qualified for
a system. The list of critical components will include only
those elements for which vendors have committed to a
long-term production run. After a product is launched,
defensive PLM provides the technical support and service
to keep the product running, as well as ensuring that
sufficient stores of spare parts are available to avoid
the premature shutdown of a system or even the entire
platform. When technology obsolescence occurs in the
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customer and provide possible solutions such as a last-
time buy of the components, an appropriate replacement
component, a redesign of the original product for form, fit,
or function compatibility, technology insertion earlier than
planned or a lifetime purchase of the components.
Our Product Management rigorously strives to elimi-
nate the many avenues of risk in program development.
From development of the product requirements and
program schedule to the product qualification and release
for production, we work closely with the customer to
demonstrate our design and manufacturing progress as
measured against the program baselines and forecasts.
We make every effort to pair proven commercial products
with design projects because we realize that the introduction
of new or customized technology is an avenue of risk. Price
change risk is eliminated because our initial quote remains
the price until delivery. In addition, our contract change
management service reduces costly change orders by
ensuring that every change has been formally approved by
the customer and that a separate purchase order has been
cut to reflect that change.
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