Areas of Application

The SIMLOX model simulates a scenario of systems performing missions according to operational profiles. The main focus is on maintenance and support and the consequence from limited spares and maintenance resources on the ability to fulfill the prescribed operational mission profiles.

SIMLOX can be

...used in early logistics studies

• to translate operational needs into logistics requirements
• for fleet dimensioning
• to pinpoint the most cost effective design solutions
• to assist in optimizing initial support concepts

...used in the tendering phase

• by both users and contractors to
• evaluate alternative allotments of spares and other resources
• for detailed sustainability or endurance studies
• to verify operational requirements such as:
  • “Number of achieved operational hours should be at least 85% of requested hours”
  • “Number of unavailable systems shall not exceed 4 during any 24 hour period with 90% confidence”

...used in the operational phase

• to find bottlenecks and weak points in the support organization
• for reallocation of existing logistics support resources
• for analyzing the effect of proposed improvements and modifications

...used in all phases

• to extend the logistics analysis based on OPUS10 results
• to study the impact of time dependent factors such as peak loads, transient and changing configurations