OVERVIEW

Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) is the processes of collecting and analyzing all of the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) data involved with supporting a system or component from the conceptual design, through design development, manufacturing, distributing, operation, phase-out, and disposal.

LSA is an important logistics decision-making tool used to compare different support concepts. Once a final support concept has been determined, the LSA is continuously updated to ensure optimal support is provided during the operational life of the system or equipment.

Part of the LSA effort is the documentation and storage of the logistics support data. That generally occurs in a database called the Logistics Support Analysis Record (LSAR) or Logistics Management Information (LMI). LSA is primarily a military and government tool, but more and more civilian companies are adopting some of the principles and techniques to ensure adequate and economic support for their products.

A typical LSA includes failure analysis, corresponding maintenance plans to correct those failures, and lists of required support resources. More information concerning failures is found in Appendix B. More information about the LSA and LSAR/LMI processes is found in Appendix D.

As the name implies, Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) is the analysis of all support resources and/or interfaces associated with a system or component (see Figure 10.1). Anyone who has purchased an electronic consumer item (such as a radio, phone, or game) and then immediately bought spare batteries in anticipation of running out of power in a remote location has performed...