Aspire Blog
Support Engineering in the Concept Phase
When developing a new complex platform the first of these phases, usually termed the ‘Concept’ phase or similar, is arguably both the most challenging and the most important. This applies to Support Engineering just as much as it does to overall Defence procurement...
ASI and Aspire
Building on the success of our co-operative training venture, The Pierian Academy, we are pleased to announce that on 2nd March 2021 Andromeda Systems Incorporated (ASI) completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Aspire Consulting Ltd. Physical assets and...
Why does it seem so difficult to get support right?
Warning: This video contains some poetry! That poem is based on a parable and in that parable a passing wise man comes to help the blind stitch...
Who are we and what do we do?
Video – Automating Tech Data Reporting
This video is from our ILS Seminar in June 2017: Paul Messer and Lee Fitzsimons talk about automated reporting from technical data sources (in this case, our Maintenance Analysis package; A*) using Epic, an XML based data manipulation tool.
Why standardise how we do spreadsheet models?
The modeller’s task is to represent reality with sufficient fidelity to ensure that decisions based on the model are sound. So how can we make sure that the spreadsheet is fit for purpose?
Getting Analysis Wrong – what we learn when analysis doesn’t match reality
What we learn when analysis doesn’t match reality. It is often explained that all models are wrong, just some are less wrong than others.
System Interactions
Understanding the risk posed by the interaction of functionally unrelated systems; are we, as those responsible for deriving preventive maintenance for aircraft, missing the point?
Reductio ad Absurdum
“Why do we need to train our Military Maintenance engineers?” This short piece is adapted from a presentation delivered back in 2012
Integrated Logistic Support in the 21st Century
Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) in the 21st Century – Innovation, Pragmatism and the Art of the Possible. A free seminar for members of the MoD.