OTO Melara Logistic Business Line

Oto Melara has focused particularly on logistics, both in terms of expert personnel and technological resources, thus offering its clients the most advanced support adapted to the needs of contemporary armed forces.
 
To achieve this target, ensuring the best Cost Effectiveness, Oto Melara Logistic Line includes a fully array of coordinated studies and services and has self-contained capabilities to provide:

• Logistic Engineering & Studies and Support Engineering
• Logistic Data Base management
• Technical Documentation (traditional and IETM in accordance with S1000D)
• Training (traditional programs as well as Computer Based Training, Simulators, e-learning, etc.)
• Configuration Management
• Technical Assistance
• Program & Contract Management, Supply Chain Management and repairs
• Quality Assurance

 
that allows Oto Melara to:
 

1. follow its products from the design phase throughout their whole life cycle (Integrated Logistic Support), in order to:

• achieve the  supportability requirements,
• attain an optimised system from the logistic point of view,
• ensure a modern maintainability criteria,
• create highly trained personnel through both traditional training programmes and the most advanced training criteria (tailored to customer needs and requirements),
• ensure system improvement both in terms of operation and reliability performance through the analysis of field data collection and design reviews.

 

2. maintain an up-to-date system configuration (Configuration Management)  by means of:

• ‘as maintained’ configuration management,
• Minor Refurbishment Operation (MRO) & Overhaul management, etc.
• Comprehensive kits for system modernisation and upgrading.

 

3. help the customer (Follow–up and Support Engineering), to:

• fulfil  specific logistics needs,
• provide a gradual transfer of  maintenance capabilities from industry to the user through customised support solutions,
• construct the Weapon system Workshop,
• upgrade the existing, utilities & facilities,
• improve the Supply Chain Management,
• improve the systems availability, etc.

 
  4. provide remote services (On-Line Customer Services) such as:

• e-learning (WBT: Web Based Training), multi-media Training (Shareable Content Object Reference Model SCORM),
• Web Technical Assistance,
• request for quotation, order tracking,
• configuration control of the system in use,
• suggestions for customised technical solutions/improvements/modernisation, etc.

 
Oto Melara offers different support solutions, starting from traditional support (supply of spares, tools, training, technical publications, etc) to full industry support.
The customer may choose its solution or decide to start with one and gradually shift to another, so as to minimise the impact of the introduction of the new system into its organisation.