Obsolescence Management is defined as implementing plans to identify and mitigate risk when parts, spares, equipment, etc. become obsolete.

Over the course of many years of managing legacy platforms and associated products, HBS has successfully developed and implemented the processes, procedures, programs, and skills necessary to mitigate the effects of obsolescence. Our proactive, strategic, and tactical approach allows us to mitigate many of the risks associated with obsolescence, therefore reducing its impact on through-cycle costs and extending platform life. We not only establish external 2^nd sources of supply, but we also have the capability to reverse engineer and fabricate Diminishing Manufacturing Source (DMS) items in-house as required. 

We work closely with our supply base to identify near-end-of-life and end-of-life material in order to determine the most affordable and effective strategy to ensure uninterrupted platform maintenance and usage.

Our DMS and Obsolescence efforts include:

• DMS and Obsolescence mitigation planning
• Obsolescence management health checks and status reporting (GIDEP)
• Analysis of all components within the Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Advanced notification of impending obsolescence together with mitigation options, such as:
  • Negotiating with the supplier or OEM
  • Lifetime or Bridge buys
  • Identification or creation of alternate supply
  • Component Uprating / Up screening
  • Component replacement
  • Reverse Engineering and Fabrication
  • Re-design

HBS provides Precision Machining, Fabrication, and Finishing/Plating to support prototype, low rate, and large scale production runs.

This has allowed HBS to mitigate issues associated with "cold supply chain lines," such as long lead times and considerably high set-up and non-recurring costs.

Additionally, to ensure that we can meet our customers needs for the fabrication of hard to procure items, our team provides

• Turning, Milling, Welding, and Sheet Metal Bending across the spectrum from simple to complex, high precision/high tolerance items
• Precision fabrication, grinding, and inspection 
• Reverse Engineering of obsolete, DMS, or hard to procure OEM items
• LRIP support
• Engineering & CAD Services
• Custom Fixturing
• First Article Test