The document describes a scenario-based product support life cycle financial, availability, and resource planning software tool called Hypatia. It reduces the time needed to perform analytics and delivers accurate outputs without requiring large amounts of data. It provides the elements needed for product support business case analysis, market studies, and budgeting. The tool enables rapid identification of elements that impact total ownership cost and provides "what-if" capabilities to analyze life cycle costs, availability, and resource requirements. It is transitioning from an Excel workbook to a web-hosted SQL server product.

1. Hypatia ©
Scenario-based Product Support life cycle financial,
availability, and resource planning software tool
n Reduces time to perform n Provides all the elements n Enables rapid identification of
analytics and delivers outputs required for delivering a Product those Product Support Enterprise
that are accurate; customer does Support Business Case Analysis (PSE) elements that materially
not require large amounts of data (BCA) , OEM Product Support impact Total Ownership Cost
to be acquired. market size study and end-user (TOC) of hardware and software.
budgeting/funding requirements,
n Precedent has been established n Software tool is in transition from
successfully through DoD Program n Provides extensive “what-if” MS Excel workbook to MS SQL
Offices and OEM initiatives. capabilities on Product Support Server web-hosted product.
life cycle costs, availability and
resource requirements.
Employed on many platforms and with many customers:
Giuntini&Company Inc.
,
Ron Giuntini, Principal • ron@giuntinicompany.com
570.713.4795 • www.giuntinicompany.com

2. Hypatia ©
Scenario-based Product Support life cycle financial,
availability, and resource planning software tool
Hypatia Inputs and Outputs Hypatia Product Life Cycle Focus
Total Product Life Cycle
Product Product End-Item Product Support Life Cycle
Resource
Support Support
Types
Drivers Processes
Removal In-Service
of like-kind
products Product
End-Item Product Disposal
Output Scenario Production
Sources of Population Product
Optimizers Based & Fielding
Resources Retirement
Planning
Product
Redistribution
Resource Requirements,
Financial Availability Quantities Design and
Performance Performance T&E Product Product Support Enterprise Solutions Delivered
Employed Life Cycle
Stage
Product Total Ownership Cost (TOC)
Product Support Life Cycle
Selected Inputs: Product Support Drivers Selective Inputs: Product Support Processes
Correct
Regulations/ OPTEMPO/ Replace Test/
CONOPS Minor
Policy Mission Consumables Calibrate
Damage
Prevent Correct Replace
Failure Failure Shrinkage
Item Design Frequency of
Source Processes
Product
Support Field/ Install Field Redistribute
Drivers Maintenance
Performance Configuration
Assurance Variations Oversee
Performance
Product Retire
Manage Support
Fielding Technology …Many… PSM EOL
Configuration Processes
Schedule Volatility Others Dispose
Organize Not all
PSE processes
Life Cycle Sustainment applied to all
Maintenance end-items
OUTPUTS
Store for Repair Reconstitute
n Planned cost per end-item per year per OPTEMPO Future Use Parts Reset
n Planned cost per Product Support process
Extend/ Correct
employed Assure Major Modify
n Planned Availability Physical Life Damages
n Planned FTE maintainers Life Cycle
n Others
Giuntini&Company Inc.
,
Ron Giuntini, Principal • ron@giuntinicompany.com
570.713.4795 • www.giuntinicompany.com