EN 62402:2007

Obsolescence management - Application guide

This International Standard gives guidance for establishing a framework for obsolescence management and for planning a cost-effective obsolescence management process that is applicable through all phases of the product life cycle.

Anleitung zum Obsoleszenzmanagement

Gestion de l’obsolescence - Guide d’application

La présente Norme internationale donne des indications pour établir un cadre pour la gestion de l'obsolescence et pour planifier un processus de gestion de l'obsolescence efficace applicable à toutes les phases du cycle de vie du produit.

Upravljanje zastarelosti - Navodilo za uporabo (IEC 62402:2007)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 25-Jul-2007
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Jun-2010
• ICS: 21.020 - Characteristics and design of machines, apparatus, equipment
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 56 - Dependability
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 56 - IEC_TC_56
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 56 - IEC_TC_56
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 03-Jul-2022
• Completion Date: 03-Jul-2022
• Ref Project: SIST EN 62402:2008 - Obsolescence management - Application guide

Relations

• Replaced By: EN IEC 62402:2019 - Obsolescence management
• Effective Date: 16-Jul-2019

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2008
Upravljanje zastarelosti - Navodilo za uporabo (IEC 62402:2007)
Obsolescence management - Application guide (IEC 62402:2007)
Anleitung zum Obsoleszenzmanagement (IEC 62402:2007)
Gestion de l’obsolescence - Guide d’application (IEC 62402:2007)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62402:2007
ICS:
21.020 =QDþLOQRVWLLQQDþUWRYDQMH Characteristics and design of
VWURMHYDSDUDWRYRSUHPH machines, apparatus,
equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 62402
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2007
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 21.020
English version
Obsolescence management -
Application guide
(IEC 62402:2007)
Gestion de l’obsolescence -  Anleitung zum
Guide d’application Obsoleszenzmanagement
(CEI 62402:2007) (IEC 62402:2007)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2007-07-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
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Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
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© 2007 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 62402:2007 E
Foreword
The text of document 56/1189/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62402, prepared by IEC TC 56,
Dependability, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 62402 on 2007-07-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2008-04-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2010-07-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62402:2007 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 60300-3-3 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60300-3-3:2004 (not modified).
IEC 60300-3-12 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60300-3-12:2004 (not modified).
IEC 60812 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 60812:2006 (not modified).
ISO 9000 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 9000:2005 (not modified).
ISO 9001 NOTE  Harmonized as EN ISO 9001:2000 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1)
IEC 60050-191 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
(IEV) -
Chapter 191: Dependability and quality of
service
1) 2)
IEC 60300-1 - Dependability management - EN 60300-1 2003
Part 1: Dependability management systems

IEC 60300-2 2004 Dependability management - EN 60300-2 2004
Part 2: Guidelines for dependability
management
1)
IEC 62198 - Project risk management - Application - -
guidelines
1)
IEC/TS 62239 - Process management for avionics - - -
Preparation of an electronic components
management plan
IEC 62258 Series Semiconductor die products EN 62258 Series

1) 2)
IEC 62309 - Dependability of products containing reused EN 62309 2004
parts - Requirements for functionality and
tests
1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

INTERNATIONAL IEC
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2007-06
Obsolescence management –
Application guide
Gestion de l’obsolescence –
Guide d’application
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6

1 Scope.7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .8
3.1 Definitions .8
3.2 Abbreviations .11
4 General principles .12
4.1 The obsolescence phase.12
4.2 Obsolescence management process .12
4.3 Documentation .14
5 Management responsibility .14
5.1 Management function on obsolescence .14
5.2 Meeting customer needs .15
5.3 Obsolescence contractual and regulatory implications.15
5.4 Obsolescence management planning .15
5.5 Responsibility.16
5.6 Management review .16
6 Resources .16
7 Managing obsolescence .16
7.1 Planning.16
7.1.1 General .16
7.1.2 Obsolescence management plan contents .17
7.1.3 Obsolescence management in the context of risk management .17
7.1.4 Planning .18
7.1.5 Assessment of impact, cost and probability of obsolescence .19
7.1.6 Determining the main strategy .19
7.1.7 Reactive strategy.20
7.1.8 Proactive strategy.21
7.1.9 Budgetary provision.21
7.1.10 Reviewing the strategy .21
7.2 Customer related activities .22
7.3 Reactive strategy recovery options (see Figure 8) .22
7.3.1 Overview .22
7.3.2 Product search .22
7.3.3 Cannibalization.23
7.3.4 Repair .23
7.3.5 Design revision.23
7.3.6 Product obsolescence .24
7.4 Proactive strategy options .24
7.4.1 Design considerations .24
7.4.2 Technology transparency.24
7.4.3 Obsolescence monitoring .25
7.4.4 Planned system upgrades.26

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7.4.5 Lifetime buy.26
7.4.6 Additional factors affecting the choice of obsolescence management
programme options.27
7.4.7 Skills training.27
7.5 Supply chain management .27
8 Measurement, analysis and improvement .27
9 Software obsolescence issues and strategies.28
9.1 Additional planning aspects for software.28
9.1.1 Software and hardware similarities and differences .28
9.1.2 Causes of software obsolescence.29
9.1.3 Determining the main strategy to combat software obsolescence .30
9.1.4 Reactive strategy – Do nothing until the need arises .31
9.1.5 Proactive strategy.31
9.2 Relationship between the customer and the supplier .32
9.3 Reactive strategy recovery options (see Figure 10) .32
9.3.1 Overview .32
9.3.2 Software search .32
9.3.3 Revision .32
9.3.4 Software obsolescence.33
9.4 Proactive strategy as applied to software separable from hardware (see
Figure 11) .33
9.4.1 Overview .33
9.4.2 Design considerations .33
9.4.3 Technology transparency/open systems .33
9.4.4 Contract support.34
9.4.5 Planned upgrades .34
9.4.6 Additional factors affecting choice of obsolescence management
programme options.34

Annex A (informative) Check list .36
Annex B (informative) Monitoring products.37

Bibliography.39

Figure 1 – Availability phases .12
Figure 2 – Process steps for managing obsolescence.13
Figure 3 – Obsolescence management versus product life cycle.13
Figure 4 – Relationship between OCM, OEM and the customer .14
Figure 5 – Process steps in project risk management versus obsolescence
management.
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