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Obsolescence Management for Long-Life and Critical Systems

With decades of experience across multiple industries, Averna Powered by Spherea assures your test systems last alongside your product, for the long-term... even beyond the lifecycle of individual components.

Sustain Systems Beyond Component Life

Obsolescence is an inevitable phenomenon that affects the daily management of production or service activities. When the expected lifespan of products placed on the market spans several decades, it leads to additional resolution costs.

Averna Powered by Spherea manages obsolescence across your quality systems by monitoring lifecycle data to act proactively, before a supply chain disruption forces the decision. This protects operational availability while holding total cost of ownership in check.

Component lifespans keep shrinking while the systems that depend on them run for decades. That gap between part and system opens risk on several fronts.

Production and repair obsolescence. A discontinued component halts manufacturing and blocks repairs, often with no drop-in equivalent on the market.
System immobilization. A single missing part can take an entire system out of service, whatever its value next to the equipment it stops.
Rising sustainment cost. Late reactions to end-of-life notices force emergency purchases and unplanned downtime that inflate total cost of ownership.
Test equipment obsolescence. A test system must stay available as long as the system it supports, yet its own components age at the same pace.

How Averna Approaches Obsolescence Management

Averna structures obsolescence management on the IEC 62402 international standard and applies it early. Identifying at-risk components during system definition limits the cost and validation effort later, when alternatives grow scarce.

Phase 01
Anticipate

Averna maps at-risk components as early as the design phase and plans their alternatives before availability becomes a constraint. Early identification keeps requalification effort low and shields the program from surprises.
Phase 02
Monitor

Averna tracks the lifecycle of every constituent component and detects Last Buy Orders at the earliest point. This continuous watch surfaces obsolescence risks upstream, in time to act before availability drops.
Phase 03
Build a Strategic Stock

When no replacement exists, Averna secures a last-time-buy reserve and holds it in controlled temperature and humidity conditions. Long-term storage preserves critical components well beyond the market life of the original part.
Phase 04
Treat

Averna selects the right response to each case: sourcing a replacement product, PCB cloning, or electronic and mechatronic system cloning. The approach fits the constraint rather than forcing one method onto every situation.

Advanced Obsolescence Management Capabilities

Our commitment ensures continuity and reliability over time.

Test Equipment Sustainment

A test system has to stay available as long as the system it supports. Averna replicates and modernizes aging test assets and rebuilds proven stations through its deep industry and technical knowledges. Defense and avionics test operations stay supported over the long term with SiClone and the ATEC Series 7.

Proactive Monitoring and Sourcing

Averna tracks component lifecycles across your bill of materials, flags Last Buy Orders as manufacturers signal end of life, and researches alternative sources when a reference disappears. Availability reporting turns a sudden discontinuation into a documented decision, with cost estimates to support it.

Redesign

When no equivalent exists, Averna rebuilds the part rather than the whole system. PCB cloning, electronic and mechatronic system cloning of undocumented boards keep long-life products supportable. Every replacement is validated by test for compatibility and reliability.

Long-Term Support with Business Continuity Services

Averna's Business Continuity Services wrap these capabilities into a long-term support plan, tailored to your priorities rather than sold in fixed tiers. Preventive maintenance and spare parts management keep systems running past the life of their individual components.