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Life Cycle Costing

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The aim of this chapter is to describe the technique of life cycle costing and to illustrate it with an example. We also develop a life cycle asset management plan for an item. Outcomes After reading this chapter you will understand the reason for life cycle costing and have seen a check list of factors that go into a life cycle costing analysis. You will have seen an example of a life cycle cost analysis. You will understand the concept of a life cycle asset management plan.

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  1. 1.

    Australian Standard AS 4536 Life Cycle Costing.

  2. 2.

    AS/NZS 15288 Systems Engineering—System life cycle processes.

  3. 3.

    IEC 60300-3-3 Life Cycle Costing.

  4. 4.

    ISO 55002 Clause 6.2.1.3 d.

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Correspondence to Nicholas Anthony John Hastings .

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Hastings, N.A.J. (2015). Life Cycle Costing. In: Physical Asset Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14777-2_8

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