Philip Klever is Head of Obsolescence Management for Rail Vehicles and Rail Infrastructure at Siemens Mobility Gmbh in Erlangen, Germany. Mr. Klever is an internationally recognized rail service business expert with experience in spare part logistics and preventive train maintenance. Until 2009 he studied electrical engineering and information technology at the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Neubiberg and worked as data analytics specialist for the multirole fighter aircraft “Eurofighter Typhoon”. From 2014 to 2017 he worked as project manager for vehicle modernization and head of materials management for light rail vehicles (trams) at Stadtwerke München GmbH.

Proactive Obsolescence Management at Siemens Mobility GmbH

In order to ensure a vehicle life cycle of over 30 years, efficient obsolescence management processes are needed to identify supply bottlenecks for spare parts at an early stage and develop strategies to mitigate them.

• Best practice approach for spare part obsolescence management
• How to get from reactive obsolescence to proactive obsolescence?
• State of the art digital BoM checker tools