– to specify the RAM requirements addressing the type of operation in terms of the end customer needs, considering service availability and economic considerations;

– to evaluate different tenders, in terms of RAM requirements, on a common basis with the aid of specific RAM documents;

– to gain assurance, during design/development phase, that the rolling stock being offered is likely to satisfy the RAM contractual requirements by examining step by step detailed and specific RAM documents as an output of the RAM activities performed during the development phase;

– to validate that the rolling stock, as delivered, satisfies the specified RAM requirements

– to understand the customers/operators RAM requirements

– to provide substantive information/visibility in a tender to show that the product offered is likely to satisfy the RAM requirements by performing preliminary RAM analysis;

– to provide substantive information during design/development phase to show that the product offered is likely to satisfy the RAM requirements by performing detailed RAM analysis;

– to demonstrate that the product delivered satisfies the RAM requirements;