PROVISIONING - ESSENTIALITY.
Abstract
Contents: Nature of Essentiality -- The Hierarchy of Essentiality; Necessity for Military Worth Evaluation; Sub-optimization; Some Hazards; Effects of Improper Essentiality Ratings; Relative Importance of Component and Part Essentiality; and Redundancy; Use of Essentiality: On-Board Allowance List Decisions -- Influence of Essentiality on the Computations; and Assignment of Weights to Essentiality Codes Sensitivity; Use of Essentiality: Ashore Back-Up Stock Decisions -- The Single Echelon Problem: Essentiality not Considered Ashore; Afloat Shortage Costs Considered Ashore; Current Procedure; When Essentiality Ashore is Significant; and Illustration of Shortage Cost Computation Using Essentiality.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 30, 1960
- Accession Number
- AD0488265