Resilient Aircraft Maintenance Constructs: Enhancing Repair Network Designs to Effectively Manage Risks and Supply Chain Disruptions

Abstract

This research aims to extend the understanding of supply chain resiliency by utilizing a simulation model of a U.S. Air Force aircraft engine repair network to evaluate the degree of resiliency built into the system. The study compares the recovery time of the disrupted current system to that of a fully-integrated repair network; the objective being the quantification of resiliency in the current networks design and gauging the effectiveness of various strategies in reducing recovery time. This contributes to current literature by bridging the explicit gap on how to quantify, measure, and compare resilient supply chain strategies and also provides an objective means for basing managerial decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2018
Accession Number
AD1056294

Entities

People

  • Thomas S Bihansky

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Algorithms
  • Business Administration
  • Governments
  • Literature Surveys
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Risk
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.