Examining the Relationship Between an Aging Workforce and Logistics Performance Indicators

Abstract

In the United States, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day. The subsequent generation born between 1965 and 1976 is significantly smaller, referred to as the baby bust. As a result, this causes a talent shortage as Baby Boomers retire, leaving a workforce gap which the subsequent generation is not large enough to fill. This issue also has been recognized as a potential problem in the logistics community of the United States Air Force. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of workers age on key logistics performance indicators (LPIs) such as aircraft availability, product flow days, and production hours. This study finds that significant relationships exist between average employee age and certain LPIs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2022
Accession Number
AD1172396

Entities

People

  • Daniel E. Parkhill

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Availability
  • Baby Boomers
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Indicators
  • Information Science
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Organizational Structure
  • Production
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Inference
  • Statistics
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
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