An Appraisal of Logistics Support Costs Used in the Air Force IROS Program.

Abstract

The report evaluates the KO51 logistic support cost reports used by the Air Force Increase Reliability of Operational System (IROS) program. This program, in an effort to increase the reliability of operational systems, collects detailed cost data from these reports on weapon systems and subsystems. The KO51 cost reports were assessed by comparing their costs to reference costs from other data collection systems at the base and depot levels, for the Air Force Corsair II. It is seen that the KO51 reports do not reflect certain pertinent support costs, such as costs for weapon system aerospace ground equipment, maintenance, modification hardware, and certain spares; even in those categories for which the KO51 reports do provide costs, they are reported incompletely and in a disproportionate manner. Recommendations are made for correcting and extending the IROS KO51 reports.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009844

Entities

People

  • Marco Fiorello
  • Patricia Konoske Dey

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Reliability
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology

Technology Areas

  • Space