An Examination of the United States Air Force (Q,R) Policies for Management Depot-Base Inventories: A Pilot Study.

Abstract

The current United States Air Force (Q,R) policy for managing depot-base inventories of nonreparable spares is examined and compared with three alternative policies via computer simulation. Two questions are examined: (1) whether it is possible to formulate an alternative policy which has the same desirable properties of current Air Force Policy (ease of computation of implementation) but which is somewhat closer to optimal from a cost and/or backorder performance standpoint and (2) whether it is second possible to formulate an alternative policy which has most of the desirable properties of current policy, but which is substantially closer to optimal from a cost and/or backorder performance standpoint. Affirmative answers to both questions are suggested, based on a very small number of items examined for approximately 12oo item-years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031485

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  • Leroy B. Schwarz

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  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
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  • Inventory
  • Lead Time
  • Pilot Studies
  • Research Management
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Tests
  • United States

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