Defense Resource Management Study. Case Studies of Logistics Support Alternatives
Abstract
This companion report presents five case studies of logistics support alternatives. These case studies furnish part of the basis for the design principles for logistics activities described in Chapter III of the final report AD-A084 735. They also point out specific opportunities to improve defense logistics activities, and illustrate special adaptations that must be made to the general principles in concrete applications of support to combat forces. The case studies centered Navy carrier-based air units, Air Force B-52/KC135 weapon systems, Air Force A-10, Army helicopters, and Army tracked combat vehicles. Four design principles emerge from these case studies: (1) Focus the maintenance capability of combat units on quick-turnaround repair, limiting their need to perform off-equipment maintenance; (2) Consolidate off-equipment maintenance at a level that permits capture of economies of scale and reduces the vulnerability of some support resources; The specific design for each weapon system will be dictated by weapon technology, support technology, economics, and the combat task. (3) Give theater or fleet commanders the capability to reallocate support resources across combat units; (4) Reduce, but not eliminate, the dependence of combat units on the CONUS wholesale structure for both maintenance and supply support in order to make the theater somewhat more self-sufficient.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA084404
Entities
People
- Donald B. Rice
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense