Maintenance Cost Control at the Pacific Missile Test Center

Abstract

The Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) is the Navy's largest Major Range and Test Facility Base, with an investment of over one billion dollars. The majority of this investment is in range test equipment and facilities including radar, telemetry, communication and command/control systems. Concern is growing over the 'excessively obsolete condition of PMTC technical equipment. ' Improvement of factors concerned with the maintenance function is one means of remedying this problem. This thesis investigates methods of controlling maintenance costs over the life of range systems. The theories of life-cycle costing (LCC) and integrated logistic support (ILS) are examined. Difficulties in funding range equipment replacement are reviewed. Methods of controlling maintenance costs are scrutinized. Financial management and financial reporting at PMTC is reviewed. It is concluded that LCC techniques and ILS analysis should be implemented in range equipment design. Furthermore, mainenance management should be given greater latitude in controlling maintenance costs over equipment life. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093249

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Jensen

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Financial Management
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.