An Improved Method for Determining Logistics Requirements for the System Specification.

Abstract

Operating and Support (O&S) costs comprise more than half of a weapon system's total life cycle cost (LCC). In addition, 75-80 percent of a system's LCC is locked in by decisions made prior to definition of the detail system design. To reduce LCC, logistics alternatives must be addressed early and logistics constraints defined in the system specification. This thesis identifies the most likely sources of logistics constraint information so that it can better be incorporated into the system specification. This thesis addresses an alternate way to generate logistics requirements specifically for the system specification. It recognizes the Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) process and provides a way of focusing LSA inputs into the system specification. With this new procedure for early definition of the logistics requirements, O&S constraints are more likely to be adequately specified and their cost impact minimized. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA135557

Entities

People

  • O. A. Smith Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.