An Analysis of the Atlantic Fleet AFS Phased Maintenance Program.

Abstract

The Combat Stores Ship (AFS) Phased Maintenance Program was authorized in 1979 as a five year test effort to stabilize deployment patterns for Atlantic Fleet AFSs and to test a progressive maintenance policy similar to the one used by the Military Sealift Command. This study analyzes the costs and benefits of the AFB Phased Maintenance Program (AFSPMP) relative to the conventional maintenance policy that was in use prior to the AFSPMP. The depot and intermediate level maintenance manday and dollar costs are estimated for four alternative maintenance policies to aid in determining how well the AFSPMP is performing with regard to costs. The benefit analysis presents several quantitative and qualitative aspects of the AFSPMP and conclusions are drawn concerning the cost effectiveness of the AFSPMP as compared to the conventional policy. Conclusions concerning the expansion of this program to other classes of ships are also presented, along with recommendations for further research in this area. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA140967

Entities

People

  • S. C. Rowland

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Deployment
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation

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