The Air Force Stock Fund and Aircraft Availability.

Abstract

The methods and results of this work represent a first step in quantifying the relation between consumable parts and end-item readiness. This working note addresses the effect on aircraft availability rates if safety levels in the wholesale Air Force stock fund were to change. (Safety levels are the stock levels maintained to cover variations in demand.) The results are that as many as 150 additional aircraft, Air Force-wide, could become unavailable due to parts, if safety levels fell to the extent that wholesale fill rates dropped 5 points, from 85% to 80%. Originator-supplied keywords include: EOQ(Economic Order Quantities), Inventory management, Inventory modeling, Inventory theory, Material management, Reorder points, Resources-to-Readiness, Spare parts, and Weapon system orientation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148653

Entities

People

  • C. H. Hanks

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Knobs
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • End Items
  • Financial Management
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Procurement

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Theoretical Analysis.