A Study of the Air Force Depot Maintenance Cost Allocation for Cost Factor Development.

Abstract

This thesis attempts to determine the proportion of depost maintenance costs for cargo aircraft that is flying hour related and the proportion that is inventory related. Currently arbitrary proportions, such as 65 percent to flying hours and 35 percent to inventory, are used. Air Force Directorate of Cost (AF/ACC) uses these allocated costs to prepare life cycle cost and budget year factors for Air Force Regulation (AFR) 173-13, USAF Cost and Planning Factors. Budget factors are used annually in the budget development cycle and directly affect aircraft operating budgets. Life cycle cost factors provide aircraft average yearly operating costs over the lifespan of each aircraft and are used extensively in decision making studies. The analysis is accomplished using ordinary least-squares regression and ridge regression analyses on nine years of actual depot maintenance costs from the Air Force Logistics Command Weapon Systems Cost Retrieval System (WSCRS) for cargo aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174443

Entities

People

  • Patricia M. Larson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Databases
  • Information Science
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Regression Analysis
  • Repair Shops
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Supply Depots

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.