Design for Discard (DFD) Study

Abstract

The reason for performing the study was to determine the impact of the Design for Discard (DFD) concept on the Army's current maintenance support force structure. DFD is an Army initiative to reduce materiel maintenance requirements by focusing on discard of system components in lieu of fault isolation and repair, i.e., an effort to identify parts which cost more to repair than to replace. The study addressed those items currently coded for repair which could be candidates for discard, using criteria and an economic methodology developed by the US Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSAA). Revised annual maintenance manhours for those items meeting the criteria were applied against the current Manpower Requirements Criteria (MARC). The Force Analysis Simulation of Theater Administrative and Logistic Support (FASTALS) model was the tool used to assess the impact on force structure of the reductions in manhours due to DFD. Keywords: Logistics planning; Logistics management; Manpower management; Total Army analysis; Logistics support; Force structure. (kt)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215843

Entities

People

  • Julianne Allison

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army Training
  • Combat Forces
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Force Structure
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Requirements
  • Manpower
  • Munitions
  • Nato
  • Simulations
  • Systems Analysis
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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