DRIVE (Distribution and Repair in Variable Environments): Design and Operation of the Ogden Prototype

Abstract

This report describes the design and operation of a mechanism that was developed and demonstrated in prototype form at the Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC). Called DRIVE (Distribution and Repair in Variable Environments), it is the kernel of an improved approach to managing the component repair workload at Air Logistics Centers. Specifically, very current snapshots of the worldwide asset position, coupled with specified aircraft availability goals at bases and item characteristics drawn from standard Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) data systems, are used by a computer-based algorithm to prioritize component repairs and allocate the assets to locations world-wide in a way that approximately maximizes the probability of achieving the availability goals. This approach contrast sharply with the current component repair system in which component repairs are a matter of negotiation at the ALC based on estimated repair requirements stated by the item manager (IM) and asset data that are six to none months old at the time the repairs take place.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA260815

Entities

People

  • John B. Abell
  • Louis W. Miller

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Combat Forces
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Repair Shops

Readers

  • Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.