Special Tooling Disposition for Aircraft Entering Post Production Support

Abstract

This thesis identifies and analyzes an important element of Department of Defense (DoD) Post Production Support (PPS) for plan execution: the disposition of special tooling used to support future manufacturing of aircraft components. As a first step, PPS and its goals are described. Next,the DoD policies for special tooling management are described. Finally, the effects of special tooling disposition are analyzed and a decision process for disposition is presented which incorporates these effects. Further research is recommended to measure the effects tooling disposition decisions have on lead times and manufacturing costs when considering conventional, Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts (RAMP) or Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) manufacturing methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA261614

Entities

People

  • Lee G. Ebert

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Assembly
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Governments
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Manufacturing
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.