Selecting an In-Service Engineering Agent for Material Handling Equipment
Abstract
The Navy needs an improved process for managing its material handling equipment (MHE) that provides equipment in the future that better meets user needs, extends the useful life of existing equipment, and improves the Navy's return on its substantial investment in MHE. Historically, Navy MHE has fallen considerably short of meeting user requirements, particularly users in the Fleet. This task recommends a process for managing MHE over its entire life cycle. It provides a charter for a new in-service engineering agent (ISEA) to manage MHE in its post-acquisition life-cycle phase, and it specifically recommends that the Navy select the Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation Center (PHST) as its new ISEA. The recommendation to select PHST resulted from our years of experience with integrated logistics support, our extensive, on-site interviews with four organizations that the Navy nominated, the application of weighted selection criteria that the Navy asked us to create, and the use of a decision-support package named Best Choice.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA276385
Entities
People
- James E. Giles Iii
- Richard T. Nolan
Organizations
- LMI