Management Sciences Division: Directorate of Plans, HQ Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson AFB.

Abstract

The Management Sciences Division (HQ AFMC/XPS) conducts and sponsors studies and research of significant materiel issues, We use, modify, and develop new or improved methods, models, and tools to manage materiel resources. Our goal is to quantify the relationships between alternative materiel resources and the resultant aircraft availability and sustainability so that AFMC can prioritize and justify its investments in those resources. We work toward this goal by performing studies for our customers and by pursuing a few internally developed projects which have significant potential for providing valuable insights into these relationships. In 1994 we focused on several major areas. We assisted AFMC in allocating FY95 spares procurement funds by Air Logistics Center, weapon system, and item ("Banding"). This was a follow-on to our 1993 development work to minimize the negative impact on the Air Force's front line weapon systems. We continued our effort to help AFMC's Air Logistics Centers (ALCs) implement an approach which ensures that the items most in need of repair and/or distribution to support the operators' sortie generation capability will get priority attention ("DRIVE"). An interface with the Stock Control System that automatically releases requisitions was developed this year. Also, DRIVE was used to set base stock levels and support repair and distribution for the highly successful B-1B Operational Readiness Assessment. We contributed to an Air Force/AFMC initiative to improve repair, procurement, and distribution processes to simultaneously reduce resupply times and cut costs ("Lean Logistics"). We completed the development and implemented a method to assess AFMC's contribution to the operators' 180 day war fighting capability ("War Fighting Metrics").

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA294235

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Force Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Operations Research
  • Product Development
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Sampling

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.