ISM-X Evaluation and Policy Implications,
Abstract
Logistics problems during major contingency operations, coupled with the need to operate more efficiently and economically, have caused the Army to investigate different ways of providing logistics support. One concept, developed by the Army's Strategic Logistics Agency, is called integrated sustainment maintenance, or ISM. In its original form, the ISM concept centralized management and decentralized execution of all maintenance above direct support, both in peace and in war. As it has evolved, ISM now is a narrower program, oriented to managing the repair of selected general-support-level (GS) reparable components. It features a national sustainment maintenance management structure to coordinate repair of selected component workload among depots, contractors, and installation general-support maintenance activities. In the fliture, the scope of ISM may be expanded to include other workload coordination as the program evolves. The concept also calls for a regional sustainment maintenance manager in each of several regions who can make decisions about repair and balancing of workload among different installations. For specified reparable components, installations compete to become the exclusive repair site, the Center of Excellence within a region.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA337407
Entities
People
- Ellen M. Pint
- John R. Bondanella
- Joseph G. Bolten
- Lionel A. Galway
- Marygail K. Brauner
Organizations
- RAND Corporation