Data Requirements for Availability Based Sparing in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Abstract

Availability based sparing was prescribed for use in all the military services by the DoD in 1985. Since then, the Army, Navy, and Air Force have all implemented, in varying degrees, availability based models; however, the Marine Corps has made little progress. Recent studies by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) suggest that the Marine Corps has a difficult road ahead as it seeks to implement such models. Among the most demanding challenges identified are the requirements for more detailed and accurate data. While the CNA studies examined a full-scale implementation of availability based sparing, we argue that the Marine Corps can, and indeed should implement such models on a limited scale with data from current information systems. Because availability based sparing models have different data requirements than the Marine Corps demand configured supply (SASSY) and maintenance (MIMMS) logistical information systems, we recommend changes to these systems in order to implement a full-scale availability based model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA356861

Entities

People

  • Craig B. Penrose

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • End Items
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Systems Management
  • Training
  • Weapon Systems

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design