Open Architecture, Inventory Pooling and Spare Maintenance Assets

Abstract

The adoption of open architecture affects several economic components in the life of an asset including developmental costs maintenance costs and inventory management costs. This article focuses on the benefits provided by pooling together the inventory necessary to meet the demand of many users into a small number of storage sites with reduced product variety obtained with the adoption of Open Architecture (QA). The example showcased in this analysis distribution of spare engines for the F-16 in continental United States supports open architecture as the right design approach to reduce expenditures in the acquisition of valuable assets without compromising availability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 18, 2007
Accession Number
ADA493926

Entities

People

  • Geraldo Ferrer

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management

Readers

  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Software Engineering.