Predictive Maintenance and Logistics (PML)

Abstract

This paper presents the author's contention that a continuation of the current time-based failure data policies, by all branches of the military, forecloses prospects for substantial improvement in predictive maintenance and logistics (PML). The concept is proposed for a stress-based data system that promises an affordable and precise prognostic capability for substantial improvements in combat readiness and logistics costs. The concept, Geriometry, evolved during a DARPA-sponsored Rand study of the potential for the application of new technology in the maintenance of Army ground vehicles in the late 1970s. A proof-of-principle experiment in one or more operating organizational units is necessary to reduce technical uncertainties, as a first step in piercing the "fog of peace."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA511705

Entities

People

  • Richard G. Salter

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Combat Readiness
  • Corporations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Information Operations
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Standards

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