Total Life Cycle Management for the Special Operations Craft Riverine

Abstract

Naval Special Warfare Group 4 (NSWG-4) provides Special Operations Craft Riverine (SOCR) and boat crews for operational use within Special Operations Command (SOCOM). In this report, we analyze the logistics support provided for these craft. We review the literature dealing with life cycle costs, life cycle management, operational availability, and repair kitting as they relate to logistics support for the SOCR. We create a model for determining the required pre-staged inventories needed to maintain an objective availability for SOCR. We also create a simulation to analyze the impacts of parameters affecting operational availability. We use the literature review and data analysis to inform recommendations to improve logistics support for the SOCR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 04, 2012
Accession Number
ADA578541

Entities

People

  • Lasse Horvik
  • Nathan W. Hatfield
  • Travis S. Bowser

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Deployment
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

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