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The Application Of A Readiness-Based Sparing Model To Foreign Military Sales, Karen M. Klinger
The Application Of A Readiness-Based Sparing Model To Foreign Military Sales, Karen M. Klinger
Theses and Dissertations
Current Foreign Military Sales FMS models provide stock levels that result in a very low system availability or a funding requirement that exceeds the overall budget. The purpose of this research was to determine if an inventory model exists that can be used in FMS reparable sparing to provide a more efficient and economical inventory purchase. The Aircraft Sustainability Model ASM is such a model, providing the most aircraft availability possible from a given inventory investment by computing the optimal number of spare parts to buy for each item. FMS data was obtained from two sources - the International Data …
Evaluation Of Air Force And Navy Demand Forecasting Systems, Christian J. Dussault
Evaluation Of Air Force And Navy Demand Forecasting Systems, Christian J. Dussault
Theses and Dissertations
In March 1993, the JLSC selected the Navys Statistical Demand Forecasting System as the standard DOD forecasting system. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the performance and accuracy of the Navy Statistical Demand Forecasting system, relative to the Air Force Requirements Data Bank forecasting system in an Air Force environment. To compare the performance of each forecasting system, the research used three different approaches. The first approach looked at time series components and evaluated how each forecasting system reacted to different data patterns. From this approach, it was found that under the presence of a trending …