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2013

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Aircraft repair

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Identifying, Tracking, And Prioritizing Parts Unavailability, Troy T. Huber Mar 2013

Identifying, Tracking, And Prioritizing Parts Unavailability, Troy T. Huber

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The Air Force is pursuing several efficiency initiatives designed to reduce support function costs. One such initiative is an effort to reduce the flow days of items being repaired in the Air Force's organic depots. Many end items are affected by awaiting parts (AWP) delays, which increase total flow days. The first step in reducing AWP delays is to identify which piece parts are causing the delays. A gap analysis was conducted to identify a process for creating a list of piece parts that are causing AWP delays. In addition, a clinimetric method was used to develop an aggregate measure …