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Material Requirements Planning In Air Force Depot-Level Maintenance, Kevin J. Gaudette
Material Requirements Planning In Air Force Depot-Level Maintenance, Kevin J. Gaudette
Theses and Dissertations
The Department of Defense has historically relied on Wilson's Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model for consumable item management at all levels. With inventory practices under intense Congressional scrutiny over the past decade, the Air Force Materiel Command has searched for alternative systems to better manage its consumable inventory. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is one such system, as is the MRP-based Repairability Forecast Model (RFM) developed by CACI. This thesis examines the wisdom of applying MRP logic in a remanufacturing environment. MRP has had some degree of success in environments where requirements are relatively certain and demand and lead time variability …
Factors Influencing Utilization Of Air Cargo Containerization In The United States Air Force, Joel W. Gartner
Factors Influencing Utilization Of Air Cargo Containerization In The United States Air Force, Joel W. Gartner
Theses and Dissertations
As the Department of Defense budget continues to decrease, the growing requirement to meet national strategic mobility objectives with limited resources provides a major impetus for cost effective and credible transportation innovations. The commercial transportation industry has increasingly accepted cargo containerization as a method to take advantage of intermodal shipping efficiency and cost savings. The military implementation of these same shipping initiatives must be flexible, reliable, and compatible with the existing cargo handling systems already designed to deliver fighting forces to conflicts throughout the world. This thesis examines cost and container utilization factors among units familiar with the ISU bins …