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An Examination Of The United States Air Service's Logistics Operations, Andrew W. Hunt
An Examination Of The United States Air Service's Logistics Operations, Andrew W. Hunt
Theses and Dissertations
This historical study details the U.S. Air Service's logistics operations at home and abroad in an attempt to determine the relationship between the process and more recently established logistic principles. The information in the study was collected through an extensive review of both first hand accounts and historical compilations of the nature of World War I aviation logistics. Information regarding the production of the De Haviland DH-4 and Liberty Engine serve as the primary case examples of the operation of the logistics system. The established principles required for comparison were extracted from the writings of a number of expert military …
The Scheduling Process In A Depot From The Brazilian Air Force, Fabricio J. Saito
The Scheduling Process In A Depot From The Brazilian Air Force, Fabricio J. Saito
Theses and Dissertations
The Brazilian Air Force (BAF) in its logistic structure contains 5 Air Logistic Centers (depots). This thesis concentrates its analysis on one of the most important BAF depots located at Sao Paulo (PAMASP). This thesis explores the scheduling process currently used in PAMASP. This thesis adopted a managerial approach in a sense that it looked to take a big picture of the current process. The researcher performed field interviews with the goal of describing the process. During the visit to PAMASP, the researcher also gathered problems related to the process. The recommendations stated on this study were based on the …