Title :
Management sciences in AFLC (its cause and cure)
Author :
Presutti, Victor J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Directorate of Manage. Sci., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of the US Air force Directorate of Management Sciences is to provide a source of operations research expertise for the Headquarters, Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC). Eight projects of the Directorate are briefly reviewed. The projects discussed are: the development of an aircraft availability model; the weapons system management information system; depot repair/modification funding allocation; engine pipeline analysis; combat databases; modeling reliability and maintainability improvements; evaluation of aircraft spare parts forecasting techniques; and development of an aircraft availability maintenance model
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aircraft; management information systems; management science; military computing; operations research; project engineering; weapons; Air Force Logistics Command; US Air force Directorate of Management Sciences; aircraft availability maintenance model; aircraft availability model; aircraft spare parts forecasting techniques; combat databases; depot repair/modification funding allocation; engine pipeline analysis; maintainability improvements; modeling reliability; operations research; weapons system management information system; Aircraft propulsion; Availability; Engines; Logistics; Maintenance; Management information systems; Military aircraft; Operations research; Predictive models; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Management Conference, 1988. Engineering Leadership in the 90's., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1988.34928
