Accession Number:

AD0909625

Title:

Future Logistics Management and Complex Equipment Item Tests.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE GUIDANCE AND METROLOGY CENTER NEWARK AFS OH

Personal Author(s):

• Genet, Russell M.

Report Date:

1972-09-06

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

This paper suggests why the coordination and improvement of equipment tests were not a serious problem for logistics managers until the equipment became highly complex. The paper discusses the large magnitude of support cost increases that can occur if logistics management techniques are not brought to bear on this problem area associated with complex items. The paper concludes with a brief survey of the new logistics test management techniques, many of which have been borrowed from psychology and medicine, that can be focused on this problem. Author

Descriptors:

• *LOGISTICS
• *AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• TEST FACILITIES
• MAINTENANCE
• INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
• WEAPON SYSTEMS
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• RELIABILITY
• MAINTAINABILITY
• OPTIMIZATION
• DIAGNOSIS(MEDICINE)

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE