Improving the Quality of the Navy's Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Fleet with Special Emphasis on Forklifts at Naval Supply Centers.

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Abstract:

Reliable and readily available MHE is vital to all large scale military supply, maintenance and transportation operations. This thesis considers the Navys forklift trucks because they comprise a large majority of the MHE fleet. A review of current MHE management policies, maintenance concept and plan, and replacement methodology is provided. The current status of Navy forklifts at the eight Naval Supply Centers is analyzed to determine the average age and over-age of MHE, the compliance with DOD MHE replacement criteria, utilization rates and the extent of economically obsolete MHE. The results of this analysis showed that a significant percentage of these trucks are over-aged and economically obsolete. The DOD criteria need to replaced by the private sector approach for determining the economic life of MHE. Keywords Naval logistics. Theses.

Author(s):
Bump, Robert J.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Pagination:
0084

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_4.2.1_Manage Supplies and Equipment; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_4.2.2_Inventory Management; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_4.2.3_Manage Global Supplier Networks; JCA_4.4_Logistics Services; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.4_Force Support
Communities of Interest:
Ground and Sea Platforms
Descriptor(s):
*LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, *FORKLIFT VEHICLES, MAINTENANCE, METHODOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, POLICIES, MANAGEMENT, NAVY, RATES, THESES, SUPPLY DEPOTS, REPLACEMENT, NAVAL PLANNING, NAVAL LOGISTICS, UTILIZATION, NAVAL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT, OBSOLESCENCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Surface Transportation and Equipment, Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
Report Date:
1986 Dec 01