A Performance Analysis of the Air Force War Time Lean Logistics Pipeline

Author

Craig S. Gaddis
David A. Haase

Date of Award

9-1995

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Terrance Pohlen, PhD

Abstract

Lean Logistics is an innovative proposal designed to reduce the costs associated with reparable inventory management. The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether a wartime lean logistics pipeline can maintain acceptable aircraft availability rates in response to induced variations of order and ship time (OST) and flying hours for deployed forces. The Dyna-MEIRIC Version 6.4 simulation program was used to evaluate nine different factor-level combinations. The factors, OST and flying hours were varied at three different levels, low, medium, and high. Analysis of the results was accomplished using a two-factor ANOVA. The authors discovered that while increasing OST greatly degraded available aircraft, flying hours did not significantly affect aircraft availability.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GIM-LAL-95S-2

DTIC Accession Number

ADA300450

Comments

The authors' respective Vita pages are omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Logistics and Acquisition Management of the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Recommended Citation

Gaddis, Craig S. and Haase, David A., "A Performance Analysis of the Air Force War Time Lean Logistics Pipeline" (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 6525.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/6525