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REPORT NUMBER 86-0880
TITLE EVALUATION OF THE 1984 CHANGES TO THESPARE PARTS STOCKAGE POLICY "
AUTHOR(S) MAJOR RONALD L. FOREST, USAF
FACULTY ADVISOR MAJOR STEPHEN M. RAY, ACSC/EDOWB
SPONSOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOUGLAS J. BLAZER, AFLMC/LGS
Submitted to the faculty in partial fulfillment of
requirements for graduation.
AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE "-
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___ ___ ___ ___ __ PREFACE
ImLS L su ay W i Il be p 1-1 11i r, i--d a s a n A irF h r-c z Lrq.i. 1L i .ikn:q Ci enit er- ( AF LMC ) r7t
Fl- o Lpi:_.E .:f this study 'is tc. dcocurient tnce: rcpsu Its -:,,s 11:pL y 7 .cI*Aije pcilIicy charges Arid tc ae n. a t n k-1-41., r ;7 r-
111ii . ty t. mianiage stcackage pcii icy chan~ges. I he :ri~cLC-:g ist ±cs I0lariay~erierit cnter- i'eccirilrientIded tne rc-c'wi CII'ian.l_;F
~~ ~ ccDrisid-?red in thi~s stu'dy arid prcijected result inq c.:Zt arbe-ner 1 cs. ihis istiutdy will idt-n~iiy the pc c. sand c(-0.113~rci.1ecticz's witm -Actuai criSt and berief its. Ihe cuha-ie cr
1 !4ril r iC~l l,.r;Iy 1 irisvirng s u pplIy s mp pli-it and t he r'eSIAI tS wer~e
accurately pt-ficted ny the Hir- F-cce Logist ics Iar!irarif:rIt-etr.ietref.:ire, fui ue Wi r Fcrce L-cogi~st ics Marigerfler1 - C?<
Sl~pply r-ecciirieridat i cris should be fav-rably conrsidcer-ed. I heauth.-r, did rind a need tc. improvwe the pcl icy charige pi-cie.' -. rci-
made s pec ifi3.c recorirerd at is ins i n Ch apt er Th ree.
I he it'_tthcr- WO'i d li ke t, rec.gr ize the ass istanice :cL r'ric ividua Is without wricom thi'S pri'ijeC.t wcmi~ d nave beern i~i~
Coc ne I Loug Bl 1azer,, Ch ief~, Stc-ckage V-ci].icy arid Hrna Iv .I ol i k ' akte rjet p:si, ictJ.
I) ivISicrf, 0~1 r, Fc'rce '' s c Managemient C~eniteor.Equidarice anid suggest ic-ris *tf Captain Martha Hami were ct-rlt it_.&this cr:, Ject.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ___
Majcir Foriest was commissioned through ROTC irn a-terwhicM he was assigned tL' Undergraduate Pi lot Traineing. LIp cr,com~p.let ion, he attended Co:mbat Crew Training as a K1-13b ccopi j.it
* at Castle A~FS, Califo:rnia. His first operaticrnai aisignment* began irn VJ73 at brissom AFB, In~diana as a copi lot. He upgrade~d
to a-Aircraft comminander irn the KC-135 ir, 1975 and lert the Aifr,
Force ire i19/7. Irn 1979, Major Forest ret urn~ed to the Ai'r-Frca KC-135 aircraft coriarder at BlythevilIle H8 IArkan~sas. Hsoon upgraded ton: irnstructor pi lot arid became the executiveof ficer for, the 97th Bo:mbardm~ent Wing. In 1982 he was reassignco
* to NATO Air- Base Gei 1enkirchen, West Germany where he work ci ir,*current operations, the comtmand post, and becaciie Chief .If (Pircrew
Support. He assumed his present status as an ACSL student irn.August, 1985.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ........................................................i i 1
About the Authr: r. ..........................................................List of I I I ustrat i...s ................................................... V-
Executive S ur,3r0iar y ..................................................... vi
CHHPTER ONE -- INRODUCTILJNPrc.blerii Statement ............................................ .(4acl'gr,r d .d...................................................... ..Previcus Studies ................................................Objectives ..............................................
CH1.PTER TWO -- ANALYSISOverview ................................................. +Supply P,:licy ....................................................Methomd of Analysis ............................................... 1
Actu.al Perfc.,rar, ce ............................................... SI ssues ........................................................... 15
CHAPTER THREE -- CONCLUS IONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ""Cor,c I us i , ,r.s .................. ........................... ... . .Rec,:rmmerdat ion .s ......................................... Pb
BIBLIOURAPHY ................................................ .8
A'PENDIAI-- S:
Apperd i x A--Jure 1984 Consolidated St ratificaticr, arcirransact ior, Report .......................... .
Append 1 x 8--Jrune 1985 Cornsc, 1 i dated .t rat iicajt,:n arf I .c..
Transact ion Nerort ..............................Apperdix C--October 1984 USAF Supply Maragermert Report .... ':.
Append 1 x D--N. veriber 1915 USA*-* 3uppy Maarr.mer,.rt Rc.: ........
Appendix e--July 1984 USAF Supply Maragerent Report ... "..Append ix I---Noveriber 1985 USAF Supply Maraqerent epr" ...... . .
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REPORT NUMBER -
A U T H O R (S) J R RONALD L. FO ,ESY, USA-F
T IT L E EVALUAI'ION OF THE 1964 CHANGES TO [HE s P :RL . 5 r, .i-'OLICY
:- J Z'-.. To det erlri . e i f the stcckage p-i I C C , af le-i , . , - .1 -8 4 a r e p e r forrr i rq a s p r e d i c t e d .
i1. P -L, b Ier, : ihe ki-r Focjrce Logist ics Maraq er er, t Le w.t a s k e d t o r :l a k e r e c o r m r i e r d a t i:r s t o t h e A i r S t a t , f t,:, i m p r,,v e"overall supply perf,rrlae. The Air- Staff ir ,o er ,erte, r,,' " -the recc , r ,rer ,at i:,ris based or pr, :,)ecte d cost est irtates ar , 7ber et it s . Now that the char ,qes have beer r, e1-1ect -, ,Year- and a half, the APt , Staff wants a report C-r tre pr 'e .-
I . Dat .-= [he auitth ,or secure d thee H '. iL : , .Ma raqerert Lent ter reports ,:ro each ,r t the ur recoril nerd ec.
.st.: oc-kage p: ,.l icy char ,ges. I1 11s repo:-r t prov ]. ee- ; c .1 -d i .. . erhe,, trhe - d p.: icy, new pc , 1icy. backgr ,:urd ir rat c'ol. st
est ir ,ates, and pr,:, jecte d berefits to be u- e 's ber , m a P :.pro . c t i ,:r ; j, were c ,rb i red i n cre I sf t .. qet c , ,rr h . r' s "c- -rnuriibers to with actual cost ard be re r t r , trilbera. I i.auth or then secured actual data ft r , r r , thly W , r dw id e u_ -'r'p v3 -?r' f -Yrri,,a e Rep:.r~ts .nd Co o ,Iidated Stock urd bata Iep .1Data f r , fiscal year 1984 is c ,,pared w ith tisca l. vear -1' 0tI.ie first six ri,ir ,ths ': fisca l year 1'db.
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I V. Ls:'rc I us i ors: Clcmrparistcnn of the actual data arid trieprc. weted diata indicates that the changes reccorirendecj Lhv th r! iio
FcceLcs -t ics Maniagement Center have pro:duced to~e; 'd r
pro.-jected reSults. Trhe author did find that stcickage p c
changes were inieffect ively ctrlldarid a neer-cc , ; r, + ,corrd inat ed imrol1ernent at ion, p1 ar for, futu're uia jor ch atfl 4esz t '.,
Force Stockage pot licy.
v . Re_2c:.mrer -idat iorps: Changes riacie to: the stcockage P171 LCV acwork irg arid should be ret a ined. Fututre charoges. sh.::u c liN carefully P1larned and citr.1Led.
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Cf-fFPTER ONE
I N r NODUIi I ON
t he Hir, r..c or- lI0 years7 has beern setrappinq i ictdc: -aS of rneecoed spare par-ts arnd then, ir, marny
c.Ases , rep ur c:hmA s i niq t hem~ a t h igher- pr, i cfa.z; Pr,::rmi 1 'ink Cvu
sal vag~e dealer-s. . .Sinrce 1974, A ir- Force pr-oceu urs' e h.:cAt led trr a-utomriati1c disposal o:f manry 7:pare pa-rts,rariq1iq rr~m scr-ews arid rul-ts to a irplIarie docc-vis, t.1 rtcio~had been -requested with in the past IL montLhs. . . m iie aritime again. we came acr.:ss instances that onr mayb he13th mon-Drth, a requi reriert for- that item came up, and wewould qc. arid the shelif was empty, arid we wo~uld have to-r'epr'cure it.
Wash iriqtoriP.' s, Julyi'.'
The above excerpts higchl iEht the pro::blemi with the 1~r -4;icrce spar~e parts retert ion policy. Lieuteniant uprierai Lec:rrarqueZ, Deputy Chief of Staff for- LDqiSt ics and lEginee:-ri q,:-'USHF, expl ai ris, assets. . . "that we acqui red very eff icientI v atthe front end co.ulId go out the back dc":r- inacrdiewti
* ~established retention pol icy." (1:18) (3ereral Marqcuezerih . d* ~the iriprtarice of st:ck(aqe pol icy tc' efticient V indeic'; 'eI.* suppo:rt the A i r, 1Fcrce miissi on.
1-o emiphasi ze the iriportarice cf supp.y arid stockaqje pc rv ie
j dec.Li ~'dft sealI year, 19'85 As t he Year- of Supp ply. I-i ( 1Air[7'
Lo Ly i st i cs M a na geme ri -!nt C ernt e r- O~F:LIMC) w as t as k.ed to-- sp e 4tti ea d*etfo-rts to irmpr,'-/e the sl..pply systemi. A f t e vC ArVPfi .1 'la 1.v
PFUIC made sever~al reccimmeridat iorns to the 0-rStf whi fc H' ,-i* Force implemiented ir the begiririinq of FY8b. (9)
fis report ex pla inrs four- of the AFLMC r-ecorimerded c: rt the L~i.tppl,/ syst eri id comiparesac AI with r rcas pc 'r7 -.
Ihe :.ld0 arid the new s'tpplIy stc-ckage p. .icie I. tJ-* U X ON PJ IA:l r* well as the met ii cd meinAsu'r iiniq rl in cveirC1r the Hi, 1 0 ri
supplI.y syst eml. Concridit ion-s arnd pr-,blIemis that ruI..ec:wti *:
ch,-Ates tr he ir, ev,. 1-uat i -:-n w .i 1 1- bo -. px Ii iax nec F I I* r'Pc'L.ng,-end axt i cons w i L 1. be mad e t .:* ru1 roitve 1 mi p1J erueyt 1 0t I-'I I
* r-~hAnges to t ne sLupp iy syst eril.
PROB3LEM STi-TEMEN 1Nb'
Ai-e the 198)4 ch arqes: t,-- the P~i r I orue' pc!"Put ;tcU
*poi icy produc1 ig thre des_ i roce Iresuils arid is t he Hi1 , -,-ce O
accurate I- I trac it-g -Arid ccitr't rotIrig Ihr e i sipp I'/Vapert rriiarce :'
[ he tour.1 V s'c-CkaqEe pot ,icy oh arpges irivo -. Lye these ae
cjC Sar e t tv c ccrs*F- uo-rns L- 2L otr' cr m1 'n rrs.3~ J 7 ''
3" r7; t eri t UQiPf
(4) Demand l eve11 ig to --i'Sele -C t ed tielId-lIevet. reparie1 t emis. i
fo II C' F re Lc' Ct E]1St I i M mariapqe m ev-t L Ettr IF? C I f o ftC "I
1 -: wt t a sIk i ri q
I )Cost Var 1 ables frcv EDO! It ems. C-.'S t. Va i j! f-.1 a ,t-
t D:i I; p4- 01ceanoder- and hn I d i -ri co_-st *are ti user tc ,.: r
* *:r:: or i7.igt it t tes or, h. ow [uii t.-- order,, t -'G or F l 1t em'i- v is
- 9/a-, the Ornit ed States ir, IF crcWe ircor o cia t n~t Ofi-ri_CP
-. 'un ._piLy IUS5g _LEY) tasked [WLMC to Update thesetaor* ~per i cdi callIy so-: f-lir Frc bases woulId or~der, the rc) '>'i:! :* quanitity ftr EO itemns based or the appropriate var] can' e Os- t1he oaAF-LMLC rc'irided criarires to thfe cotvariali ec;; ft #J..I- e'E25-it i at i nicrea sed orwder- a uiant it Y, i . e. a Uaes twi j. L
mriv-ie t ersevr t i mie t icy pi ace? an orders. (a1 3
E? Lait y L E-vel?.s trr E. LU I e s JF.I1 i. r' I' Is
aria I ',e arid dove Lo -AlIt Lernat i vie t,;rcct i n q 1 och ri i lii a-i ' ..
-ciemarid ave2rages arid demand var i-tat 1ri fo-rl ELU i ternsc . It-ii rfi'ecactr* tr demiand av'/Ct'5 Os arcd vaiiaric'es is the diggpost t AoC,- I; oy
dFot erri i iirip the depth r how much t 'sto-ck. HAFLML. recrmrnsnni~eci* 't~ ~~rifle'sp e t . tnel way tile ()it, Forc a-I t":Iec A st tt OKk~ i~'~i i i
- r ire tcrecast ,'i the ..- t t aico <I 'Al d is-. uised )II 09.~h<ll i] a
e I- eit l's: OF!L P t rrrs t: hi 1'9k 1 e k2 L r orf
I J.v I ~ r t e rit .1' 'i i .c C.- b c . a s es wie r E? i ts p0 I: I ' T, 1. ri qnit: L Vi. i.II
)Fno ric0ered lJIa t er at 1-le saril 3550 nr i Poil e,~t2 .' I 'Ij( I' 1. *- i
fA e -t ta t I- I I... . , t 1. " I A rI' CJ Iz k rip eer- L i tiF / .. a - ivi:HIL~'I recr;rirrii bit r to 1 tI'"re 'fl I ne 'rot7 e rit ic:,ri r i' i~ -
1-1, -O I'l ari bL e t. erosl S . I)
(4). Demand Lev~eling for, Field-levei Repara-ble cliiiws. i r
November 1983, the Wholesale-Retail1 Pan~el or. the b-taridard ma-C
31.ppl y Systeri MIAJC~II fldv iseo-rv Group reclI.Aest ed t h <~t 4LrIcan, analysis on it1ckagle polJ.icy for field-iv~ p~l['he 0 i r F or ce w as rsc't r ep a ir i n, q ril Anrly f i rl1d I e-v .1 r epa r-.b i. i C
arid the IAFLMC found it was appropriate to use reparable ).teridemtand levels for items that were rn.:t being repaired. i he?.
recommenidat io vi was t o ad d arn E 00 t o t he e x ist i mg d emna rc J.E",., Ivtield-level reparable itemns that display characteristi.c- or i
i ter~is. k6,: 1-3)
PREVIOUS STUDIES
T he lAir, Force L.-g ist ics Maniagemienit Ceni.er h pas:.* 1 rndivi di Lal 1 s tud ~es ej:r, ech of the-. f-:ur supqn.ty ~'y stei cn l A C. '.-~ C cV E ee 0n ths ert The studies were the oas~is f-r,hai
s uc pI y pl-.L I c Y. Ti-I I S report uSes I ri -trm a 1; 1,:on r,!rom 1; he pasaparAte IAFLMC studies to iderntify the pot -,ic-y chariqe-s ri rf.:recasted results.
OE4JEC1IVES
'I he object ives or~ this s tdy are to
1 )Compare act ual implemerntat ion co-sts; arid t)~C t thepol Iicy charnges with forecasted costs arnd benief its.
() InvesFtiqatct the Pir Force' s abi 1 ity t-- t ri- t:x>:>raricp or suApply syst erif ch,-Arqites:.
(31 Rec:rimmend i. riprcvertient s to t he S,7upp i y 'ser 3'Ui ai-
F'::"-I ICy change pro:'ce!Ss.
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CHAP*FER TWO
AiNALYSIS
OVLRVIELW
fhschapter c'curnts the analysis ort the VJ84 cl~i1-pc.:l icy changqes. r'he Air Frechanged r tour areas --- crie
-parts stockage po:l icy based o--n r e co m ernd at Ii r, s 'r-r om t he P 3.r'1 Cr-1 ,C
Log ist ics Management Ceniter. This chapter wi ll ice1prit i tv t~* supply pol icy areas, inrc Iludin g the background, cid ;j, ic, r" )* p':el icy, projected costs, arnd projected beriefit~s ror ea-cn .e~
h e ext sect I or, descri1bes t he aria Iysi s met hodoI.:.c arnd tr M t nI1CC* ec indocuments the actual pe r-manice result ing Irori the
charges. The final sectio:n identifies severali issues wiltn ti-management and conrtrol of the change proc'es5.
SUPPLY POLICY
Econromi c Order- Quanitity Cos t Var aablIes
Backnrourid. Ani Ecoromic Order Quantiaty (EC)U) jtrzm 1.- ~consumablIe It em wh ich usuall1y carno-t be ecronica I. .1 y a red.* ~ 'h is term includes all types of conisumable a terius, surch -x~ i l r
- parts, comiponents, tosadm ini strat ive Suppi ies, and Vc~"f~rE00 items, accountabili ty is termirated upon issue. 0 eIll 1-,
levels for, EG items are based o-ri total variable invent.:r-V c-wJhi1ch i nclIudes thle cost ol- t;he it eril, t he cost to -":-rder,.......U Zn
* cost to hold the item. The quart ity to :-rder that i i*'s* to~.tal variable cost is called tne Ccon:.rac i O.*t. ~*cost to hold an, item is expressed as a percentage o-tie i t rii
,Co.st,* while the cost to o:rder, an Item is Pxprecssed as 1 I I,,ner each -o-rder. (2E: 1.1-3)
Ol 1d Pol icy. [he ol d pol1icy us'edi average va [ ues mctV* 'cderarid cr-ost to holId based -,o r 1 68I measureament 5.(.
Ne Plo.L Icy. US.Ing 198,j; data the k14I-LiyLrcluLtdZyvalIues to order, anid holId an, itemi anid found theprv:tcharged. TIh e co:,st to.: p Ia re a n ordor h ad I. fi~; a - '. 0 F$"J. c-.lO andl the cost t- hold an item had decreasea tcr * -. I
4or the co'st : f the Item~i. 11i h cost .,.orderI 'c purrcia ;e? t ialIso increased fro--m $1~b. 84 to $19.9'4. P-F LPIi rec'clrimended t.rnew valu ~es be used.(3*5
'4
-e-.4 Pro jqect edq Cost s arid Bernef i ts. By uASi rig t he new /A I ues t cr i.io
4,the ELM, st:ck. levels wo'uld increase, result ing ir'i icelcdIincrease in stockage effect iveress. Stockage el-fect iverness -
measures the 1lire item fill rate for stocked (demtcAnd leveledi)i tems. The projected cost was $31 milionic for cGereral kp:rDivision (GSD) arid $j1i11 lion for System Support0 iio (3O..
he AFLML projected a 3% decrease in the nUmber of incidents0result ing in the groulnd ing of major erd items such as aircraft,enyines, vehicles, etc. (12A F
Econiomiic Order Ouat ity g!afety Level1s
Backgr!s:urid. The Safety Level Quhanitity is the riumber ofassets..required to be or, hard to permit conit inuous ciperat ICrn in theevent .o.f uncer'tair demand or- lead t imes. The Order a-nd Sh i o.il
* I.anititv is the quaritity required to: be or hand to meet deiiards* during the period it takes to place an order, and have it
* transported. These quanit ies are surtmed to determ. e the* recorder point or when, to reorder. (.2: 11-4)
Old Policy. The :1 ld policy underest imated t re uncweit a int-'variarnce of demand 40i% of the time arid did not considervAr i at lorns in r order ard sh io t ime at al1l1. Demi _And for riar'/ i1 Kiis more variable than was estimiated with the previous pc o .i.cy.Variat ions in order arid ship t imie were not conisidered,~ butcertainly could Impact SUpply support. Marutact uring t 3.me orshippin timie are suscept ible t,- labor strik es, bad wea.ther
*cord it ions, etc. (4:15) More iventory is needed as a butter- toe-nsure Uni1 nt erruApto rclmiss1i n pe'r formr11(Ce.
Nev, Po-licy. T he AFLMC recommerndat ion was to chargle the safe'; v,level form~ula to accurately measure the variance o:f clemand and6 t.-,hrC,:,ns idpr the var ii Arce i r order arid ship timrie. (4:1.5-i,
P roj:.iecqted Coq's ts Rrid beeietri t s. By using the new tor-tmula,* stockage effect iveress was pro jected to increase 4+. /7/ At a ccst;
of$/6 mil11ion for G3SD arid $25 million fo-r 350D. (4:15) 1h ..represents rew reqjuiremientu. arid is an increas;e jin urniveritc.rv. Ihe-
* ~~FLf4C proj ect ed A 4% decrease for, riii ssi,* or capab iIit v Ii n i dent s. (4: 16,)
* Ec'q_,o-riri c Order Lb.art ity Ret ent i or
fla u k g ro2urd. It ems fo~r wh ic~h there is, non 1-:orqer F.nv rltec
*should be considered excess. When iterms are declared fiXC S 71they are. .'iapsD of. IF t h v ~ ~den I ared e x cts- t cIOlir ~-remust repurChaSe the' it em. I t they are iie.ia CCI ri
* the f trFrein'.r reed .ess ho -Id i i q10ss ~i~)
0 1. Ci P- 1. 1C-'Y. I he i r ,.-c spec iti~ed day-_cla, ass thecet ent o:-n t ime fr:,r T .EP .. tc1. h e t-WL.MC fc' d t h ..it ~
- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ V V_ -d _XP.i ''7P -- r. u-.r -' rr ~ ~ -. IJW . ~ - % 11 -_T r W u' iT V V F V~ 4. r..~-'~T ~ I-y
items had an average t imie betweeni demands gr-eater, than 5dysarnd that riary iteris iderntifijed as excess were later, critically
*needed for- mission support. For, these r-easors, AFLMrC suggestedthat reterst ion, time for all items be increased based on~ pastdemand arid the Mission rimpact Code, a code that ideritit ic' theessent iaIi t y of t he i tem t o A ir Force wea pon, syst emis. VI.
New Pol1icy. The AFLMC recommernded new r~et ert in t imes fr'::m.=.5 years for- the least urgent itemos to 3'.25 years f'-::ri- item;with ____
the highest mission impact code. 'This new reterition opcriod vcJcompensate for infrequent demianids for, cer~tair, items. F Cc:'rexample, the item that is r-equtested ever-y .13 mrtths ::or,~'would riot be declared "excess" after 12 mnths only tc- be -
*required the next mtonth. (5:18)
rjej.jcted Costs arid Beref its. This incr~ease in reterit i.:nr was*prorjected to r-educe MlICAP incidents by 2% arid iicr-ease :ni- rid
,vernt coyby *1l16 mil1lion total for- 13D Arid 531). The7 .- cr'Pe LI V
inventoory is from reterit ion of exist ing assets arid does -ric-:t*re oreOs enrt add itionial cost. (5: 16)
Adding art IEOG' to Selected Field-level Repat-au .1e Jteis
Sackg2M.ni. Field- level reparable items ar-e itemos that ar -e*supposed to be f ixed at the base level rather- than the de-'po--t. I f
the iterii is found to be beyond ecortoniic repair, at the base, itdiscarded. (6:1)
Old Policy. Field-level repar-able i.tems are strociked- ~di fferet ly than EQ itemis, but marty o:f these items etr
similar to EOU itemis. The AFUYI1C found th,.At about 7/,.% :.-r a iifileld-level reparable items cost less than $150 arid bettecr trip
*level. Reparable item demand levels assume repair, at thie bAse.
tincze rmany .i terois are_ ror:t be inrg r-epaired, demianrd level- wer-e* it'sutficierit to effectively suppor-t the mission. (t:::D
New Policy. Trhe I-FLMC r-ec::-rniimerded -..Adding an, EOt0 to sl.ci: .f ielid-level r~eparable it ems arid usin g the prey i us demowArd I.everL 7,rthe reo:r-der- poi~nt . Thus, l es, o eeris i ye i.teCms z ti~
* t hat were rot be in repa ired are riow sto-cked simril1ar, t FLT* ~~ t&oris'. b
Projected Costs arid 1'erefits. fro light ::f this charige, t hezAFLMC prcojected that fill rates for, field--level reparAbi e itetil..woltiId ir-crr.%sve 1/4.5%/ at a co..st c-:. mK riioni r for- Gc.?erra I:icl
* 1)iv is i,'ri (GSUV anid $4 mill ion for, Systprim Suppor~t Dj)vi. s i-:r (SS3D).1 t E! I'. h1e (-LMC Pr 1 ect e d a (n,. d de cr, o.7ks e i nr 01 C P i ni i e i
* ~ r-_-.used by t i.d-level repav-ab Ic assets. (:22
c ~ ~ '" ,k trtr4 .ww.Wuy.tr w1r .r ,ra;rIr.; rr'r W.rr~ WI ~c -r . - r4 -
fhe Air-Frc changed four, areas in, supply pci icyV L'aSed upOni
the reco-riimeridat icris fromzri the Air- Force Log ist ics Mari .Aqemsent.Cent er,. F ig u re .1is a com b ined i s t o f co st a rid be n ef itpro 1 cot ions from all foitr stc ockage policy areAss
co:st ESenief i t(~Millions)
ISDSSDStockage Effectiveness M~PWGS D EQ Reparab le EOQ ! eoar-ib Lr:
LLJU Cost Vailables 31 it 1% % 1E 00 Safety Level 76 25 4. 7-,;
E00 Retenit in
::nan Leveling 1 4 14
In Figur-e 2. 1, the terra "stockage effect iven~ess" rieaor theif !:
rate for, itemts that shou...ld be on--haned. Lateri in t -i-c-rr'f-projected data will be compar-ed to the c.actt Il c-s-t a:I.d ;*l2trli
-of the chaniges made to the stockage policy.
METHOD OF ANAL'YS[S
1-: eva 1 Ltat e the act ual 1 er lcr~r'mairie resuiIti I i-Ir_4Simp Lemeni ng these sto_-ckage pli ic iesq .itra onwt iee
- ~t ne act ita i t anrd be)7,rt its3 o. t:"tpI.1dv*thie Woi cdw ide Sipo 1 v Pert c::rmance Reotr'- ).id t* e-
Ucci3p id Ied utcc k -urid Dat a Uepri JIl2t.t? ' a.- I '
mc'nt hlIy basis tl c: get the aver-aqe arirualI pert'orriiancr'.
* *The : M-3 cl:P1V fAsF, e 52 plv Mr'laa emient Pepeort rw -,'.id nh:.:7
* Str : rld maniagenrt pro,.:d Lots for, St andar-d Base bA pp 1v Lvt m
- ( 31335S riaiqr. t is used t,:. pro-vide data fraa r':* overaklIcpeaion et tect iveniess, po-tenit i al rbem
*i denit tficat tori, and statist iceI data i r su..ppo:rt ..:r ivst 1iilmod i f i cat ions. F or- this r-eport, the Wor 1 dw ide Su1.rp Lv "trin
I%
Reports were used to t-r-ack -ActuLalI bener it s p-rod 'I.,-ced io3 1;he i '
ch',arges. L~4
The M-2 Stock Fund Strati ficat io Pr'ogt'ra pov ides unrirocrrilst rat if i cat io::n for, both tGeneral .t Suppo:rt '(bSD) duari ycitc eri :'.ppcrl.;D' Div is ions (SSD) of the Air, Force Stock Fund. I t i denr;t if i-e s
assets arid provides aggregata measures of a base' s lcoq i : irequir-emients by mieasurinig asset avai labil1ity against Pric-'.wnr-eq '. irergiert S. It pr,/ides the capabilit y to:: report st c u-Ac
assets arnd transact iorns as a basis to pr-epar-e stock 1tud FF*:'perat ing pro-:gr,,r1s. Fo-,r- this reporzt, both the t3SD ndSl y)Consol.idated Stock Fundi Data Reports areP used to tr-ack. actilalcosts of the 1984 stockage pol icy changqes. G., d,
The PFLMC projected the costs arid the benefits of the chariqeS7.as mieasured by ar inrfrease in~ stiockage effect ivenes:-s andfIc cidecee in MICPP incidents. The next sect ion ex-amires tii
S. a~ctual data col.lectedi. Other- pro-:bleus thAt havec erig:r
this problem are also: discuAssed.
Hay -Avr i dent i fied the chances to the supp1 y, sy,.stom,.air* the proiected costs arid beief its, actual performarce wai- :rp* ~ ~ 1it h t he pro-j ect i .:on-s. Sinrce the fo:ur, changes were miI ri*nr:
about the same t ime, the pro,-Jected results were comibinredi anrn- iscussed in~ terriis of cost s, f -1 I r tates, arnd m~iss C As:Dp-Ab i I .IMI CPP) i nci dents. As a r-em inrder-, a MI CAP i nci dent 1 .; a repq .esV
frarn item that cannot be f illed arid results i the r.di a. aor enve, su-ch as A ir-cr-aft, erig i ries, veh i c- j'. iet c. F'
* educ tor1.i~th nmbr f Ml LPP i nci dents is good f1 thceiFrearid a si1qrr of better, supply mianagement. (9I Dint, in-r
r i sca I year- 1 9,134 wereF compar-ed with d.3-t a Iro Y -- and I-'Wchanges werP implIemernted inr JuLne 1 9b4 (EOJi Viw ariar).. -2
* IIctober- through November 1984 (Safety Level. FI~JI) Lxces~i aiiu*Pidd1ig an EO) to F ielId ReparablIe I t ems)
.ost.f P.Ii cy Changes I-h e cril t: I nied G Cne ra A~ It 1c. 1. V Y15b) c~:tofall fo:ur- changes wasz Dro] ec o thEz Ht-~
cq k s t i c ilanaertiert Cent er t,::, oe -1 1 1 Q) ril i I 1 1) an at a-.iiti 1-- . y G Wd1) Co.--n c3 -. 1. ".dat ei d t r nt i f I C: -A t r ZAnrd (1 r "A rr-1 -0;
w1-zW ) wee c,::rmp 1 ed arid shciwr in gu'r-e DI. I 7 A I- :. I1 " . rig . evel , order- and ship t imne, sat-et y I eve I1, c:.rid I F:p iia.1
ccy I ;c-:riipr j se thle tct ai. deriarnc I eve I arid wei-?como iltilO f"-9 t'arrive at the total tUSt co;at. 1F i qure c. ~csosarll':i ce * 5
trCq 'A 1 ent l Iev el of % 3 .:' rii 1 I j r whi1rh 15 C-.-11 P 'K'~
*pr. c ct P-d $ 1 1 V rl 1 1 i on.. ri ee k4pperid i ces H- anid B~ e- .- tm I -*t i ip n i,r:, i d at ed S t rA t i t I CaIt ic0 [1A Iad I F"rrsa S- C- r: I~ c
-
.
-
J4 9- n 4984J..i
Alf-- h n e fer h rj
Fa re2 : rcrap n(3rea Spcrt1 vic
Reureet ee
level. ~ l2~ Alhog the fqierene rc,-sd y*3 -l
al I.ft a a o b to itre . T -e was exi fq L 7 %,
datawithJune1984unea 1 his Jrce rinc lo anik cut.t
riir ?a r 1 ci urt e d. 2 nrasge tai o rist Seea Supprt :,11 ti _
Fi re j.~ 2sows a d14 hav bee app I ion aa inrse i ri new reqj ii reelevels -- d 1 , as co pr,.,,e t) c .th pro:- ected 31-. 1 ti mi::o. Th-)e p ~n r- ,ut
amount of inet.:r tha hasto bepoue 4t.a s'v etlve .- lthq the Gequrer n incrlesed bya $134 .2il .1 . let..
4%
&'ditterence
March 1984 June 198B5P.etfcre C harge A fterv Chan~ge
pI- 1 t 're 5. e .t I creas=e-s 1 nSyst em ::b-pf pprt Di v1.,L tari
IF 1 treP C.2. .3 shm"'Ss a $+.I/i r1 1 I 1 1 cin 1 ricrease 1. ).-1 J e a1.r.ma1cc'mpared tc. thie projected $4d_. 4 ril illicr due tc' thie .! '-154 'vc:polic IC/Changes.
In summary, the AFLMC pronjected an, inventory augmentaricA requ irermert c~ $15jl rnI I ion, (t11Il1 -441A). 1h act 'tal ncrea-,e: i. -Y'.
t ne t otalI requ iremnenits l evel was I b6. 3 m 11iion ( 134.6 + C
I the act 'aa 1 i riv/erit cry a u gmerit at icon cost ca rnot be -Acc .ur akte i*cc'mput ed, because there wias noc snapshotA i~rrimed atcely .Atteor
1 imp Itenenitat ions. Hc'wever-, the inrven-tocry augnirirtat c7 cortI* tess t han s15 m c i i1.i ion. RegardlIe ss, t he PFL.MU os prc' jer'T 1 '5
were rearkably accurate. The act ual reqIAL.reriert s lvlaij:
within 5% of the PFLMC projections.
- tcag -q ec veness ide tl RE Al I- crce Log LsI t'l L Ma ri l*projected stockage efr-ect iveniess to.- increase 4. /%/ tar' LULi! it ems
1,+ 5.ffl d rpable i -t enis7. as .ArG3%' i t t he farr,rri c.+ cv for at 1 ei the frn . ' Jr
7-.u..ppl poic chariges. Dat a s tokq i -o 'te-- t9' cm- Ctrc'ml the 1t5 -F Su ppl1y lA-riagersirt Repcort '1 )each n:!-
* cx'mbi. rca1 n F o ur .4. S ee f-pprrd jces:: L. anrd 1) Vc-c ;i .1-::,fcr the OSP Supply Mlanagemienit i-epc''t.
tt
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"I..
87. 62 9b
FY84 Six Months FY3&.
I Fi1gure .4 EOU. Strockage Effect iven~ess irn Percenrt
* ~Figure 2.4 shows a 2.3~% ((89.5~9 - 87.62~.) t3. icr;e i
ave-rage stic'ckage effect iveness c,::mpared t,:, the or::. 1eclteclirnot-ease.
The irncrease irn st.-ockage eftect iveriess for, field C~~'items cciii ld riot be rieasured, because f1ill rate e'- t1::r' r i I. d
* repar-able items ar~e riot measured separately in the -2:.F -
shozwrn in Figurtte 2. 4, ther-ehas beer a signiificankrt icreAse iEOQ! stockage effect iveniess, but riot up to the AFLMC' spr: eti.I There are two mit igatting factor-s. First and fr:.remo:st * theprograi implement ing the rnew safety level did riot wo -k. eAR-MC i dent i f led the pl'or amriiirlq error- in rAuclu( ~st 1 :~t arnd i t t~j a,-
* correct ed in late Noveriber, 1985. -The oretirshu1( t .rt hkr-.tncrei.se ste ockage effectitveress. Secondl1y, tokl
*effect iveress is rio-t the best way to measur-e the impac,2t :Yr th'?st-ockage pol1icy changes. Net 'init fit .rate is a betl;&r ,Ic~.r..but the M--2 do:es riot accurat ely rieasure uniit f3.11 r~at es.
- 3t- -ckaqe erfect i veriess .is cornpuited for- all sto::ckE-d itI;ems ::v
Lire Items FilledLine Items Fil1led + Lire Items Black o-rdered
A nc-. exa mplIe s h.::'ws w h y s t .::c Pa g e e f f rt I. ve -. n (- S:
fi 1 rate pe rfo"rmanrce mieasure. Ass'.iviie a c s mrr'jnitq: rl- an itIeri and i onrly 2 ar-e i:V L-A bJ. e. Ie H.4
stro-ckage effect iveness fo:r, this t i-a r, 7a Ct IC- 1-i1r liP' uni
were i ss ied o,ne liire it emi f i llc-d) And e ig ht I inii c'1 di,(o--ne l ine i temn back or.tder-ed) . On the other, hand, the inri.it fit
*r-At-a f-,r this transact io-n is: , Nl7. \ow assume the new t:ka-
pl icy increpased or-hard sto:,c-k to eight units. t C C, e -
e!r ac t i '/eries s wo'.u I di .1 ga in be 50A%, bhuit ,r i fit e f f,;c-1: 1 vene-> ,T i~'
0%--a igri ficztrit inrcreeza~i. Stockaqt? effec.t Lveriess dc:er r.2m 3~cc'ir'ate Iy riea~ire the inicreasedpr:riac..1'K
V.-1
-'Y -NV%
MIGA-P Incidents The Air Fo:rce Logistics Management Center,projected MICAP incidents to decrease by 9%. Data from themnorthly USAF Supply MAniagemerit Reports were corilpil Ld inr Fig'E
.5 to show Econoss~mic Order Quarntity (EOG1) MICAP pe rf ormia rce. SeeAlppendices E anid F for examiple~s of where MICPP data is displayed -
in the USAF Supply Man~agemenit Report.
i131,0~16 diftererc0
* ~F 1~ g ur e . 5 Total Econi.:iic Order Quanitit y MI CAPPrtrrri
* ~FiguJre 2::.5 shows a decrease of 131,01i6 EOU MfCID iric:iderit3;'r
a47% decrease as compared to: the projected 9% decrease.
13 65, 20~8 d if f erence
I VV . a
FY43 4 F 8't
F: 1 g Ur e '. 6Ft a 1 F ici Reparable Ml t2*P Per trm*,ar,(.fz
IRI,
Figure2.6 sho~ws a decrease cit 65,20 field reparable MI.L.-HPincient A 6% ecraseas ci-irapared tc. the pri::jectei
decrase.However. no~t all reduct ionrs ini field repiaa:e Mo.L-f-loiccurrences were a result ezt adding an EOLU tci selectedrelreparable itemns. Figuire .2.7 shows the decrease in, MIC(AP%--ccl'irren~ces for, stck'edl iterns.
42', 936 d ifference
1984 1985
F ig u 7 MI CAP OccuLrrenices F or- St.cc keci Itecrim.
f0 reduct ionr of 4.2, 93G MI[CAP o:ccurrences wzAs Affected byth [)for field reparable policy. The remnaininrg MICAP reducti2c~ris;(2,,27.2) for- ron-stoccked i teris were a result .-f the ricral:L1 '1mv
dispoisal of assets. These benefits will cont irnue after thernc-rator i urii is 1 i ftedc, because .:f the imrpl1erient at ir -::f thre.recomrieridat ic-rs fromn the PFLMC' s XF 3 Retent ic::r 'tudv. I r- t natstudy, the AFLilL prc'jected a decrease ci 'irs MIC I PiI- :'C u r 1c1 C
cs compared to: the 1.2.4% that actually occurred. (11)
1z':jsn cOrder 01-tartity Retert ionr In .1'381+, the Oir pirc :A'.freeze or discard inq untrused spare parts L-int.i rpeiei& c
n~ew reterntionr pol icy. The Air Fo~rce Logist ics Management Uentc --i'oecremmerded a new policy to retain spare parts longer, "Alnc;: ;. jc ct ed ar, 1 r':rPa-v.e 1 n ori-h and rivernt':' IrI .:. f 6 ~i ri i 1 1. 3.in I,
lii1.1, the cn..a riw ausped the i t ems t- c' be hieldc e ce1pci ',Jicy was imrplIement ed . lReardlIess, the per f:rzrmarice fPr.::, e)::t 1. ::r't
-,A .d st t i L h,. 1. id. The ftcc unci tr't a s, as t racked ti the, rl-.-/t.i:kF urd St rati f icat ion P-r:, qiarn, rlef 1. ec t t he dr: ' . i a' I ue .. v
t~hr? :t:-''kri--hard. 'Ihe st~ck< 1-i-trid is rmeasured .inr two ci >
L.-riEra 1 Sut:ppo.rt D)iv i 51cr (GLSD ) and Syst em Su pport Ui ~ci(~A!i g 'res 2.13 ard .9 inri cat e the act u.tc: 1 to:-t a . inrveaspes : r
4 .- C f r id t ' t-. i s f or bot h GSD arnd SS D. (I 1
s'.i
$ 73 rii IlIi con rdi fferensce
ui ru'e 8 G SD :t o k -i rd Tit a 1.s
* Figure a.8 shows a $73 rill ionr increase in~ the t6SD)ti.kIm.
d i f ference
Be f re Pf1
March 1981+ Junre i938i
----------------------- n i~rcrease Iii, the SSI) funi~ 'd. .
1-hestoc fuia t-ta rroro Fig ure i-. 1i anid F iguLrei .~ 15; 1 1 -2. 1rau i I11 i .i:i a c c--rpare'd t t h ei~ AF L-yl(U pi,.::.) ec ed $1 j. 6, ra 1 1. J .jr.
7, 17 W r .~iti IM I I Rr "IL k!* ALkL" -N-r WWK WI i. _~j ~ -
roa (:ES .-. t i .p .pw t* Ir , seveS lr
i id erit it ied.
I C orivers 1 .n to the new P-hase IV compu)ter' sys Cero del avedCrelevel irq at ?;C'f Ii oa ses. Th is" caused a *iagu 'ac -tar-t i ;:'q iH=,I Liect data after- the lt'ockage tO. cy r-harige:. Th, -f -cp.:' 1 icy prcoqra charicqes worle 1iplIemerit cci, but 'req ''.1 r-ecJ -.-, lc''! qprior t.c' the niew levels tak1ing effect. Somrie bases -eroV Vni~" n
repo.-rt befo-:re re I. eve Li niq so t he rnew st c-ckaqle po 1 1 cy w'A-~-Acrtl mesue mmed iat e Iy a ft er, i. rp 1 erit at 1 or;. hi
inv-.enf't(cry augmeitat ior, cc-st co71-lid noct be accurately mea'u'u'ed
hecost Or the StoCkaqe pol Iicy co~ul i so riot De -t i,mieasur-ed 'because oft pi-cbleis with the r-'~
- i s rt r, u ct io n rs to the f ielid _or n '-DW t c A r n M,~'~ cat a w~c.i " ,*
m~~~~; nt er~pret ed or, rot c11 wd. i r Frestc- t- r..JLC ci it know o.r- d Id noct uricerstarid the stc ockage pci..iy nfc*ain d tfle ir, expecrted imipacts. rh is p-revenrted a cL:~r~i~ :or-- data bev'-rle or- after, the piol icy changes were riiiciuor~esult, the Prh Force d id rioit take the rneccossal-', acticr- i.c-opute the irivenitcry augmnrtationcr costs.('3
4. Inaccur-ate arid irnvaliad measur-erients on the M-r'~: nd1'
errc.nrlu unrit f1ill rates. Unit fill rates varied -qriVcri.v* rcm rnc'rtO Alto mot h a'rid inr sc.mre ros'rit h s ' Jti?71- er: Fr
* i~_mt Vi1 11 rates, which is a mocre axccurate fiesuectV .t h a.n s;trickArge et feet iv'eriPSS, eC-70,d riot be e'.td
nj. Irne ptr-rqral releaseo by thie Data Systems 1)esi Ljri Iji-tICE'htotA e ;he wiron-r saf~ety I evel coriput xt -n. I1-ie L~UIJ C -- C
*the safrty level 1 r, Novwember 1981j HoweveC, r i iepc:.r
* KW-F-PIL c-i lkd rio-t ZAC~CLrat ely rieasurwe the cop iete i milpa Ok c*satetv level change. it is reasoniable tco expect fill trr t r
T e rio i Ct-tm Ji :I 'ps I cf (z. ;t ~c :~i'C ild- 1hc* ro~;,'.' 1r'eiiient *V the t1cik I- rri pcCI', 5~ t. rg ''i I ~
ir-E~tkr ti±or c-i.tev i a.
-~ /. tie Suppl,. MYariagemienit RL=pcort dc-les not -ACC'IrwAtE L" ~'f-Vurc.r i. 1 .1, rates arxid d:'es; rot 1s:s.'s r 1 1 C'at o; iJ) or J. .m r-*l 1:
ricce d1 f fererit cc*mroc-d i.t y qrYou ps have a di. f r erent tc rc '
ciicy,* lack 1w pec toriArice dat a hi rider:;i rilai, q-iW.li_r, i7 ;su It, barse l evelI. repaabic ll rates; C, Id rio-t be ri:~? V 1-teL
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%CIAAP ER THREES..
C DNLUIS I 3 IANLY RECOiMilIEN1)rIVI ON~S
CONCLUS I ONS
I. The fsiurtt changes r-ecomriinrded by the Air- F:.r-ceLcit cMariAg ern ernit Cen t er t, s gr i f i carnt Ilv i ril p rcaved t heR.-l. ~p p 1 c; t c~ !,cacoabil1ity to SuIpporVt the Air, Force mission~.
Si:.rie *:.i the A-FLMC' s riieastArab Ic or': ~ject ionrs weroe 5~'r1J1* . at 1 eAst to some degree. Corns 1den rig the coripc-und1ig is'e
[h PLML' s moi~dels arta stockage pc. -recast ing ehi1 .-
ai' r,e aI i d.
4+. lhe stocrkage pol.icy changes wer~e inreffect ively crt..J rt hre is a need for' coor-d inat ed implenlert ati~.:nr- p1 ar :.
5. D.ata col lected befor-e arnd after- the stcocPca pcli cv c~r-inrdi1cat e a l ack of knowl1edcle on~ the part cf 1-.1r, F-.:r'C- -170, 1-' U 'd
rila ria g e rs. V
b . rhe Air- Force Supply Management FRepo:rt needs to be i mpr-:Y:.'C:l* -. orci,,:,v i de acciat e arid val.i1d pr-imnc ~a~.ta r I
- ccrimci:d it:v gr-oups.
RLC(JMMLNDO1IJ.ONS
I 1 Retain the new stockacle policies. (OPR: FI! LJSPF/Lk-EY)
2. ppo:int a chariqe cAgent :Ir' cc-rai ito ee .- e:versoe ail I '7 u.:ma jor, stckagu' po~licy chariqe5i.. (U)PR:HG1 USPF/LE\'S)
* .. he ~chAnire arle'i (c:mriii. IttoeY :zh.::.tt.] de/c?[l.::':jpuI* fan to inic.ude:
a. - -t 1 cnis req ti repd by HG! AFLC, w-Dlci .Lea 1 a aqen i (.P-JI'
bi-:ses, arid DSDiJ.
b. How.v arid when tr i a pe-rfcrrivnarc:p 1s - b e rlIE-*aL.; .I rec'..
c . H-Dw tc e-ns i e adeq i~t- t a '..~a 1 it y carloo n .7 *r 'A01,10
d. Who. arnd when~ to dcum'rientth pef:mr.(L JI-. : - !(? U S F OF / L Y S a p p .: ir it e d c h a n gje a gje nr t )
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4+. Review arid improve the Suppiy ilariaLernlerit Hpr~(~%stockage policy indicators to ensure accuracy arnd cr~ltr~.
5. Cont inue to use tme %AFif!C maodels ard f 'reca snt irjig 0e~ i
to for'ecast f-ut ure sc ockage pol icy imipAct c. (OPRL:.3
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