Performance-based logistics: A military logistics model.
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文摘
The maintenance costs for the sustainment of the numerous military weapons systems bring tremendous pecuniary pressure upon the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the American taxpayer. From 2007 to 2009, the total discretionary capital outlay for the DoD was greater than $1.5 trillion dollars (Office of Management and Budget, 2008). Approximately 40% of that funding was spent on operations and maintenance of DoD weapons systems. The purpose of the study is to identify key business and maintenance characteristics used when executing successfully constructed performance-based logistics models. Identifying key attributes which provide a basis for constructing a generic logistics model applicable to current and future weapons systems should be possible. Logistics professionals in the DoD, private industry, and the academic community theorize that performance-based logistics models would provide the government with a cost-saving methodology for maintaining the various weapons systems of the military services.