arroyo center Approved for public release; distribution unlimitedThe research described in this r... more arroyo center Approved for public release; distribution unlimitedThe research described in this report was sponsored by the United States
these daily histories, the EDA creates repair records that are used to calculate equipment failur... more these daily histories, the EDA creates repair records that are used to calculate equipment failure rates and total "broke-to-fix" times as well as "broke-to-fix" process segment times and quality metrics for each echelon of support. By archiving the daily NMC rate, the EDA can be used to view how well equipment performs in demanding operations. Because problems with equipment readiness generally occur during training exercises when equipment is used heavily, the daily NMC rate offers more insight than the monthly averages of readiness that the Army has relied upon in the past. This is because monthly averages combine readiness rates from motor pool idle time and exercise time. The daily NMC rate reveals the turbulence in performance that can be obscured by monthly averages. Figure 1, for example, displays both monthly and daily NMC rates (shown by the horizontal bars and the jagged line, respectively) for one armor battalion's tanks from May 1999 until April 2000.
In an environment of fiscal constraints and shifting strategic needs, policymakers should careful... more In an environment of fiscal constraints and shifting strategic needs, policymakers should carefully weigh the strategic capability effects, relative costs, and risks associated with potential changes to U.S. overseas military posture.
Sustainment of Army Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield Logistics and Effects on Operations
: This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Fr... more : This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Freedom, examines how well this support performed, and discusses the effects on operations, with an emphasis on the period from the start of ground combat to the fall of Baghdad. The findings should be of interest throughout the Army as well as the broader Department of Defense supply chain, deployment planning, and force development communities. The findings have implications for the design of the logistics system, logistics process improvement efforts, future force design and warfighting concepts, and the acquisition of end items such as vehicles, as well as logistics enablers such as information systems that provide logistics situational awareness. The research documented in this monograph was conducted as part of a project called Army Logistics in OIF: Key Issues for the Army. The project's goal was to produce an independent assessment of the Army's logistics experience in Oper...
Children and Families eduCation and the arts energy and environment health and health Care inFras... more Children and Families eduCation and the arts energy and environment health and health Care inFrastruCture and transportation international aFFairs law and Business national seCurity population and aging puBliC saFety sCienCe and teChnology terrorism and homeland seCurity this product is part of the rand Corporation research brief series. rand research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of published, peer-reviewed documents. Corporate headquarters 1776 main street p.o.
Equipment Sustainment Data in Standard Army Management Information Systems
Abstract : In 2003 the Department of Defense (DoD) revised its acquisition policy to include the ... more Abstract : In 2003 the Department of Defense (DoD) revised its acquisition policy to include the Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) directive, which calls for cradle-to-grave management of weapon and materiel systems. In line with this revised policy, the Army made a substantial organizational change, creating Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMCs) in 2004 to give Army Materiel Command (AMC) logisticians more input into acquisition processes and move toward TLCSM. The Army has also made significant information systems changes, such as fielding the Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW), to facilitate life cycle management of equipment. Still, recent reports have described cases of critical life cycle management (LCM) decisions and supporting analyses being hindered by problems with life cycle sustainment (LCS) data, i.e., information about the operations, support, and/or disposal of Army equipment. Additional steps may therefore be needed to ensure that Army information systems provide managers and analysts with access to high-quality, comprehensive LCS data. Recognizing this, the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters Department of the Army (DA G-4), Resource Integration Directorate sponsored a study to assess the LCS data currently available in Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS).
The Effects of Equipment Age on Mission-Critical Failure Rates: A study of M1 Tanks
Abstract : Aging equipment has become a key concern of Army leaders striving to maintain high ope... more Abstract : Aging equipment has become a key concern of Army leaders striving to maintain high operational readiness. Army leaders anticipate that equipment age will pose a continually increasing challenge over the lengthy period in which current equipment is expected to remain in the Army's fleet, anticipated until about 2030 in some cases, as it develops and fully fields its next generation of forces termed the future force. In response, the Army has initiated a recapitalization (RECAP) program to rebuild and/or upgrade selected systems, such that combat capabilities are maintained and maintenance costs are kept affordable. To date, the Army plans to rebuild or upgrade 17 systems-including the M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, M88 Recovery Vehicle, and other systems that are expected to remain in the inventory for the next 15 to 20 years (Brownlee and Keane, 2002; Army Recapitalization Management, 2003). These modernization plans continue to evolve, however. To help determine the scale of RECAP required to maintain the desired level of operational readiness capability, and to facilitate RECAP program design, statistical analyses of the relationship between age and Army equipment failures are needed. This report describes a RAND Arroyo Center study, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (OASAALT), on the impact of age on the Ml Abrams mission-critical failure rate. The Ml Abrams is of particular interest because it is often considered the centerpiece of the Army's heavy ground forces, because it has a high average fleet age that will continue to advance, and because it is scheduled to remain a key part of the force for as many as 30 more years. Consequently, it has been one of the key systems being targeted by the RECAP program.
DoD makes use of five different distribution channels to sustain U.S. military forces overseas. T... more DoD makes use of five different distribution channels to sustain U.S. military forces overseas. Three are air delivery channels and two are by sea. These channels offer varying speeds of delivery and have different costs. In addition to these variables, there are certain practical constraints that must be taken into account in making choices among channels, and for surface transportation, the marginal cost of additional inventory must also be considered. In this briefing, we analyze the implications of all these factors for how the channels should be used--which transportation modes should be chosen and where materiel should be stocked--to provide effective support as efficiently as possible. We describe the distribution choices for some illustrative units in Iraq and compare them with the ideal model resulting from our analysis. We find that, through gradual evolution, the sustainment structure for Iraq is beginning to match the model. We offer several guidelines for improving sust...
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking thro... more The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Support RAND-make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute.html R ® is a registered trademark
Combat Service Support Transformation: Emerging Strategies for Making the Power Projection Army a Reality
... then Director of the Plans, Operations, and Logistics Automation Directorate within the Offic... more ... then Director of the Plans, Operations, and Logistics Automation Directorate within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, and Colonels Don Plater, Matthias Velasco, and Robert ... Pamela Thompson and Nikki Shacklett helped prepare and edit, respectively, the document. ...
Page 1. Toward an Expeditionary Army Eric Pelrz lohn M. Halliday Aimee Bower ... DASWO1 -01 -... more Page 1. Toward an Expeditionary Army Eric Pelrz lohn M. Halliday Aimee Bower ... DASWO1 -01 -C-0003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peltz, Eric, 1968-Speed and power: toward an expeditionary Army / Eric Peltz, John M. Halliday, Aimee Bower, p. cm. ...
arroyo center Approved for public release; distribution unlimitedThe research described in this r... more arroyo center Approved for public release; distribution unlimitedThe research described in this report was sponsored by the United States
these daily histories, the EDA creates repair records that are used to calculate equipment failur... more these daily histories, the EDA creates repair records that are used to calculate equipment failure rates and total "broke-to-fix" times as well as "broke-to-fix" process segment times and quality metrics for each echelon of support. By archiving the daily NMC rate, the EDA can be used to view how well equipment performs in demanding operations. Because problems with equipment readiness generally occur during training exercises when equipment is used heavily, the daily NMC rate offers more insight than the monthly averages of readiness that the Army has relied upon in the past. This is because monthly averages combine readiness rates from motor pool idle time and exercise time. The daily NMC rate reveals the turbulence in performance that can be obscured by monthly averages. Figure 1, for example, displays both monthly and daily NMC rates (shown by the horizontal bars and the jagged line, respectively) for one armor battalion's tanks from May 1999 until April 2000.
In an environment of fiscal constraints and shifting strategic needs, policymakers should careful... more In an environment of fiscal constraints and shifting strategic needs, policymakers should carefully weigh the strategic capability effects, relative costs, and risks associated with potential changes to U.S. overseas military posture.
Sustainment of Army Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield Logistics and Effects on Operations
: This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Fr... more : This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Freedom, examines how well this support performed, and discusses the effects on operations, with an emphasis on the period from the start of ground combat to the fall of Baghdad. The findings should be of interest throughout the Army as well as the broader Department of Defense supply chain, deployment planning, and force development communities. The findings have implications for the design of the logistics system, logistics process improvement efforts, future force design and warfighting concepts, and the acquisition of end items such as vehicles, as well as logistics enablers such as information systems that provide logistics situational awareness. The research documented in this monograph was conducted as part of a project called Army Logistics in OIF: Key Issues for the Army. The project's goal was to produce an independent assessment of the Army's logistics experience in Oper...
Children and Families eduCation and the arts energy and environment health and health Care inFras... more Children and Families eduCation and the arts energy and environment health and health Care inFrastruCture and transportation international aFFairs law and Business national seCurity population and aging puBliC saFety sCienCe and teChnology terrorism and homeland seCurity this product is part of the rand Corporation research brief series. rand research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of published, peer-reviewed documents. Corporate headquarters 1776 main street p.o.
Equipment Sustainment Data in Standard Army Management Information Systems
Abstract : In 2003 the Department of Defense (DoD) revised its acquisition policy to include the ... more Abstract : In 2003 the Department of Defense (DoD) revised its acquisition policy to include the Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) directive, which calls for cradle-to-grave management of weapon and materiel systems. In line with this revised policy, the Army made a substantial organizational change, creating Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMCs) in 2004 to give Army Materiel Command (AMC) logisticians more input into acquisition processes and move toward TLCSM. The Army has also made significant information systems changes, such as fielding the Logistics Information Warehouse (LIW), to facilitate life cycle management of equipment. Still, recent reports have described cases of critical life cycle management (LCM) decisions and supporting analyses being hindered by problems with life cycle sustainment (LCS) data, i.e., information about the operations, support, and/or disposal of Army equipment. Additional steps may therefore be needed to ensure that Army information systems provide managers and analysts with access to high-quality, comprehensive LCS data. Recognizing this, the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters Department of the Army (DA G-4), Resource Integration Directorate sponsored a study to assess the LCS data currently available in Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS).
The Effects of Equipment Age on Mission-Critical Failure Rates: A study of M1 Tanks
Abstract : Aging equipment has become a key concern of Army leaders striving to maintain high ope... more Abstract : Aging equipment has become a key concern of Army leaders striving to maintain high operational readiness. Army leaders anticipate that equipment age will pose a continually increasing challenge over the lengthy period in which current equipment is expected to remain in the Army's fleet, anticipated until about 2030 in some cases, as it develops and fully fields its next generation of forces termed the future force. In response, the Army has initiated a recapitalization (RECAP) program to rebuild and/or upgrade selected systems, such that combat capabilities are maintained and maintenance costs are kept affordable. To date, the Army plans to rebuild or upgrade 17 systems-including the M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, M88 Recovery Vehicle, and other systems that are expected to remain in the inventory for the next 15 to 20 years (Brownlee and Keane, 2002; Army Recapitalization Management, 2003). These modernization plans continue to evolve, however. To help determine the scale of RECAP required to maintain the desired level of operational readiness capability, and to facilitate RECAP program design, statistical analyses of the relationship between age and Army equipment failures are needed. This report describes a RAND Arroyo Center study, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (OASAALT), on the impact of age on the Ml Abrams mission-critical failure rate. The Ml Abrams is of particular interest because it is often considered the centerpiece of the Army's heavy ground forces, because it has a high average fleet age that will continue to advance, and because it is scheduled to remain a key part of the force for as many as 30 more years. Consequently, it has been one of the key systems being targeted by the RECAP program.
DoD makes use of five different distribution channels to sustain U.S. military forces overseas. T... more DoD makes use of five different distribution channels to sustain U.S. military forces overseas. Three are air delivery channels and two are by sea. These channels offer varying speeds of delivery and have different costs. In addition to these variables, there are certain practical constraints that must be taken into account in making choices among channels, and for surface transportation, the marginal cost of additional inventory must also be considered. In this briefing, we analyze the implications of all these factors for how the channels should be used--which transportation modes should be chosen and where materiel should be stocked--to provide effective support as efficiently as possible. We describe the distribution choices for some illustrative units in Iraq and compare them with the ideal model resulting from our analysis. We find that, through gradual evolution, the sustainment structure for Iraq is beginning to match the model. We offer several guidelines for improving sust...
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking thro... more The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Support RAND-make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute.html R ® is a registered trademark
Combat Service Support Transformation: Emerging Strategies for Making the Power Projection Army a Reality
... then Director of the Plans, Operations, and Logistics Automation Directorate within the Offic... more ... then Director of the Plans, Operations, and Logistics Automation Directorate within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, and Colonels Don Plater, Matthias Velasco, and Robert ... Pamela Thompson and Nikki Shacklett helped prepare and edit, respectively, the document. ...
Page 1. Toward an Expeditionary Army Eric Pelrz lohn M. Halliday Aimee Bower ... DASWO1 -01 -... more Page 1. Toward an Expeditionary Army Eric Pelrz lohn M. Halliday Aimee Bower ... DASWO1 -01 -C-0003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peltz, Eric, 1968-Speed and power: toward an expeditionary Army / Eric Peltz, John M. Halliday, Aimee Bower, p. cm. ...
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