Barriers to Fully Implementing Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) in System Acquisition as Perceived by ILS Managers and Program Managers at the Aeronautical Systems Division

摘要

One of the 'Carlucci Initiatives' is to improve readiness through designed-in reliability, maintainability, and supportability in system acquisition. The vehicle for incorporating supportability in design is ILS. There is a perception that programs continue to be structured to give top priority to cost, schedule, and performance objectives, at the expense of logistics concerns. The researchers developed a list of eight 'barriers' which possibly explain the lack of consideration given ILS. The purposes of the research were to: (1) determine the relative importance of the barriers as perceived by program managers and ILS managers, and (2) determine if the two groups perceived the significance of the barriers differently. From the results of interviews with 82 managers, the researchers found substantial uniformity in perceptions between groups on the significance of the barriers. The two groups agreed that the most significant barriers to ILS are inadequate definition of logistics design parameters, and subordination of logistics concerns to cost and schedule objectives.