Maintenance of Supplies and Equipment. Techniques for Determining Repair Cycle Float

摘要

The report provides the user with effective methods for determining the quantity of an end item type which must be stocked in repair cycle float to achieve a specific float availability (a measure of the protection that a certain quantity of end items stocked in repair cycle float provides against stock-out). Two techniques are presented as possible methods for determining the repair cycle float requirements. Each of these techniques was devised to be applicable for different degrees of flexibility in the scheduling of end item missions and overhauls. The first technique addresses the condition where it is possible to exercise a high degree of control over mission and overhaul scheduling; the second technique addresses the condition where limited scheduling control is possible. The effects of mission and overhaul scheduling are presented in the respective discussions of each technique. (Author)