Reducing U.S. Navy inventory control problems associated with the F/ A-18 C/D aircraft is critical to maintaining squadron readiness while minimizing procurement and repair costs. The Navy's Inventory Control Point has designed its Carcass Express program to ensure that critically short depot level repairables are serviced more quickly. The program was initiated on the S-3 Viking aircraft in 1999. Subsequently, the number of constrained carcasses was reduced by 40 percent, and the average depot repair cycle time was reduced by 12 days. This thesis attempts to quantify the savings that can be realized by instituting the Carcass Express program for the F/A-18 C/D. Data for F/A-18 C/D repairable items that were identified as having insufficient carcasses for repair to meet current demand levels are analyzed. These repairable items have high dollar values and significant backorders severely impacting squadron readiness. It is shown that the Carcass Express program would provide an additional accrual of inventory over a four-year period for the items studied. The required funding needed to support the deficit between items available from the depot repair cycle and forecast quarterly demands would decrease. The Carcass Express initiative would improve the predictability of the Depot Repair Cycle by reducing repair cycle variability. This ultimately would lead to better inventory management.
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机译:减少与F / A-18 C / D飞机相关的美国海军库存控制问题对于保持中队战备状态同时最小化采购和维修成本至关重要。海军的存货控制点已设计了“尸体快车”程序,以确保更快地维修关键的仓库级可维修物。该计划于1999年在S-3 Viking飞机上启动。随后,受约束的屠体数量减少了40%,平均维修时间缩短了12天。本文试图量化通过为F / A-18 C / D安装Carcass Express程序可以实现的节省。分析了F / A-18 C / D可修理物品的数据,这些物品被确定没有足够的尸体进行修理以满足当前的需求水平。这些可维修物品的价格很高,而且大量的延期订货严重影响了中队的战备状态。结果表明,“尸体快运”计划将在四年内为所研究的物品提供额外的库存应计。减少仓库维修周期可用物品与预测的季度需求之间的赤字所需的所需资金将减少。屠体快车计划将通过减少维修周期的可变性来提高车厂维修周期的可预测性。这最终将导致更好的库存管理。
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