Enterprise Sustainability Enhancing the Military’s Ability to Perform its Mission

Military supply chains are unique because what is supplied to the end user is routinely returned to the supply chain for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO). Offering a blueprint for transforming military depot workload and processes into those of high-performance commercial facilities, Enterprise Sustainability: Enhancing the Military’s Ability to Perform its Mission provides a powerful system of concepts and tools for enhancing the ability of the military to perform MRO on its weapon systems. These concepts and tools are applicable to any enterprise, military or commercial, that is concerned about sustainability. The text focuses on five abilities that must be considered to achieve efficient, cost-saving operations: Availability of required parts, facilities, tools, and manpower Dependability of the weapon systems Capability of the enterprise to perform the mission Affordability and improving the life cycle cost (LCC) of a system or project Marketability of concepts and motivating decision makers Aging weapons systems, an aging workforce, limited financial resources, new technologies, and an increased military operational tempo demand that the military develop an aggressive transformation plan for its sustainability. This book follows An Architecture for a Lean Transformation, the first in a series dedicated to the sustainment of an enterprise. In this second volume, the authors continue to provide an analysis of, and prescription for, the strategies, principles, and technologies that are necessary to sustain an enterprise like the military and the weapons system it develops and utilizes.

Availability: The Current Military Supply Chain Availability of Materials and Parts to the Warfighter The Military Supply Chain and Logistics System Managing the Inventory Availability: Enhancing the Military Supply Chain Three Principles for an Effective Military Supply Chain Six Steps for Enhancing the Military Supply Chain Redesigning the Military Logistics Network Information Technology Enhancements Software Enhancements Case Study: The SCOR Model Case Study: The PRISM Model Conclusion: Successful vs. Unsuccessful Supply Chain Initiatives Operational Availability Introduction to Operational Availability The Mathematics of Ao Models for Ao Mission Profile A Guide to Ao Analysis Conclusion Reliability Introduction to Reliability Reliability by Design Reliability Design Approaches Reliability-Centered Maintenance Maintainability Overview Preventive Maintenance Corrective Maintenance Testability and Diagnostics Maintainability and Logistics Requirements Maintainability and the Acquisition Process Maintainability and the Manufacturing Process Maintainability and Safety Supportability Supportability Metrics Determining Mean Logistics Downtime Designing for Supportability Trade-off Analyses Capability: Performance-Based Logistics Introduction PBL Program Activities PBL Case Study: The V-22 Osprey Capability: Performance Measures Introduction General Performance Measures Lean Measures Process Improvement Measures Sustainability and Supportability Performance Measures Case Study: Rockwell Collins San Jose (RCSJ), California Affordability The Life Cycle Life Cycle Cost (LCC) The Life Cycle Costing Process LCC Trade-off Analysis Tools Currency Discounting Case Study: Precision Approach Radar Modernization Project Marketability The Role of Marketing The Target Market Communication Vehicles Communication Information Protocol Communication Schedule Managing the Change Key Action Steps Gap Analysis Best Practice Case Study: Tobyhanna Army Depot

Dennis F. X. Mathaisel is professor of management science in the Department of Mathematics and Science at Babson College, and holds a doctor of philosophy degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joel M. Manary is the lead systems engineering subject matter expert in the Systems Engineering Process Office (SEPO), a staff agency supporting SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific in San Diego. He holds a master’s of science degree in logistics and systems acquisition management at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Clare L. Comm is professor of marketing in the College of Management at the University of Massachusetts–Lowell, where she specializes in services marketing and buyer behavior. She received a PhD in marketing from the University of Cincinnati.