Diagnosing the ARmy's Equipment Readiness THe Equipment Downtime Analyzer

by Peltz, Eric; Robbins, Marc; Boren, Patricia; Wolff, Melvin

• ISBN13: 9780833031150
• ISBN10: 0833031155
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-19
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

THe Equipment Downtime Analyzer is a tool designed to help the Army optimized its equipment sustainment processes and enhance the companion processes that head off equipment failure before it happens.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	vii
Tables	ix
Summary	xi
Acknowledgments	xxi
Glossary	xxv
Comprehensive Equipment Readiness Metrics Are Vital	1	(4)
The Need for Improved Army Equipment Readiness Metrics	5	(20)
Why Measure? Unit Status Reporting	5	(2)
How Does the Army Measure Equipment Readiness Today?	7	(8)
Short-Term Variation in Equipment Readiness Is a Function of Training Schedules	7	(3)
A Closer Look at One Battalion Illustrates the True Volatility of Equipment Readiness	10	(5)
Improving Equipment Readiness Measurement	15	(3)
A Broader Look at Equipment Readiness	18	(1)
Metrics Should Also Reveal the ``Why'' Behind Equipment Readiness	18	(5)
Closing the Measurement Gap	23	(2)
A New Picture of Equipment Readiness	25	(14)
How the EDA Works	26	(1)
Root-Level Source Data	26	(4)
Building Repair and Failure Records	28	(2)
A New Construct for Repair Records	30	(2)
Constructing Exercise and Unit Histories	32	(3)
Exercises Become Apparent in the Richer Portrayal of Equipment Readiness	35	(4)
Using the EDA to Gain Insight Into Failure Rates	39	(10)
The EDA Diagnostic Tree	39	(2)
Case Study One: A Failure Rate Problem	41	(1)
High Failures During Gunnery Led to Higher Failure and NMC Rates	41	(3)
Are Some Tanks ``Lemons''? Do Some Crews Disproportionately Cause Failures?	44	(2)
Identifying the Parts That Drive Readiness	46	(3)
Using the EDA to Gain Insight Into the Repair Process	49	(22)
Case Study Two: A Repair Time Problem	49	(2)
The Segments of the Repair Process	51	(3)
The ``Why'' Behind Broke-To-Fix Time	54	(4)
Workarounds	58	(5)
Customer Wait Time	63	(8)
The Path Ahead	71	(10)
Developing the EDA	71	(1)
EDA Implementation	72	(1)
Creating a Seamless, Integrated Equipment Readiness Data Environment	73	(2)
Improving the EDA Through Future Army Information System Design	75	(3)
Conclusion	78	(3)
Bibliography	81