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Book Synopsis Supply Chain Resilience: Assessing USAF Weapon System Life Cycle by :
Download or read book Supply Chain Resilience: Assessing USAF Weapon System Life Cycle written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC) is responsible for the United States Air Force's supply chain. One of the AFGLSC's focus areas is to improve Air Force supply chain processes. Imbedded in this focus area is the requirement to define and deploy a supply chain risk management program. Supply chain resilience has been identified as a method of enhancing traditional risk management associated with commercial supply chains both in recent literature and research. This leads to the problem statement: Does recent literature and research provide AFGLSC with a method to enhance current supply chain risk management with supply chain resilience? A literature review identified a supply chain resilience framework and measurement tool that could be of potential benefit to Air Force supply chain managers. The Supply Chain Resilience Assessment and Management (SCRAM (trademark)) tool is used to measure current supply chain vulnerabilities and capabilities, provide recommendations for improvements, and provide information to better prepare supply chain leadership with managing products, processes, and relationships. Eleven Air Force weapon systems were identified and organized into two groups based on their current position (phase) within the weapon system life cycle. Phase I is identified as weapon systems from conception through production and Phase II is identified as weapon systems from post production through disposal. SCRAM was used to measure the vulnerabilities and capabilities of each USAF weapon system to determine if differences existed as they progressed through the weapon system life cycle. The results indicate that the supply chain resilience framework and measurement tool provide Air Force leadership with the information they need to improve the strategic management of their supply chain.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309675855 Total Pages :99 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (96 download)
Book Synopsis Weapons System Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book Weapons System Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Government Accountability Office, sustainment of weapon systems accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total life-cycle costs. When sustainment is not considered early in the development process or as an integral part of the systems engineering design, it can negatively affect the ability of the Air Force to maintain and improve the weapon system once it enters service. At the request of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Weapons Systems Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle identifies at what point or phase of the development of a weapons system sustainment planning should be integrated into the program; examines and provides recommendations regarding how sustainment planning should be evaluated throughout the development process; investigates and describes the current challenges with sustainment planning and determines what changes have occurred throughout the acquisition process that may have eroded sustainment planning; and identifies opportunities for acquisitions offices to gain greater access to sustainment expertise.
Book Synopsis Critical Infrastructure System Security and Resiliency by : Betty Biringer
Download or read book Critical Infrastructure System Security and Resiliency written by Betty Biringer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security protections for critical infrastructure nodes are intended to minimize the risks resulting from an initiating event, whether it is an intentional malevolent act or a natural hazard. With an emphasis on protecting an infrastructure's ability to perform its mission or function, Critical Infrastructure System Security and Resiliency presents
Book Synopsis Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies by : Jonathan Kwik
Download or read book Lawfully Using Autonomous Weapon Technologies written by Jonathan Kwik and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Air Force Materiel Command Reorganization Analysis by :
Download or read book Air Force Materiel Command Reorganization Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense mandating reductions in operations and maintenance staffing levels led Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) to reexamine how it operates; the command published the plan for its proposed reorganization in November 2011. In response, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 directed the Secretary of the Air Force to have a federally funded research and development center provide an independent review of the proposed reorganization. In January 2012, RAND Project AIR FORCE was tasked to conduct this review, the purpose of which was to describe the functional responsibilities, manpower authorizations, and disposition of AFMC's proposed restructure, including an assessment of life-cycle costs; to independently assess how realignments would likely affect life-cycle management, weapon system sustainment, and support to the warfighter; and to examine options for providing effective and efficient weapon system life-cycle management. The resulting analysis was limited to how the reorganization would affect product development/support-system design and operations support (depot maintenance and Air Force supply chain operations). It did not examine how the reorganization affects the management of nuclear weapons, developmental testing, or laboratory and basic research. For context, the report also includes a comprehensive overview of the history of Air Force life-cycle management and the changing roles and responsibilities of the organizational precursors to AFMC.
Book Synopsis Estimating the Benefits of the Air Force Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Initiative by : Jeremy Arkes
Download or read book Estimating the Benefits of the Air Force Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Initiative written by Jeremy Arkes and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: However, the model may be useful both with other factors and for estimating the benefits of other initiatives."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Sense and Respond Logistics by : Robert S. Tripp
Download or read book Sense and Respond Logistics written by Robert S. Tripp and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph discusses U.S. Air Force progress toward implementing sense and respond logistics or, as defined more broadly, sense and respond combat support. It describes some of the research that has been conducted on the military combat support system, focusing on improvements in prediction capability, responsiveness of supply chains, and a governing command and control system. The report identifies the elements of sense and respond combat support and shows what is necessary to use the concept within the military-specifically, the Air Force. It surveys the state of technology needed to implement the concept and identifies both the technical work that needs to be further developed and the Air Force organization most appropriate to manage the implementation. The capabilities described involve predicting what will be needed and responding quickly to anticipated or unanticipated needs. The monograph points out the need for both predictive tools and responsive systems working together. A key enabler of sense and response combat support is combat support command and control, which involves joint development of a plan in which logistics process performance and resource levels are related to desired operational effects; establishment of logistics process performance and resource-level control parameters; execution of the plan and tracking of control parameters against actual process performance and resource levels; signaling process owners when their processes lie outside control limits; and replanning logistics or operational components of the plan to mitigate the portions of the plan that are outside control limits.
Book Synopsis Weapon System Sustainment by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Weapon System Sustainment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The F-35 is DOD’s most ambitious and costly weapon system in history, with U.S. sustainment costs estimated at about $1.2 trillion over a 66-year life cycle. Central to the F-35 is ALIS—a complex system that supports operations, mission planning, supply-chain management, maintenance, and other processes. A fully functional ALIS is critical to the F-35’s operational success. However, over the past 5 years GAO has reported on key risks associated with the system, such as challenges deploying the F-35 with ALIS, inaccurate data that reside in ALIS, and ineffective training for personnel who need to use ALIS. This report assesses the extent to which (1) improvements have been made over the past 5 years and challenges remain for ALIS users, and (2) DOD is taking actions to enhance the long-term viability of the system. GAO is recommending that DOD track how ALIS is affecting readiness of the F-35 fleet and develop a strategy for the ALIS re-design. In addition, GAO believes that Congress should consider requiring DOD to develop a performance measurement process for ALIS.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309493900 Total Pages :111 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis The Growing Threat to Air Force Mission-Critical Electronics by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book The Growing Threat to Air Force Mission-Critical Electronics written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High-performance electronics are key to the U.S. Air Force's (USAF's) ability to deliver lethal effects at the time and location of their choosing. Additionally, these electronic systems must be able to withstand not only the rigors of the battlefield but be able to perform the needed mission while under cyber and electronic warfare (EW) attack. This requires a high degree of assurance that they are both physically reliable and resistant to adversary actions throughout their life cycle from design to sustainment. In 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop titled Optimizing the Air Force Acquisition Strategy of Secure and Reliable Electronic Components, and released a summary of the workshop. This publication serves as a follow-on to provide recommendations to the USAF acquisition community.
Book Synopsis Identifying and Managing Air Force Sustainment Supply Chain Risks by : Nancy Y. Moore
Download or read book Identifying and Managing Air Force Sustainment Supply Chain Risks written by Nancy Y. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the Air Force and its suppliers have adopted a variety of practices that have improved efficiency and effectiveness but have also made supply chains more brittle and increased risks of supply disruption. This document seeks to help the Air Force develop a strategy for managing supply chain risks during sustainment. In it, the authors review literature on supply chain risk management (SCRM), examine current Air Force practices for and guidance on SCRM, and describe emerging commercial best practices for SCRM. They find that many supply chain risks are not considered directly within the Air Force sustainment community and that, while others are acknowledged, there is little or no strategy in place to mitigate them. They recommend that the Air Force establish an enterprise-level organization to proactively manage supply chain risks.
Book Synopsis The Line Between Disorder and Order by : Robert S. Tripp
Download or read book The Line Between Disorder and Order written by Robert S. Tripp and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the history of the interactions between RAND Corporation logistics researchers and Air Force leaders over more than 40 years to inform decisions involving logistics planning, programming, and budgeting and to develop, maintain, and evolve an approach for improving the Air Force logistics system.
Book Synopsis A Weapon-system Life-cycle Overview, the A-7D Experience by :
Download or read book A Weapon-system Life-cycle Overview, the A-7D Experience written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Weapon System Source Selection by : Robert O. Gray (CAPT, USAF.)
Download or read book Weapon System Source Selection written by Robert O. Gray (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Weapon Systems Management by : Cary B. Russell
Download or read book Weapon Systems Management written by Cary B. Russell and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) spends billions of dollars annually to sustain weapon systems. With the prospect of tighter defense budgets, DOD has placed more attention on controlling total life-cycle cost with initiatives aimed at ensuring that weapon systems are more affordable over the long term. Each major weapon system is required to be supported by a Product Support Manager (PSM), whose responsibilities include developing and implementing a comprehensive product support strategy for the system. This report examines (1) the steps, if any, that DOD and the military services have taken to implement PSMs for major weapon systems; and (2) the extent to which DOD has evaluated the effects, if any, that PSMs are having on life-cycle sustainment decisions for their assigned systems. Table and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Book Synopsis Monarchy in South East Asia by : Roger Kershaw
Download or read book Monarchy in South East Asia written by Roger Kershaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is the first study to relate the history and contemporary role of the South East Asian monarchy to the politics of the region today. Comprehensive & up-to-date, Monarchy in South East Asia features an historical and political overview of *Cambodia *Thailand *Malaysia *Brunei *Indonesia *Laos *as well as the region in general. The excellent coverage of this fascinating subject should be of interest to general reader as well as to specialists focusing on region.
Book Synopsis Autonomous Horizons by : Greg Zacharias
Download or read book Autonomous Horizons written by Greg Zacharias and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Greg Zacharias, former Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force (2015-18), explores next steps in autonomous systems (AS) development, fielding, and training. Rapid advances in AS development and artificial intelligence (AI) research will change how we think about machines, whether they are individual vehicle platforms or networked enterprises. The payoff will be considerable, affording the US military significant protection for aviators, greater effectiveness in employment, and unlimited opportunities for novel and disruptive concepts of operations. Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward identifies issues and makes recommendations for the Air Force to take full advantage of this transformational technology.
Book Synopsis Conquest in Cyberspace by : Martin C. Libicki
Download or read book Conquest in Cyberspace written by Martin C. Libicki and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With billions of computers in existence, cyberspace, 'the virtual world created when they are connected,' is said to be the new medium of power. Computer hackers operating from anywhere can enter cyberspace and take control of other people's computers, stealing their information, corrupting their workings, and shutting them down. Modern societies and militaries, both pervaded by computers, are supposedly at risk. As Conquest in Cyberspace explains, however, information systems and information itself are too easily conflated, and persistent mastery over the former is difficult to achieve. The author also investigates how far 'friendly conquest' in cyberspace extends, such as the power to persuade users to adopt new points of view. He discusses the role of public policy in managing cyberspace conquests and shows how the Internet is becoming more ubiquitous and complex, such as in the use of artificial intelligence.
