WEAPON SYSTEM SUSTAINMENT, THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AND EFFECTIVE INDUSTRY LOGISTICS PRACTICES
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Authors
Perez, James R.
Subjects
acquisition
logistics
cataloging
parts management
items of supply
bill of material
Toyota production system
artificial intelligence
cloud
lake
edge
Internet of Things
machine learning
blockchain
distributed ledger technology
supply chain control tower
integrated data environment
fourth industrial revolution
4IR
AI
ML
IoT
DLT
BoM
IDE
NSN
TPS
SCCT
logistics
cataloging
parts management
items of supply
bill of material
Toyota production system
artificial intelligence
cloud
lake
edge
Internet of Things
machine learning
blockchain
distributed ledger technology
supply chain control tower
integrated data environment
fourth industrial revolution
4IR
AI
ML
IoT
DLT
BoM
IDE
NSN
TPS
SCCT
Advisors
Yoder, E. Cory
Hudgens, Bryan J.
Date of Issue
2023-06
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
The Marine Corps weapon systems' bill of material (BoM) frequently consist of thousands of National Stock Number items of supply. In the early acquisition phases and throughout a system's life cycle, parts management of component items is critical to ensure maintenance actions and supply chain support. Program Offices do not maintain accurate, complete BoM parts data. In this thesis, I analyze the level of matching BoM accuracy through a comparison of DOD and Marine Corps BoM websites, which each intend to capture all items of supply for respective parent weapon systems. I further compare BoM data to technical publication parts listings and retail inventory stocks. To ensure responsive actions in the Operations and Support phase of acquisition, the service should apply Toyota's supply-chain strategies and emerging technologies such as the cloud/lake, supply chain control tower, blockchain, and artificial intelligence/machine learning to improve control, coordination, accuracy, transparency, and maintenance of BoM data throughout all phases of acquisition. In exploring Toyota's practices and 21st century business solutions, this thesis seeks to propose modernization of the integrated data environment (IDE) mentioned throughout the Product Support Manager handbook. The proposed IDE will be a collaborative government-commercial system that extends across all weapon systems, exists in the cloud, incorporates blockchain, and leverages AI ML across a supply chain control tower.
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Capstone Applied Project Report
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Department of Defense Management (DDM)
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