A comparison between actual parts usage and parts usage projected in allowance parts lists for forklift vehicles.
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Authors
Jordan, Robert Richard
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Crosby, A.C.
Date of Issue
1976-06
Date
June 1976
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This research effort involves a comparison between the
actual repair parts demand data generated by the forklifts
at Naval Supply Center, Oakland, California, during calendar
year 1975 and the allowance quantities of the applicable
allowance parts lists (API's). The comparison is accomplished
from three perspectives: the first perspective evaluates
the degree of correlation between line items demanded and
the line items appearing in the APL's; the second perspective
provides a projection of the effect of increased forklift
operating hours on the quantities demanded among those
demands for line items allowed by the APL's; and the third
perspective identifies those line items for which demand
generated rendered the quantities demanded significantly
different from the quantities allowed by the APL's. As a
result of these comparisons and the low correlation between
demand data and allowance projections, it is hypothesized
that the crucial variable contributing to this low correlation
is the low utilization of the equipments in terms of
annual operating hours. The conclusion reached is that APL's
for forklifts, as presently formulated, are a support planning
document of dubious value in situations of low equipment
utilization such as observed in this study.
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Administrative Sciences
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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