Maintenance cost control at the Pacific Missile Test Center.

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Jenson, Richard J.
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1980-09Advisor
Creighton, John W.
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The Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) is the Navy's
largest Major Range and Test Facility Base, with an
investment of over one billion dollars. The majority of
this investment is in range test equipment and facilities
including radar, telemetry, communication and command/
control systems. Concern is growing over the "excessively
obsolete condition of PMTC technical equipment."
Improvement of factors concerned with the maintenence
function is one means of remedying this problem.
This thesis investigates methods of controlling
maintenance costs over the life of range systems. The
theories of life-cycle costing (LCC) and integrated logistic
support (ILS) are examined. Difficulties in funding range
equipment replacement are reviewed. Methods of controlling
maintenance costs are scrutinized. Financial management and
financial reporting at PMTC is reviewed. It is concluded
that LCC techniques and ILS analysis should be implemented
in range equipment design. Furthermore, maintenance management
should be given greater latitude in controlling
maintenance costs over equipment life.
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