Documentation and evaluation of depot level maintenance cost accumulation and reporting at the Air Logistics Center Sacramento, California

Abstract

The purpose of this research project is to examine the recording and reporting of depot level maintenance costs to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Installations, and Logistics (OASD, MI&L) and the interpretation of the costs in the OASD report RCS DD-M(A) 1397. The analysis in this study is based on information obtained from on-site visits to the SACRAMENTO ALC, CALIFORNIA and by analysis of five years of depot cost data obtained from OASD (of particular interest was the data from 1979-1983) report 1397. The results of this study indicated that if SACRAMENTO ALC is representative of all ALC's, the Air Force has a workable cost accumulation and reporting system which is capable and responsive in providing the maintenance cost data required by OASD. This study further revealed that in its present form report RCS DD-M(A) 1S97 is subject to misinterpretation and should be revised or annotated.