ISM-X evaluation and policy implications / Marygail K. Brauner [and others].

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English
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Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1997.
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xxi, 105 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

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    This document is the final report on RAND's evaluation of the Army's expanded Integrated Sustainment Maintenance (ISM-X) demonstration. The report is divided into three major parts. First, it presents statistical results on the measurement and conduct of the demonstration and in some cases compares those results to performance before the demonstration. The discussion then turns to the economic issues involved in assessing the costs and benefits of ISM and ISM's interaction with the Army's financial systems. Finally, the report draws some inferences about the Army's ability to support contingency operations under an ISM-based logistics system. An appendix discusses the participation or potential participation of the Reserve Components. The introductory section of the report presents the history of ISM and sets the context for the evaluation results. The concluding section contains RAND's cautions for ISM implementation. Although ISM has accomplished some significant goals, some remaining problems will keep it from achieving its full potential unless they are resolved. Specifically requiring attention are the financial policies and incentives surrounding logistics operations, the management of the ISM program, support to contingency operations, and long-term decisions about the logistics infrastructure.
    Notes
    • "Prepared for the United States Army."
    • "Arroyo Center."
    • At head of title: Rand.
    • "MR-829-A" on back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-105).
    Contents
    • Background
    • RAND's Role
    • Organization of This Report
    • How ISM Improved Maintenance Management
    • ISM Has Caused the Army to Question Its Repair Practices
    • One Result: Better Tools
    • Another Result: Better Management
    • Measuring ISM-X Performance
    • COE Performance Measures: COE Days, Man-hours, Parts Cost
    • Transportation Times
    • Actual Returns of Unserviceable Carcasses Fell Below Planned Returns
    • Inter-MACOM and Interinstallation Support
    • Quality of Repair and Readiness
    • Characteristics of COE Bids in ISM-X
    • Data Quality
    • Suggestions for Improving ISM
    • Costs and Economic Benefits of ISM
    • Economic Benefits of ISM: The Principle
    • Estimating the Economic Benefits of ISM: The Practice
    • Suggestions for Improving ISM Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • ISM and Wartime/Contingency Operations
    • Why Look at Wartime and Other Contingency Operations?
    • ISM-X and Wartime/Contingency Operations Doctrine and Maintenance Practice
    • Implications of Differences in Doctrine and Practice
    • Suggestions to Facilitate Alignment Between Peacetime, Wartime, and Other Contingency Operations
    • Policy Changes to Enhance ISM
    • Policy Issues Raised by ISM
    • Overview of RAND's Concerns as ISM Is Expanded Armywide
    • What ISM Achieved
    • Army Four-Level Maintenance Structure and the Flow of Reparables
    • ISM-X Lines
    • Description of Data Used to Assess Coe Repair Performance
    • How to Interpret a Boxplot
    • Integrated Sustainment Maintenance and the Reserve Components.
    Other title(s)
    Integrated sustainment maintenance-X evaluation and policy implications
    ISBN
    • 0833025031 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780833025036 ((alk. paper))
    Tech. report no.
    MR-829-A
    LCCN
    97015245
    OCLC
    36824739
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