Title :
The spares calculator: a visual aid to provisioning
Author :
Mickel, Larry S. ; Heim, Robert L.
Author_Institution :
Westinghouse Electr. Corp., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Logisticians at the Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group prepared a visual aid for their customers in the form of a spares calculator. The calculator portrays required spares quantities based upon the customer´s required level of protection. The calculator is appropriate for users of a variety of commercial and defense products. Selected as most appropriate to the needs of the provisioner was a moving-scale device with numerical values appearing in an open window. For compactness, a circular slide rule 8 in. in diameter was selected. The Gothic font bolt black-on-white makes the device easily readable
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; probability; maintenance; probability; protection; provisioner; provisioning; spares calculator; visual aid; Assembly; Computer displays; Equations; Gold; Helium; Maintenance; Modems; Power system reliability; Protection; Radar;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1990. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
DOI :
10.1109/ARMS.1990.67993
