Development of a business case template for organizational-level testers

Author

Hocker, Mel ; Slay, Virginia

Author_Institution

Autom. Test Syst. Div., Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, GA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Interim results of ongoing research and analysis required to develop a template or analytical tool for business case analysis, (BCA) are presented. This paper provides the results of numerous queries of F-15A/B/C/D maintenance database and difficulties encountered while attempting to obtain maintenance and logistics data that could be used to both validate anecdotal evidence from the field and assess the total (enterprise) cost savings that are generated when an advanced O-level test capability is provided to the maintainer. It also provides a comparison between the F-15E (with full BIT capability) to the F-15A/B/C/D test approach that uses ATE for test and diagnostics. Lastly, it discusses the critical need and salient characteristics of a more advanced analytical tool that could be used by the sustainment engineer in the preparation of a business case for a proposed CBM+ project.

Keywords

aircraft maintenance; aircraft testing; automatic test equipment; cost reduction; logistics data processing; military aircraft; organisational aspects; ATE; CBM+ project; F-15A maintenance database; F-15B maintenance database; F-15C maintenance database; F-15D maintenance database; advanced O-level test capability; business case analysis; business case template development; condition based maintenance plus project; cost saving; logistics data; organizational-level tester; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Logistics; Maintenance engineering; Measurement; Military aircraft;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1088-7725

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9362-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2011.6058780

Filename

6058780