DocumentCode
2577786
Title
Weapon system reliability and maintainability: increasing their visibility with decision makers
Author
Price, Richard W.
Author_Institution
US Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, VA, USA
fYear
1991
fDate
29-31 Jan 1991
Firstpage
82
Lastpage
84
Abstract
The enhancement of the visibility of system R&M (reliability and maintainability) characteristics with senior executives at the top of the decision-making process is examined. It is shown that possible conflict with other documents used by decision makers poses a drawback. Cost and operational effectiveness analyses (COEAs) are one example, since they are the official, validated cost reference for US Army weapon systems. Further investigation is needed to refine approaches for communicating R&M information
Keywords
maintenance engineering; reliability; weapons; US Army weapon systems; cost and operational effectiveness analysis; decision makers; maintainability; reliability; Arm; Costs; Engineering management; Hardware; Investments; Maintenance engineering; Reliability engineering; System testing; Terminology; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1991. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
0-87942-661-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ARMS.1991.154418
Filename
154418
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