Corrective Maintenance Optimization in an Air Force

• Main Authors: LAU, Hoong Chuin, Neo, K. Y., Wan, W. C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Business; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1132; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2131/viewcontent/DSI04_RO1app.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Successful military mission planning and execution depend critically on equipment serviceability and resupply. Due to the stochastic nature of demands, the forecast of optimal spares and resources needed to guarantee the level of serviceability is a complex problem, especially in a multi-echelon setting. In this paper, we propose a decision-support concept and software tool known as Corrective Maintenance Optimizer (CMO) that helps to optimize system availability, through proper allocation of spare parts, both strategically and operationally.