Abstract

ABSTRACTThis paper describes how the increased numbers and complexity of electronics equipment in Navy ships has increased shipboard maintenance requirements, and describes the search for an improved maintenance manual concept. It describes one new concept, the Symbolic Integrated Maintenance Manual (SIMM), and describes the difference between SIMM and the currently used conventional manual, and efforts being made to evaluate the differences statistically. It explains why these evaluations must be properly planned according to statistical principles in order to come up with conclusions in which you can have confidence. The paper details the factors that must be considered in developing a designed experiment for evaluating the maintenance effectiveness of technical manuals. It also includes the essentials of the designed experiment developed by the Navy for the SIMM versus conventional manual comparison; this experiment will be adaptable, however, for use in comparing the effectiveness of any concepts in technical manuals.

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