Abstract
The cost of any logistic supply system must be related to its ability to perform its mission-—supporting combat forces. The cost of a logistic supply system supporting carrier tactical aircraft can be expressed in terms of aircraft availability (or readiness) on the carrier and inventory savings within the supply system itself. Aircraft availability significantly improves when delivery time to the carrier of repairable spare parts is improved. Associated with this improvement in delivery time are the savings gained through smaller inventories of repairable spare parts, particularly aircraft engines and avionic components. A cost-effectiveness methodology for determining the net value of increased effectiveness per aircraft carrier receiving high-speed logistic support by Carrier-Onboard-Delivery (COD) aircraft is presented herein. This net value, the gross value of a given improvement minus the cost of obtaining that improvement, is shown to be many times the cost per carrier of the COD system itself, and represents the potential savings per aircraft carrier made possible by improving delivery time to the carrier of critical, repairable spare parts.
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