Abstract
Abstract Due to the post-cold war environment, beginning in the late 1980s U.S. military missions shifted from the ability to support a full-scale war scenario against Warsaw pact nations to the ability to support regional conflicts. This new environment left the U.S. military with significant excess maintenance capacity. The Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF was renamed working capital fund in 1995) was initiated by the Department of Defense to provide incentives for military services to embrace market-like efficiencies. This study examines the efficiency and effectiveness of a major United States Air Force aircraft repair depot, the Ogden Air Logistics Center. Efficiency and effectiveness data are collected and compared for the six-year period surrounding adoption of marketlike business practices. The results indicate dramatic efficiency improvements as profitability and efficiency of asset use increase sharply in the three years after adoption of the DBOF initiatives. The data also suggest that ma...
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