Download or read book An Ownership Lease Cost Comparison Analysis of Heavy Equipment Motor Vehicles in Air Force Materiel Command written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis was to perform a ownership/lease cost comparison analysis, including the investigation of qualitative issues, of heavy equipment motor vehicles in Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). The study examined 11 types of special purpose vehicles. Ownership cost was determined using vehicles within the categories of interest from all AFMC installations. Four AFMC installations were sampled for lease cost data and qualitative information. Once an ownership cost was determined, a comparative analysis was accomplished with lease cost information. This was done using hourly and annual cost data. Qualitative issues surrounding possible lease initiatives were addressed. Findings indicated significant cost savings would be realized if short-term, or as needed, leasing practices were adopted for low utilization vehicles. Additionally, the research found qualitative issues and mission requirements may prohibit a complete conversion to a leased special purpose fleet. The research concluded that leasing is cost effective and should be considered as a possible alternative to ownership in Air Force Materiel Command. Also, any lease initiative must include cost, utilization, and qualitative information in the decision process. Costs, Cost analysis, Cost effectiveness, Leasing, Renting, Construction equipment, Comparison, Vehicles, Military vehicles.

Download or read book An Ownership lease Cost Comparison Analysis of Heavy Equipment Motor Vehicles in Air Force Materiel Command written by Mark A. Karzon (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Cost Benefit Analysis of Leasing Versus Buying Air Force General Purpose Vehicles in the Continental United States written by Robert J. Neal, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the increasingly aging vehicle fleet and declining vehicle budget, this research performed a cost-benefit analysis of leasing versus buying various Air Force general purpose vehicles for the entire continental United States (CONUS). In contrast to previous analyses, which have examined the leasing versus buying issue on a base-by-base basis, this analysis studies the issue from an Air Force-wide perspective using a cost-buying model. Costs and benefits are calculated for three purchasing options (Air Force ownership, GSA leasing, and commercial leasing) to determine and recommend the best alternative for the Air Force. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is to test the results of the cost-benefit models. The research demonstrates that the best alternative available to the Air Force is GSA leasing because of its overall lowest cost and accompanying benefits such as a newer vehicle fleet and a stable budget requirement. The current method of buying vehicles for ownership proves to be the least costly option for the Air Force when considering salvage value. Because the Air Force does not recognize salvage value, this study recommends that the Air Force convert the CONUS general purpose vehicle fleet to GSA leased vehicles.

Download or read book Cost Benefit Analysis of Leasing Versus Buying Air Force General Purpose Vehicles in the Continental United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the increasingly aging vehicle fleet and declining vehicle budget, this research performed a cost-benefit analysis of leasing versus buying various Air Force general purpose vehicles for the entire continental United States (CONUS). In contrast to previous analyses, which have examined the leasing versus buying issue on a base-by-base basis, this analysis studies the issue from an Air Force-wide perspective using a cost-buying model. Costs and benefits are calculated for three purchasing options (Air Force ownership, GSA leasing, and commercial leasing) to determine and recommend the best alternative for the Air Force. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is to test the results of the cost-benefit models. The research demonstrates that the best alternative available to the Air Force is GSA leasing because of its overall lowest cost and accompanying benefits such as a newer vehicle fleet and a stable budget requirement. The current method of buying vehicles for ownership proves to be the least costly option for the Air Force when considering salvage value. Because the Air Force does not recognize salvage value, this study recommends that the Air Force convert the CONUS general purpose vehicle fleet to GSA leased vehicles.

Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Leasing and Purchasing General Purpose Vehicles at Wright Patterson Air Force Base written by Verl A. Bunjer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of the report was to determine the most economical method for meeting the requirements for general purpose commercial design vehicles at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The cost associated with each of the three sources of vehicles (GSA, Air Force owned, corporate leasing), was collected, analyzed, and compared. From this analysis, a conclusion was presented regarding the source of lowest overall cost.

Download or read book Air Force Privatization in place written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparative Analysis of Leasing Versus Buying General Purpose Vehicles Sedan in the Korean Air Force written by Jung Jin Kim and published by . This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of decreasing defense budgets in Korea, the Korean Air Force Transportation Department has suffered from an insufficient vehicles procurement budget, resulting in fewer vehicles of increasing age, as well as decreasing military morale. For these reasons, the Korean Air Force Transportation Department needs a breakthrough to retain the transportation ability to support the field of operation in an effective and economic way. However, the Korea Air Force Transportation Department has only one method for procuring general-purpose vehicles, which is purchasing. Thus, the comparative analysis of leasing versus buying vehicle study started from the recognition of this situation in which ROKAF needs an efficient and effective vehicle procurement method. The purpose of this research is not to emphasize the leasing method, but to provide better ideas to make decisions to procure Air Force general-purpose vehicles economically, and effectively. Another consideration in this research is to develop a method for evaluating the cost-benefit of leasing versus buying vehicles, which has been used in buying versus leasing decision. This research analyzed two variables, logistics benefits and costs, and compared these variables for leasing and buying options to discover which one provides the most logistical benefits for the life cycle cost. The results of the analysis concluded that buying offers more benefits at significant cost savings.

Download or read book A Comparative Analysis of Leasing and Purchasing General Purpose Vehicles at Wright Patterson Air Force Base written by Verl A. Bunjer (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide for Air Force Lease Versus Buy Decisions written by J. S. Shedden and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis reviewed prior Air Force cost-benefit analysis procedures for a lease versus buy decision. Specifically, it looked at the analysis supporting the Air Force's decision to lease 120 replacement aircraft for the CT-39 fleet. The analysis used an after-tax methodology to ensure a government perspective was taken. The CT-39 analysis was a form of pre-tax methodology that did not accurately capture all the lost revenue at the Treasury resulting from the depreciation deductions available with a lease. The results of the analysis indicate that an Air Force's perspective always results in a decision to lease but the government perspective results in a decision to buy at discount rates below 8 percent and a decision to lease at rates above 8 percent.

Download or read book Contractor Logistics Support in the U S Air Force written by Michael Boito and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2009 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air Force has several options for sustaining weapon systems and components but has, in recent years, increasingly chosen contractor logistics support (CLS) over organic support. Still, questions remain about costs and efficiency, even about whether CLS is the best option. The authors explored these by reviewing the relevant government and DoD documents and data and by speaking with various knowledgeable individuals. The authors noted that CLS contracts have often gone to original equipment manufacturers because, lacking the technical data, the Air Force could not choose a third party. They also noted that contracts that guarantee large annual sums limit the Air Force's ability to adjust when its own funding changes and that the reasons underpinning these decisions are not always complete or consistent across the service. Centralizing and standardizing data and the related management skills would help make them available across the Air Force. More important, to retain all its choices for logistics services throughout a system's life cycle, the Air Force should acquire the technical data or data rights near the start of the acquisition process.

Download or read book System and Total Force Cost Analysis written by David Novick and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of the aims, concepts, and methods of military cost analysis as developed by RAND's Cost Analysis Department. The publication is basically concerned with estimating costs for proposed military activities so that informed choices can be made among them. The study considers in detail the underlying principles of cost analysis and examines methods for analyzing the cost of total force structures as well as of individual systems. Cost categories are refined, particularly by providing categories for research and development activities which constitute an increasing share of system costs. By generalizing methods and examples, the analysis is extended to support and control systems as well as weapon systems. The usefulness of cost sensitivity analysis is explained and illustrated by examples, and methods are described for estimating system manpower requirements.

Download or read book A Methodology for Comparing Costs and Benefits of Management Alternatives for F 22 Sustainment written by Cynthia R. Cook and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to perform a congressionally required assessment of contractor versus organic management of F-22 air vehicle and F119 engine sustainment to determine the most cost-effective approach. The methodology involved the development of notional government sustainment organizations and a consideration of a variety of factors relevant to such a decision, including the asserted benefits of each approach.

Download or read book Program Characteristics That Contribute to Cost Growth written by Mark A. Lorell and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report is a companion report to an earlier report, which identified the main characteristics of six recent U.S. Air Force acquisition programs with extreme cost growth. This report evaluates four recent Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) with low cost growth and compares and contrasts their key characteristics to the six programs evaluated with extreme cost growth from the earlier report. The purpose is threefold. First, we seek to determine whether or not the key characteristics identified in the programs with extreme cost growth are present in the programs with low cost growth and, if not, why. If those characteristics are not present, we assume that this finding reinforces our view that the key characteristics of the extreme cost-growth programs that were identified are likely the root causes of extreme cost growth. Second, we seek to determine the common characteristics of the low cost-growth programs and whether such characteristics can be incorporated into future Air Force MDAPs. Finally, we revisit the main recommendations from our earlier report regarding approaches to mitigating extreme cost growth and, based on our findings from the low cost-growth programs, determine whether those recommendations are still valid and broadly applicable to future Air Force MDAPs. This report provides summary case studies of the four MDAPs with low cost growth, how the key characteristics of these programs compare with the six programs with extreme cost growth, and how these findings affect our earlier recommendations on mitigating the causes of extreme cost growth"--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Air Force Materiel Command written by Marcia Leonard and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance measurement has long been a matter of debate in logistics. However, in the recent past, there has been a renewed emphasis as AF leaders continue to seek funding for weapon system spares despite marginal improvements in mission capability. The Chief's Logistics Review, Logistics Transformation Program, AFMC Constraints Assessment Program, the Spares Requirement Review Board, the Spares Campaign, and the Depot Maintenance Reengineering and Transformation all represent efforts to find and implement effective answers (RAND, 2003:ix). And, while there appears to be a consensus that better performance measures are needed, there is little agreement on exactly what should be measured, and how. Many performance management plans have been developed and recommended. In 1999, the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) published Supply Chain Management: A Recommended Performance Measurement Scorecard to guide senior DoD logistics managers. Then, in 2001, the AF logistics Management Agency developed a set of aggregate or strategic level metrics, Measuring The Health of USAF Supply, at the request of AF/ILS. Most recently, in November of 2003, the Supply Management Division published the AFMC Supply Chain Metrics Guide. However, each of these performance measurement plans each is distinctly different. This research seeks to determine how and why these performance measurements plans differ, and to examine what such differences might reveal about the nature of performance measurement in AF logistics systems.

Download or read book Costs of Flying Units in Air Force Active and Reserve Components written by Albert A. Robbert and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix.

Download or read book Cost benefit Analysis of Leaving Versus Buying Air Force General Purpose Vehicles in the Continental United States written by Robert J. Neal (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: