Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool: Workloads, Capacity, and Availability

Aging U.S. Air Force fleets have deterioration problems, resulting in increased maintenance workloads. Programmed depot maintenance (PDM) is significant, requiring 2,000 to 50,000 labor hours and material. RAND developed the PDM Capacity Assessment Tool (PDMCAT), applied it to the KC-135 PDM process, with three alternative forecasts of future workload and two fleet-size scenarios, to inform aircraft availability and resource allocation decisions.Loredo, Elvira N. is the author of 'Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool: Workloads, Capacity, and Availability', published 2007 under ISBN 9780833040152 and ISBN 0833040154.