How to improve the performance through information sharing in a military supply chain – Royal Netherlands Air Force 

 Overview

Company Description

Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) consists of  multiple commands. Every command is responsible for their own task. The Air Support Command (ASC) in Hoogerheide is responsible for the support of the operational commands. Within the ASC, there is a department responsible for the sustainment of weapon systems. Every weapon system support team consists of people with multi-disciplinary background (Financial, Logistics, Ops, Purchasing, Technical)

Project Description

Project description:

The sustainment of the weapon systems of the RNLAF is costly. Many Line Replaceable Units (LRU) of the weapon systems of the RNLAF are expensive and therefore repaired (internally/externally) if broken. The RNLAF has a relative small fleet of every weapon system and therefore the forecast for the repair of LRUs is complex. The RNLAF is sharing a forecast for repairables with external repair companies.

The RNLAF is interest which methods of information sharing could be used to improve the performance of the supply chain and the performance of the external repair companies.

Furthermore, the RNLAF is interested what the result will be from different levels of information detail sharing with external repair companies which have many customers besides the RNLAF.

Goals of the project:

Provide insights to the RNLAF about possible information sharing strategies to improve supply chain performance.

Deliverables

Case study

Recommendations how RNLAF should incorporate information sharing in the supply chain with partners

 Essential student knowledge:

• Information sharing
• Game Theory
• Forecasting

More information: escf@tue.nl