Premium
Evaluating USAF Vehicle Maintenance Productivity Over Time: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis
Author(s) -
Clarke Richard L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1992.tb00395.x
Subject(s) - data envelopment analysis , productivity , operations research , operations management , computer science , envelopment , field (mathematics) , business , engineering , statistics , economics , mathematics , macroeconomics , pure mathematics
In response to increasing costs and reductions in manpower, the Tactical Air Command (TAC) of the USAF experimented with a specialized productivity measurement model known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). A medium‐sized application of DEA was employed by TAC to evaluate the productivity of its seventeen subordinate vehicle maintenance sections over a four‐year period. The application reports gains in productivity and the reactions of the field managers to the use of DEA.