Navy Maintenance: Ship Maintenance Strategies Need Better Assessments
NSIAD-88-187
Published: Jun 14, 1988. Publicly Released: Jun 14, 1988.
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Highlights
GAO reviewed the Navy's revised ship maintenance strategies.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of the Navy | So that data are available for an effective feedback loop, the Secretary of the Navy should perform detailed engineering analyses of optimum frequency and type of maintenance for all ships. |
Closed – Not Implemented
Additional analyses to validate the basis of recommended maintenance strategy changes will be conducted where changes to current maintenance strategies are deemed necessary.
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| Department of the Navy | So that data are available for an effective feedback loop, the Secretary of the Navy should establish criteria for evaluating the effects of changes in maintenance strategies and operating cycles. |
Closed – Implemented
Technical and cost criteria for evaluating effects of changes in maintenance strategies were published in a NAVSEA technical manual entitled "Standard Maintenance Strategy Selection Methodology", dated November 16, 1990.
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| Department of the Navy | So that data are available for an effective feedback loop, the Secretary of the Navy should use the information to compare the costs and benefits of different maintenance strategies and provide managers with necessary data to make decisions on sustaining or modifying strategies in light of maintenance costs and operational availability of ships. |
Closed – Not Implemented
A new methodology has been piloted in examining the current maintenance strategy of one class of surface ships and will be developed and refined with application both to new ships and existing strategies for ships currently in service. The ability to compare cost benefits of this new methodology will take several years of operational history before a realistic comparison can be made.
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| Department of the Navy | So that data are available for an effective feedback loop, the Secretary of the Navy should collect the data needed for evaluating different maintenance strategies in the management information systems. |
Closed – Implemented
Data needed to evaluate different maintenance strategies are available in the Visibility and Management of Support Costs database and the Ship Departure Report database.
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