The Linkages Between Spare-Parts Management and Maintenance Management in Army Supply Chain of Vehicles

Abstract

This paper endeavours to provide an insight into linkages between Spare-parts Management and Maintenance Management in Army Supply Chain of Vehicles operating in challenging, under-developed and tough areas. There is hardly any research work carried out in this niche field. But there is a great scope of improvement in army supply chains by application of the latest management techniques. The paper demystifies the salient aspect of Army supply chains for spareparts and maintenance chain. It focuses on data analysis aspects of the supply chain of spareparts for commercial pattern vehicles (CPVs) or trucks used by various Armies including VED, ABC and FNS analysis. It also carries out data analysis of various repairs of heavy and light CPVs executed by maintenance chain and brings out salient repair indices. Comparative analysis of army supply chain of spareparts and maintenance chain brings out certain voids and establishes linkages between these two chains. The synergy between supply chains of spareparts and maintenance is necessary to enhance efficiency and responsiveness of army supply chains.