The purpose of this thesis was to examine Logistics Balanced Scorecard (BSC) metrics on aircraft Mission Capable (MC) rates and to recommend a MC rate aggregation method for families of aircraft (aka mission areas - Airlift, Tanker, Bomber, etc) and to also recommend a method for defining the mission area Red, Yellow, and Green stop light standards used on the Balanced Scorecard dashboard. Aircraft Mission Capable rates are currently aggregated up to the Mission Design Series (MDS) level under the Warfighter perspective of Balanced Scorecard and this produces 36 top-level metrics, one for each Mission Design Series. Aggregation of aircraft Mission Capable rates to the mission level will reduce the number of top-level metrics to eight and provide a better indication of mission area status and capabilities. An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was utilized to calculate an aircraft Capability Weighting Factor based on Speed, Range, Payload, Utilization Rate by Flying Hours, and Maintenance Man-Hours per Flying Hour for the Airlift, Tanker, and Bomber mission areas. The weighting factors were multiplied by the number of MC aircraft in each MDS and aggregated to produce a mission area capability level, which was then standardized in term of a common MDS within each mission area.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
