LOG 203 Reliability & Maintainability Curriculum Review Presented by Tom Simcik, Acquisition Logistics Performance Learning Director June 26, 2007

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability & Maintainability 1. A car had five maintenance actions in 300 days. What is the mean time between maintenance (MTBM)?: a. 200 days b. 300 days c. 60 days d. 600 days 2. If the MTBF = x, what is the failure rate?: a. x e-1 b. x 2 c. 1/x d. x/x 3. The original air conditioning in your 30 year old home breaks. The service technician informs you that the compressor motor is burned out. This is an example of: a. Latent Defect Failure b. Random Failure c. Wear-out Failure d. Dismal Failure PRE-TEST

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability & Maintainability DAU LOG’s “assignment specific” course for Reliability and Maintainability personnel. Distance learning format. No prerequisites. LOG 203 course metrics consistently meeting performance expectations: – Courseware: – Online Delivery: – Learning Efficiency: – Job Impact: On track for a three-fold increase in students since trough in FY08 is a “revision year”... >25% of turnover in course content. – $153K budget request in for 2008 Key Personnel: – Program Director: Tom Simcik, DAU LCIC-LOG – Course Manager: Richard DiLorenzo, DAU-Mid-West

Learn. Perform. Succeed. Rich DiLorenzo LOG 203 Course Manager DAU Mid-West Phil Littrell – Mid-Atlantic LOG 203 Course Manager & Region Representatives Dave Newberry – South Only 1 section of LOG 203

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability Distance Learning Course This course concentrates on reliability and maintainability (R&M) activities, enabling students to understand the relationship between R&M and acquisition logistics and to evaluate the impact of R&M decisions. Stressing a conceptual approach, the course presents basic R&M terminology and engineering practices. Approximately 30 hours DL. Students have 60 calendar days to complete. Course was developed in Only minor updates and conversion to LCMS in Course graduates: FY 07 Stats (as of 21 June 07): 515 graduates – Army (161)- DoD (17) – Navy (98)- Industry (132) – Air Force (101)- Fed Gov’t (6) FY # Grads (projected) 670

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability Current version has 5 lessons: 1. Impacts of R&M on Logistics 2. Operational and Contractual R&M Requirements 3. Providing Insight into Designing for Reliability 4. R&M Risk Reduction 5. Impacts of Manufacturing on R&M

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability Lesson 1: Impacts of R&M on Logistics – Recognize how R&M affects support costs – Recognize how R&M affects Total Ownership Costs – List 4 key elements in the definition of reliability – List two MTB_s that are logistics reliability parameters Lesson 2: Impacts of R&M on Missions – Distinguish between latent failures, random failures and wearout – Identify three measures of combat capability that are enhanced by good R&M – Distinguish between reliability and maintainability

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG 203 Reliability and Maintainability Lesson 3: Operational & Contractual R&M Requirements – List 3 methods for converting operational R&M requirements into contractual R&M requirements – List 3 approaches for assessing the R&M of Commercial and Nondevelopmental Items Lesson 4: Providing Insight into Designing for Reliability – Identify the reason that failure rates are easier to deal with than MTBFs – Distinguish between mission reliability and logistics reliability – Identify the aim of Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis Lesson 5: R&M and Risk Reduction – Recognize the Test-Analyze-and Fix process of achieving reliability growth – Recognize the concept of decision risk in reliability qualification test (RQT)

Learn. Perform. Succeed. LOG PLD Assessment Course does a good job communicating basic theory and terminology LOG 203 fills a niche requirement in R&M – limited training opportunities elsewhere A course refresh is needed to update content and latest advancements in the R&M field Expect continued increase in interest as R&M becomes foundational in program offices – a swing back to government competency Course will receive more PLD attention in FY08 especially if requested funds are received