The focus is on the interdependencies among an organization's functions and the logistics responsibilities for meeting user or customer requirements. It is used the Space Shuttle Orbiter's supply chain to discuss the implementation of a comprehensive risk management program that ranks logistics risks. The ASAP (Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel), established by the President to report on issues affecting the NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Adminimstration), is concerned about the Space Shuttle Program's ability to carry out launches during the next 5 to 20 years. The ASAP is concerned because the International Space Station Program is now ready to implement its aggressive launch schedule, one that is highly dependent on the availability of the Space Shuttle. The ASAP and other who monitor the space business are concerned about the Space Shuttle supply chain for some reasons. These are the high dependency on critical, single-source suppliers, the loss of supplier support at all levels, the increasing parts obsolence and the lack of process controls by subtier vendors. These four concerns exist in most aging aerospace programs and are not the main issue facing the Space Shuttle Program. The central issue is the lack of knowledge or warning that a supplier will no longer provide support, a part is obsolete, or a subtier vendor has altered a critical process that affects the hardware's characteristics. An example of a model that views systems or organizational vulnerabilities from a strategic and tactical viewpoint is the centers of gravity model developed by Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian army officer and military theorist, in the 1800s. The model states that every system depends on its subsystems. In the connection with the supply chain risk for space systems supportability it can be concluded that the centers of gravity concept developed by Clausewitz provides a model to measure risk at any level. The only limitations are data entry and focus. No one tool can adequately address a comprehensive risk management program.


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    Title :

    Assessing supply chain risk for space systems supportability


    Additional title:

    Die Bewertung des Versorgungskettenrisikos für Weltraumsysteme. Risikomanagement


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Logistics Spectrum ; 34 , 2 ; 7-10


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 4 Bilder



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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