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A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

First Steps

By: Raymond Pyles

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A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

First Steps

By: Raymond Pyles

The United States Air Force materiel sustainment system (MSS) is continually caught between two countervailing pressures: demands for increased efficiency and lower costs on one side versus demands for increasingly effective support to combat operations and peacetime training on the other. Furthermore, the demands on the MSS are unpredictable and change rapidly. The authors contend that implementation of a common operating picture (COP) would make the Air Force MSS both more efficient and more flexible and responsive to changing needs. They describe such a COP, developed around four principles: effects-based measures, which enable the creation of diagnostic measures to monitor system performance; schwerpunkt, a German concept that emphasizes the importance of a shared frame of reference for accomplishing organizational objectives; decision-rights theory, which provides a framework for decentralizing decisionmaking; and a nonmarket economic framework in which Air Force Headquarters and the Global Logistics Supply Center would mediate between the supply and demand sides of the MSS. The authors discuss how this COP might be applied to depot-level reparable component sustainment, using that specific example to illustrate how the COP could improve the overall MSS." -- publisher's website.

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Rand Corporation

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0833041282

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Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Workloads, Capacity, and Availability

By: Elvira N. Loredo,Raymond Pyles,Don Snyder

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Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Workloads, Capacity, and Availability

By: Elvira N. Loredo,Raymond Pyles,Don Snyder

This monograph describes a model for evaluating the combined capacity of organic (U.S. Air Force owned and operated) and contractor maintenance assets to meet aircraft programmed depot maintenance (PDM) workloads. The PDM Capacity Assessment Tool (PDMCAT) forecasts the average number of aircraft that will be in PDM status each year over several decades, based on the initial number of aircraft in PDM status, the physical capacity of the facility or facilities (number of docks available for conducting PDM work), the PDM induction policy (the period allowed between the completion of one PDM and the start of the next), and the minimum hands-on flow time (the minimum time it would take a facility to complete a PDM if only one aircraft were in PDM status). While not directly part of the model, the derived induction data can be used to estimate both near- and long-term obligation authority requirements for different induction policies, labor rates, and workload forecasts. To illustrate the model's operations and capabilities, we applied the model to evaluate the U.S. Air Force's current capacity for supporting KC-135 PDM and examined several options for improving both near- and long-term availability. In the process, we discovered that, while future annual fleet costs increase and availability decreases with age and workload, they do so rather less rapidly because the aircraft induction rates (the number of aircraft inducted each year) decrease as the PDM flow time increases. This leads to a less-drastic cost and availability forecast than usual.

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Rand Corporation

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0833040154

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Irish English

History and Present-Day Forms

By: Raymond Hickey

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Irish English

History and Present-Day Forms

By: Raymond Hickey

English has been spoken in Ireland for over 800 years, making Irish English the oldest variety of the language outside Britain. This 2007 book traces the development of English in Ireland, both north and south, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on authentic data ranging from medieval literature to authentic contemporary examples, it reveals how Irish English arose, how it has developed, and how it continues to change. A variety of central issues are considered in detail, such as the nature of language contact and the shift from Irish to English, the sociolinguistically motivated changes in present-day Dublin English, the special features of Ulster Scots, and the transportation of Irish English to overseas locations as diverse as Canada, the United States, and Australia. Presenting a comprehensive survey of Irish English at all levels of linguistics, this book will be invaluable to historical linguists, sociolinguists, syntacticians and phonologists alike.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139465848

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The Annotated Big Sleep

By: Raymond Chandler

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The Annotated Big Sleep

By: Raymond Chandler

The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and is an essential addition to any crime fiction fan’s library. A masterpiece of noir, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep helped to define a genre. Today it remains one of the most celebrated and stylish novels of the twentieth century. This comprehensive, annotated edition offers a fascinating look behind the scenes of the novel, bringing the gritty and seductive world of Chandler's iconic private eye Philip Marlowe to life. The Annotated Big Sleep solidifies the novel’s position as one of the great works of American fiction and will surprise and enthrall Chandler’s biggest fans. Including: -Personal letters and source texts -The historical context of Chandler’s Los Angeles, including maps and images -Film stills and art from the early pulps -An analysis of class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in the novel

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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080416889X

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9780804168892

A Source Book for Irish English

By: Raymond Hickey

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A Source Book for Irish English

By: Raymond Hickey

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "all the bibliographical items in this book ... along with self-installing software necessary to process the databases and tha annotations on a personal computer." -- p. [535].

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027237530

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9789027237538

A Dictionary of Varieties of English

By: Raymond Hickey

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A Dictionary of Varieties of English

By: Raymond Hickey

A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world. Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to current research trends in the field Includes definitions both for the varieties of English and regions they feature, and for terms and concepts derived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties Explores important research issues including the transportation of dialects of English, the rise of ‘New Englishes’, sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change. Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language in recent decades Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students and scholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varieties of the most widely accepted language of international communication

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470656417

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9780470656419

SharePoint for Project Management

How to Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with SharePoint

By: Dux Raymond Sy

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SharePoint for Project Management

How to Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with SharePoint

By: Dux Raymond Sy

If you are a project manager looking for a technology-based, easily implemented, and usable solution for project communications, document management, and general project organization, this book is for you!"-Susan Weese, PgMP, President and Founder, Rhyming Planet Most companies don't understand SharePoint's power, and use it simply to share documents or spreadsheets. This hands-on book demonstrates how SharePoint can also help you organize and manage complex projects. With SharePoint for Project Management, you'll not only understand how to apply common and practical project management concepts in SharePoint, you'll learn how to build a Project Management Information System (PMIS), customized to your project, that can efficiently coordinate communication and collaboration among team members. With this book, you will: Learn to apply key project management techniques by leveraging SharePoint as a PMIS Track a case study that illustrates the circumstances and processes of an effective SharePoint PMIS Appropriately define access permissions for project stakeholders and team members Centralize project documents and keep track of document history with version control Automate project reporting mechanisms and generate on-demand status reports Track project schedules, control changes, and manage project risks Integrate project management tools such as Excel, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook Each chapter includes activities that let you practice what you learn. Most SharePoint books are either too introductory (for end users), or too technical (for system administrators). SharePoint for Project Management is just what project managers like you need to learn how to harness the organizational abilities of this powerful software.

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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0596554052

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9780596554057

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Workloads, Capacity, and Availability

By: Elvira N. Loredo,Raymond Pyles,Don Snyder

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Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Workloads, Capacity, and Availability

By: Elvira N. Loredo,Raymond Pyles,Don Snyder

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Rand Corporation

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A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

First Steps

By: Raymond Pyles

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First Steps

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0833041282

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Aging Aircraft

USAF Workload and Material Consumption Life Cycle Patterns

By: Raymond Pyles

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Aging Aircraft

USAF Workload and Material Consumption Life Cycle Patterns

By: Raymond Pyles

To help improve the Air Force's ability to foresee the implications for safety, aircraft availability, and cost of its plans to retain aircraft fleets for service lives that may be as long as 80 years, and to identify actions that will mitigate or avoid some of the more severe consequences, this study measures how the USAF aircraft fleets' ages relate to maintenance and modification workloads and material consumption.

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0833033492

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Book's by Raymond Pyles

A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Irish English

Irish English

The Annotated Big Sleep

The Annotated Big Sleep

A Source Book for Irish English

A Source Book for Irish English

A Dictionary of Varieties of English

A Dictionary of Varieties of English

SharePoint for Project Management

SharePoint for Project Management

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool

A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment

Aging Aircraft

Aging Aircraft

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