Maintenance.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

tion of MHE to job sites from a central control point.

c. Maintenance.

Scheduled

preventive

b. Post analysis. A post analysis of requirements

maintenance, fleet population sufficient for replacement

of equipment undergoing maintenance, and an effective

and utilization by using activities and at installation fleet

program of first echelon maintenance by operators will

management levels will verify the adequacy or

result in a compact working fleet without the necessity of

inadequacy of total fleet, pinpoint activities that

maintaining extra equipment which is in reality "excess"

constitute problem areas in materials handling

equipment. Maintenance should be performed in such

utilization, and indicate the type of remedial action

manner and with such dispatch as to preclude the

required. In each case, proper analysis will result in an

growth of a theory that "I need one piece of equipment

improved materials handling program, a close alignment

but must order two due to the possibility of breakdown."

of quantitative ceiling with workload volume, and a fleet

Figure 4-108 emphasizes where the value of equipment

complement containing the proper ratio of equipment by

is gained.

type and capacity necessary to accomplish supply

movement.

Figure 4-108. Equipment that is not producing is not "paying its way." Minimize "out of use" time.

equipment currently in use as well as unassigned

d. Distribution.

equipment available for immediate dispatch. Such an

(1) In many operational areas, the period of

aid for the control of equipment by location and use

requirement for MHE service constitutes only a small

activity is illustrated in figure 4-109. Removable cards

part of the day. Under such circumstances, rather than

or magnetic stickers identify, by number, each piece of

the assignment of an equipment item for the full day, it

equipment and the characteristics of the piece. Using

is better practice to have the equipment reported as

units may represent any operational breakdown most

being available for use to a central control office in order

suitable to exercise effective fleet control.

that further profitable dispatch can be accomplished.

The office exercising control of equipment should

maintain a means to visibly illustrate the location of

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