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The organization of the defense support system: an economic geography perspective
Amaury BarraJosselin DroffCatherine Baumontsubject
021110 strategic defence & security studiesEconomics and EconometricsProcess management[QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin]Industrial productionSocial cost05 social sciences0211 other engineering and technologiesContext (language use)02 engineering and technologySpace (commercial competition)Tipping point (climatology)Planner[QFIN] Quantitative Finance [q-fin]Economies of scaleUnit (housing)0502 economics and businessBusiness050207 economicscomputerSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUScomputer.programming_languagedescription
In the context of restricted budgetary resources and the growing cost of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities, a major issue for modern armed forces is to sustain defense platforms. A possible method consists of realizing economies of scale through the concentration of maintenance activities, which involves the spatial reorganization of existing industrial sites dedicated to MRO. This article provides a formalized framework to discuss the optimal organization for the MRO of defense platforms in space. The public planner organizes the maintenance of defense platforms with only two possible spatial configurations. In the dispersed configuration, two industrial production units in charge of the maintenance optimally cover space, whereas in the concentrated configuration, a unique industrial unit covers space. Focusing on the tipping point between the two configurations, the balance of forces between agglomeration and dispersion in defense support activities is described and discussed. O...
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 |