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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 42 MISTIR Program Proves Tops io AF litem R6pa A highly sophisticated sys tem to insure that the moderAir Force with more n-day than $4 billion worth of recoverable, repair items will have those items ready when and where they are needed is" proving its effectiveness every day in the Ogden AMA and AFLC. - Maj. Gen. T. Alan Bennett, Ogden AMA commander, said I that the Management of Items Subject to Repair (MISTR) is the AFLC function responsible for the operation of the vital AF repair program. It is primarily a mechanized system with most repair data generated by computers and is a highly weighted item in .the AFLC Horse Race. It has been largely due to the high performance of the MISTR system that the Ogden. AMA has led so many months in the inter-AMcompetition. Less Failure should be a The program H. B. Stayner, Plans and Management; MISTR TRAINING of favorite taxpayers since in used in training employees in checks over a large general eight AF items can be the management of items subject to repair. repaired for the price of one new one. Besides there is anresearch inother factor dicates that a repaired item i3 less likely to fail during the first few hours of life than a new part just manufactured. MISTR (a major step forward in AF logistics business) has proved capable of having repaired only those items that are needed, and repaired by the time they are needed. Before MISTR can decide what, how many, and how fast items are to be repaired, past requirements and distribution history as well as current ordering rates have to be conA flip-cha- Lois Thompson is checking MKtd) TEM MANAGER chine products against anticipated requirements on items. Hi-v- rt f 1 l ) ; - sidered. Parts Available Forklift driver Basil Cooper brings in a NEEDS REPAIR missile ground support generator which will be torn down, repaired and reassembled. Quantities of parts needed for repair are automatically forecast so that they will be available when the moment comes for action on the usable remains of the items involved. The billions of dollars of recoverable items in the AF inventory are required at different rates. The MISTR system provides for a mechanical computation every two weeks. It takes into consideration the daily demand rate and the present stock positions of each Rodney Porter begins assembly of a repaia rudder servo assembly at a "clean work bench in an import! phase of the MJSTR program. ASSEMBLY item to develop a requirement from repair. The repair requirement is divided into categories to indicate the urgency of the item need. Categories one through three cover items of repair for customers' immediate needs when supply has no serviceable stock on hand. Categories four and five are those required for support stocks to be placed on the shelves of the supplier for later issue. MISTR manager at Hi H. B. Stayner, Plans and i agement Office.. He saidtii educational programs givec formal classroom training volved 3,091 Ogden AMA a 4o. ployees and required yea three hours in the past He also said that the Force's sister services and Navy) are presently el of i sidering the adoption MISTR program. (A: rV7 0 1' j MISTR SUPPORT Walter Broshlnsky, chief, Property Accounting Section (standing), checks with Paul Hinojosa, MISTR program. J staff at Ogden AMA. I out fcrjy |