TY - JOUR
T1 - A Systems Thinking Approach to Managing Sustainment Phase Redesign Planning
AU - Classi, Cal C.
AU - Nowicki, David R.
AU - Mansouri, Mo
AU - Sauser, Brian J.
AU - Randall, Wesley S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - This study applies a systems thinking approach to sustainment-phase redesign planning for large-scale, complex, sustainment-dominated systems (SDSs) found in the airline, aerospace and defense, healthcare, and utilities industries. Maintaining the SDS’s effectiveness throughout its long life presents a significant engineering and business challenge. This research contributes to the literature by developing an academically rigorous redesign-planning framework (RPF) through the lens of management and systems theories and the use of the grounded theory, research methodology. With the RPF, engineering managers can now simultaneously consider key issues, improvement opportunities, and risks of SDSs to develop and execute strategic, sustainment redesign plans that improve SDS performance at a lower lifecycle cost.
AB - This study applies a systems thinking approach to sustainment-phase redesign planning for large-scale, complex, sustainment-dominated systems (SDSs) found in the airline, aerospace and defense, healthcare, and utilities industries. Maintaining the SDS’s effectiveness throughout its long life presents a significant engineering and business challenge. This research contributes to the literature by developing an academically rigorous redesign-planning framework (RPF) through the lens of management and systems theories and the use of the grounded theory, research methodology. With the RPF, engineering managers can now simultaneously consider key issues, improvement opportunities, and risks of SDSs to develop and execute strategic, sustainment redesign plans that improve SDS performance at a lower lifecycle cost.
KW - DMSMS
KW - Obsolescence
KW - Sustainment
KW - Systems Thinking
KW - Technology Refresh
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U2 - 10.1080/10429247.2017.1418598
DO - 10.1080/10429247.2017.1418598
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85044415180
SN - 1042-9247
VL - 30
SP - 68
EP - 81
JO - EMJ - Engineering Management Journal
JF - EMJ - Engineering Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -