Study of engineering equipment spare parts inventory control based on cannibalizing strategies

It is a direction of reform and development for the engineering force to provide a forceful support for equipment spare parts.Doing the engineering equipment spare parts inventory control well is the important guarantee of the engineering force implementing a precise inventory control.The related theory and developments were analyzed,and their defects were pointed out and the maintenance and inventory characteristics of the air force equipment were investigated.In order to enhance the efficiency of spare parts support,the cannibalizing theory was introduced for analyzing its advantages and adaptability.Then,an inventory model and a two-level joint inventory model of a single air force base were established respectively.Finally,the analysis and comparison of some examples show that this method is better than the conventional spare parts inventory theory and the non-cannibalizing spare parts inventory model,and can save the cost of supporting spare parts significantly.