Predicting the Benefits Barriers and Bridges for USAF Expeditionary Combat Support System Implementation

<p>The United States Air Force (USAF) is making a bold move to replace over 400 logistics information systems with one enterprise-wide information system. This study performs an early assessment of the USAF's Expeditionary Combat Support System's (ECSS) ability to meet USAF logistics needs by predicting the benefits barriers and bridges of the ECSS system implementation. The research questions were answered in the scope of aircraft scheduled maintenance through a comprehensive literature review and the use of the Delphi technique. This study determines that the ECSS system will meet the needs of USAF logistics and that the benefits of implementing the system will far outweigh the barriers to its successful implementation. Finally the research concludes that in order for the ECSS system to succeed the USAF must provide strong leadership support for the system implementation be fully dedicated to change management strategies allow no changes in requirements for the system during the implementation and implement the system on a phased schedule.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>