@article {SYDOW:2008:0028-1425:89,
title = "Shipboard Maintenance: What Do Surface Warfare Officers Need to Knowand When Do They Need to Know It?",
journal = "Naval Engineers Journal",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asne/nej",
publishercode ="asne",
year = "2008",
volume = "120",
number = "2",
publication date ="2008-10-01T00:00:00",
pages = "89-98",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0028-1425",
eissn = "1559-3584",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asne/nej/2008/00000120/00000002/art00021",
doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1559-3584.2008.00127.x",
author = "SYDOW, KENNETH R.",
abstract = "As the Navy has moved into the 21st century and the War on Terror has unfolded, the challenges to ship maintenance management have never been greater. These challenges include: a continuing high operating tempo compounded by less predictable schedules and coupled with fewer,
shorter scheduled opportunities to conduct maintenance; a fleet of fewer albeit more capableand therefore more complexships; a trend toward smaller, perhaps less stable crews to operate and maintain the ships; and continuing competition for the available budget dollars between
operations and maintenance, as well as between current and future readiness concerns. In an era of operations focused maintenance, what is the role of the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) in managing their shipboard maintenance? What do they need to know, and when do they need to
know it? This paper addresses these questions and related issues and offers, where applicable, some nearterm and longterm recommendations for improvement.",
}