PBL:
I've seen one instance where it seemed to work, 10-15 years ago, and am familiar with one that isn't working as well.
Not only is MTBF data counted (and if you don't have a five year average you can't even start, from what I have seen) but causation for removal/replacement of the more expensive bits needs to be understood to fold into the predictive models. That would give the logistician a fighting chance to estimate long lead time materials, to consider just one piece of the problem. There are others, to include suppliers suddenly becoming unqualified after an audit.
Is the F-35 mature enough for that kind of data driven logistics tail support? I can't see where the data would be coming from ...
