Abstract ViaSat has undergone extensive changes in the depot maintenance arena over the last five years. In 1999, ViaSat instituted competition in an effort to reduce repair cost to the customer while continuing to support the government. Through this initial effort, ViaSat developed and instituted wide-sweeping changes in its approach to depot maintenance. The Logistics Centers (LCs) are now competing against other private corporations for workloads that were normally "assigned" to them. The LCs adapted quickly …showed first 75 words of 1285 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1285 total…know in finite detail what work is being done, when it's due and what the support requirements are. *<Tab/>Benchmarking by visiting and learning from the best in industry, and documenting and incorporating their successful practices; and *<Tab/>Establishing command metrics to document performance against customer expectations for on-time delivery, cost, quality, and safety. References ViaSat's internal intranet: Https://vianet.viasat ViaSat public website: www.viasat.com