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The total elapsed repair turnaround time still can be excessive with a resulting major impact on inventory management. There are several contributing causes for this that were discussed briefly in the 1990 annual report, but one of the key issues is the average time involved in the engineering analysis of failed components. The overall trend of repair turnaround time showed a significant improvement toward the end of the year, but in some cases, notably the components overhauled by the original equipment manufacturers, the time is much too high. Management emphasis currently is being directed to the entire problem of reducing repair turnaround time and should continue.