METRIC: A MULTI-ECHELON TECHNIQUE FOR RECOVERABLE ITEM CONTROL

Abstract

A description of METRIC, a mathematical model of a base-depot supply system translated into a computer program. METRIC is capable of determining base and depot stock levels for a group of recoverable items of the type that accounts for 78 percent of the Air Force's investment in spares. Designed for application at the weapon-system level, METRIC's primary aim is to optimize system performance for specified levels of system investment. This is probably the first multi-echelon, multi-item model ever proposed for Air Force implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0645684

Entities

People

  • Craig C. Sherbrooke

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Inventory
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Time Intervals
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design