Improving Department of Defense Global Distribution Performance Through Network Analysis

Abstract

In October 2015, the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) implemented a new global shipping performance assessment method. USTRANSCOM assesses shipping lane performance by analyzing the distribution of the start-to-finish shipping time for all requisitions during a given time period and comparing the 85th quartile to an established time standard for the lane. The command assesses overall network performance using the total number of shipping lanes that perform better than the standard. Previously, USTRANSCOM grouped shipping lanes according to shipping method and destination with no consideration given the origin. The new method includes the origin information. Using parametric and nonparametric statistical tests and data analysis techniques, we show that the addition of requisition origin information enables more accurate analysis of the shipping network. Optimization provides node improvement recommendations. We find that focusing improvement on commercial air and military air shipments provide the greatest overall network performance increase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026843

Entities

People

  • Justin A. Thompson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Freight Transportation
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Logistics
  • Shipping
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Tests
  • Statistics
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • United States Transportation Command

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  • Computer Networking
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Regression Analysis.