The Design of Responsive Sea-Based Logistic Delivery Systems
Abstract
This project contributed fundamental insights to the field of military logistics about the emerging practice of sea-basing. The research can help transform vessels into floating distribution centers, responsible for fulfilling emergent and personalized resupply orders from troops on shore. This is the first to explicitly model internal cargo flow processes in a-sea based logistics environment. Compared to traditional logistics, sea-based logistics have limited and highly constrained storage space. In very dense storage environments with selective offloading, this is the first to mathematically model and analyze uncertainty propagation, define metrics that quantify and characterize uncertainty in unit location, create analytical expressions to estimate retrieval and searching efforts, and evaluate asset tracking technology. New methodologies to analyze the impact of activity profile based cost functions in a news vendor modeling framework are developed. A value model assessed asset tracking technologies; internal positioning systems are the preferred technology; RFID is not found adequate for the requirements of selective offloading in dense storage systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1056278
Entities
People
- Jennifer A. Pazour
Organizations
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute