Determining End of Life Policy for Air Force Expended Small Arm Cartridge Cases

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to explore the creation of an Air Force reverse logistics network to process Expended Small Arms Cartridge Casings (ESACC) after recent changes made by the Defense Logistics Agency ESACC Policy. Specifically, this paper explored ESACC market price, Air Force ESACC generation, use of automated equipment to process ESACCs, and Department of Defense Less than Truck Load transportation costs to create a revenue generating reverse logistics network for the Air Force. The research explored multiple models utilizing the Single Source Capacitated Facility Location Problem and how the solutions generated by those models can be used by the Air Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 2019
Accession Number
AD1089582

Entities

People

  • James L Eimers

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Brass
  • Business Administration
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Logistics
  • Machines
  • Money
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Small Arms
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.