Optimal Pre-Positioning of Bulk Fuel Resources
Abstract
The Navy-Marine Corps Team as informed by A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority 2.0 and the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps Commandants Planning Guidance (CPG) is planning to conduct distributed maritime operations and expeditionary advanced base operations. These highly distributed and mobile operations require new material and operational solutions for the storage and distribution of bulk fuel to sustain forces in the area of responsibility. The challenge of conducting distributed operations in contested environments disrupts the employment of current Combat Logistics Force platforms. This study investigates the bulk fuel cache (BFC) concept of minimally manned or unmanned pre-positioned bulk fuel storage systems as an alternative method for sustaining forward deployed operations in contested environments. This study considers a facility location model with stochastic demand and dynamic location to establish a baseline of operating considerations and concepts for the integration of BFCs into the naval logistics enterprise. This study explores BFC quantity, capacity, location, and dynamic movement for optimal sustainment of a distributed maritime force and informs future planning and acquisitions efforts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1114612
Entities
People
- Steven D. Kasdan
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School