A Model for the Analysis of Stockpile/Production Base Tradeoffs
Abstract
Meeting the wartime requirements for consumable materiel, particularly for ammunition, generally requires a stockpile for meeting initial needs, and a production base, for building the stockpile and also for supplying long-term demands if the war is of sufficiently great duration. During peacetime, stockpile and production base are complements--enlarged production bases result in a larger stockpile--but during wartime, they are (to a degree) substitute means of supplying the consumable. This paper presents a linear programming model that determines the least cost mix of stockpile and production base necessary to satisfy wartime consumption. The model includes a build-up period during which production base is acquired and the stockpile is built, a steady-state period during which assets are at maintained post-build-up levels until the start of the war, and a mobilization-and-war period during which demand for the consumable must be met, either through stockpile depletion or through wartime production from previously acquired base. The model is fast running and allows the user great flexibility in specifying the planning scenario.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA082799
Entities
People
- Jeffrey H. Grotte
- Paul F. Mccoy
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses