A Slam Model of the Armed Forces Courier Service CONUS Stations: A Strategic Planning Tool.
Abstract
This thesis develops an analytical model to assist the management of the Armed Forces Courier Services (ARFCOS) in making strategic planning decisions concerning its complex transportation network. ARFCOS delivers highly sensitive classified information to approximately 6500 customers served by 36 stations around the world. The research is limited to modeling 14 CONUS ARFCOS stations (ARFCOSTAS). The model is used to evaluate the current transportation network structure, determining the required weight bearing capacity of the vehicle to meet the maximum loading anywhere along a route. The model also provides data on manpower usage in terms of average number of people working and minimum and maximum number of people needed at one time. It provides the managers of ARFCOS a tool for analyzing alternative systems and the means of comparing different decision rules on the working of the systems. Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling (SLAM II) is the implementing language of the model. The theoretical distribution of the amounts of material picked up and delivered to 361 demand points are determined and used to compute maximum expected weights along 71 routes. The model is validated as an accurate representation of the current ARFCOS system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA161716
Entities
People
- Douglas E. Steward
- Winston D. Nelms
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology