IMEC (Item Mission Essentiality Code) Implementation for Fill Depth Computations
Abstract
Fleet Issue Load Lists (Fills) are carried by AFSs whose primary mission is to provide resupply support to other ships. Fill costs and AFS space constraints limit the range and depth of items an AFS can carry; not every item which might be needed by one of the supported ships is carried. Every effort is made to insure that the AFS can provide the items most essential to the supported ships. Current programs and procedures do no identify the most essential load list candidate items. Almost every item is coded vital to the ship's mission, thus making it impossible to distinguish between the most essential items and the other less important candidates. Recently a new measure of essentially, the Item Mission Essentiality Code (IMEC), has been introduced which more accurately differentiates essentiality between items. The objective was to develop and evaluate alternative procedures which use IMECs in computing FILL depth. Test load lists were built using candidate files from the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets in order to evaluate various techniques of incorporating IMECs in the FILL depth computation. The alternatives considered separate effectiveness goals by IMEC, weighting the risk equation by IMEC and applying minimum protection levels by IMEC. The test load lists were evaluated in terms of dollar value and actual effectiveness where actual effectiveness is defined as how well a load list compares with 90 days of Mobile Logistics Support Force (MLSF) demand data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA185775
Entities
People
- Mary E. Orse