Provisioning Policy Study.

Abstract

This project examined a number of alternative policies for buying and supporting provisioning items. Actual (historical) data was used in conjunction with a model of the inventory and provisioning systems. A statistical comparison of outcome measures, such as the total dollar of commitments and the number of backorders generated, was used to assess the alternatives provisioning policies. The results of the study identified several policies which significantly reduced the dollar value of inventory, and others which significantly reduced the number of backorders. In general, the provisioning policies evaluated demonstrated an inverse relationship between commitments and assets on the one hand and backorders on the other hand. Two particular policies were identified which slightly increased the dollar vlaue of commitments and assets, but significantly reduced the number of dollar value of backorders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA194891

Entities

People

  • Stan Orchowsky

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Commodities
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Economic Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Operations Research
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics

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