Decision Support System for Resource Allocation Model

Abstract

In FY 87, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) began investigating the benefits of incorporating Decision Support System (DSS) technology in the Agency. As a result, the DLA Operations Research and Economic Analysis Management Support Office (DLA-DORO) was requested to develop an operational prototype DSS to assist decision makers in allocating constrained resource dollars. Two optimization models were created, a Stock Fund Allocation Model and a Commitment Dollar Allocation Model. The Commitment Allocation Model was used for integration into the prototype DSS as it was designed to answer the real time question of what items to buy and how much of each should be bought at this time. Testing results indicate that this optimization model provides supply availability projections equal to or greater than current operations when funding levels are below the stated Standard Automated Materiel Management System (SAMMS) requirements levels. The primary benefit of this model within the DSS is that is gives the decision maker an idea of the effect a reduced buy or a delayed buy will have on an item and throughout the system as a whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209389

Entities

People

  • Arild W. Olsen
  • Gerald Armstrong
  • Mary K. Cyrus

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Economic Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Operations Research
  • Prototypes
  • United States
  • User Friendly

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.