Medical Acquisition shelf-Life System (MASS) Decision Support Model User's Guide

Abstract

The Medical Acquisition Shelf-Life System (MASS) Model is a decision aid to assist procurement analysis in evaluating alternative bids for stocked medical shelf-life items. MASS attempts to identify the best value bid by balancing longer shelf-life against higher purchase price in order to identify the bid with the lowest life cycle costs. The objectives of this systems documentation are to briefly review the model features, document the MASS programs, describe the MASS files, and explain the procedures for updating the MASS data. Keywords: Computer programs; Medical equipment; Military acquisition; Decision making.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA211840

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Baker
  • Rick L. Jernigan

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computer Programs
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Databases
  • Directories
  • Economic Analysis
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Military Acquisition
  • Operations Research
  • Procurement
  • Shelf Life
  • Standards
  • Transportation

Readers

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