Forecasting DLA Supply Management Business Base.

Abstract

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is the primary worldwide supplier of consumable items and repair parts to the Department of Defense (DoD).It also provides logistics support to other government agencies as requested. Decreases in the DoD budget, base closures, declining military personnel resources, streamlining initiatives, and many other factors combine to drastically effect DLA's business base. The Material Management directorate within DLA requires a model to forecast indicators of workload in order to assist in corporate strategic planning and resource allocation in the area of supply management. The model encompasses four hardware centers supplying construction, electronic, general, and industrial items. Annual sales from these centers exceed $3 billion. Indicators of workload included in the forecast are gross demand, supply support requests, and gross sales. This project discusses development of the model and evaluation of the forecasts. Included are the various methodologies considered, assessment of independent variables, and application of the forecasts within DLA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA291757

Entities

People

  • Marc B. Carolan

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Base Closures
  • Budgets
  • Commerce
  • Delphi Method
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • United States
  • Workload

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics