Convenience Food Logistics Model (CFLM) Design.

Abstract

To study the logistical impact of using convenience food products in Navy food service systems, the convenience Food Logistics Model (CLFM) was developed as a management tool to perform such evaluations. The CFLM is primarily an optimization tool which takes food cost, labor and storage data from databases built into the system, a menu consisting of Armed Forces Recipe Service recipe items, and user supplies substitution percentages for various recipe categories to generate an optimal substituted menu. This report explains the assumptions and methodology used in the design of the model and its optimization process and well as the data bases and the model's data base management system. This is one of four reports related to this effort. The others are: 'Convenience Food Logistics Model - User's Manual,' Miller, J. and Evangelos, K., NATICK/TR-96/017; 'Logistical Analysis of Convenience Food Substitution in a Typical Navy Menu for a Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD),' Saraf, S., Ph.D., Evangelos, K. and Hill, B., NATICK/TR-96/018; and 'Analysis of the Impact of Convenience Foods on Navy Food Service,' Evangelos, K., Adams, S., Dr.PH, RD, Short, P. et al., NATICK/TR- 96/019.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA305680

Entities

People

  • Judy Miller
  • Kathy-lynn Evangelos
  • Sampat Saraf

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Boats
  • Convenience Foods
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Engineering
  • Food
  • Guided Missiles
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Marine Transportation
  • Meals
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Vegetables

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Industrial Economics