Decision Support Tools for the Assessment of Commodity Bid Offers Made to the Defense National Stockpile Center

Abstract

This report documents a study of commodity bid offers made to the Defense National Stockpile Center (DNSC). The purpose of the study was to provide DNSC with better information about potential changes in market commodity prices. This report provides the project findings of the new PC based price forecasting model, "market basket" decision support package, and "optimal" price methodology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329596

Entities

People

  • Eleanor Reid
  • Randy Zimmerman

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Delphi Method
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Operations Research
  • Phyllosilicates
  • Regression Analysis
  • Sebacic Acid
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Stockpiles
  • Tantalum Carbides

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Industrial Economics