RAND Arroyo Center Research Note. Improved Inventory Policy Contributes to Equipment Readiness

Abstract

When Army equipment fails, the speed with which maintainers can restore it to mission-ready condition depends critically on the availability of needed spare parts. As Army inventory managers decide which spare parts to stock in their deployable Supply Support Activities (SSAs), they must balance performance goals against cost and mobility constraints. On the one hand, a massive inventory could potentially fill a large proportion of customer demands; on the other hand, the cost and mobility constraints of such an inventory would be prohibitive. To manage the tradeoff, the Army has used an algorithm that tracks customer demands in order to compute which items and how many of each to stock.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393215

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Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Algorithms
  • Army
  • Army Equipment
  • Contrast
  • Data Sets
  • End Items
  • Inventory
  • Investments
  • Logistics
  • Military Research
  • Mobility
  • Spare Parts
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Tank Engines
  • Training

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.