Accession Number:

AD0701890

Title:

OPTIMAL MULTI-ECHELON STOCKAGE POLICIES WITH CONSTRAINTS

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT CENTER FORT LEE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Kruse, W. K.

Report Date:

1970-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

53.0

Abstract:

A multi-echelon model is used to develop optimal stockage policies for a catalog of items. The items were the repair parts of a rough terrain forklift on which a military essentiality methodology had been tested. The model included such factors as holding cost, performance objective, military essentiality, and transportation cost. An optimization algorithm was developed and a constraint manipulation technique experimented with.

Descriptors:

• *SPARE PARTS
• *FORKLIFT VEHICLES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• QUEUEING THEORY
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• ARMY EQUIPMENT
• LOGISTICS
• INVENTORY CONTROL
• MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE