Accession Number:

AD1026597

Title:

Toward a More Responsive Consumable Materiel Supply Chain: Leveraging New Metrics to Identify and Classify Items of Concern

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States

Personal Author(s):

• Haley,Andrew R.

Report Date:

2016-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

103.0

Abstract:

We develop a classification system for U.S. Navy consumable items to give the Naval Supply Systems Command NAVSUP a better position for advocacy regarding these assets. The Defense Logistics Agency DLA is responsible for the procurement, storage, and distribution of the Navys consumable assets. Its inventory system is highly dynamic, and items may be requisitioned for long periods without undue delay followed by sudden, unexpected shortages that directly affect Navy combat readiness. We propose a new metric, customer time limit CTL, which normalizes the requisition fulfillment time according to priority level and the physical location of the customer. Using this metric, we essentially classify inventory items as problematical with respect to two different criteria whether the median CTL exceeds a nominal threshold, and whether CTL exhibits an increasing trend. To apply this classification, nonparametric statistical methods are used based on consumable requisition data for calendar years 2013through 2015, resulting in three categories NSNs at Risk, Bad Actors, or Bad Actors with Trend.

Descriptors:

• SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
• logistics
• fire control radar
• acoustic equipment
• procurement
• combat readiness
• classification
• digital data
• statistical analysis
• military standards
• INVENTORY CONTROL
• correlation
• CONTRACTS
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE