"Notes from the Stockpile seminar"
By: by Dan C. Boger, Alan R. Washburn
Contributors: Washburn, Alan R.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Administrative Sciences
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: MILITARY PROCUREMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STOCKPILES
Other titles: NPS-55-85-014.
Description: A seminar was held to review some of the models used by the armed services for planning      weapon procurement. Most of the effort was spent on the Navy's NNOR and the Air Force's      Sabre Mix Methodologies. Even in an emergency situation, it is difficult to speed up the      production rate of sophisticated, modern weapons. The time constant for increasing      production rate for many weapons seems to be on the order of a year, whereas major wars      are sometimes imagined to last for only several months. Given these supposed facts, the      following question would seem to be crucial for the yearly POM process: How should a fixed      budget be spent augmenting the current stockpile of weapons so as to maximize the      effectiveness of the resulting stockpile? Operations Research techniques could play an      important role in answering the question, since several favorable preconditions exist: The      question must be asked repetitively, Combat modelling must inevitably be involved in assessing      effectiveness, Lots of data are available that must be taken into account, and The problem of      determining the best stockpile can be interpreted as one of mathematical optimization. For      example, shows for a typical weapon the comparison between inventory and the Navy's      'programming objective profile' as determined by the NNOR (Non-Nuclear Ordnance      Requirements). There is clearly a large difference between the two, particularly if the gap is      compared to the yearly stockpile increment. One way of resolving the discrepancy between      budgets and requirements would be to reassess requirements (possibly also budgets) until      feasibility is finally achieved.
Notes: Cover title.

"NPS-55-85-014."

"August 1985."

AD A159 315.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).

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