Material assignment and allocation decisions for forward and reserve warehouses
By: Edward D. Digges
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Description: Many Defense Distribution Depots are configured with some warehouses closer to the input/output activity than      others. By designating a closer warehouse as the forward warehouse and the more distant warehouses as      reserve warehouses, overall picking costs can be reduced by assigning the proper mix of material to the forward      warehouse. We show how to determine which material, allocated in what quantities, should be assigned to the      forward and reserve warehouses. We use material data collected from Defense Distribution Depot, San Diego      and apply four decision strategies to determine the allocation: Assign Similar Material Together, Assign by      Popularity, Equal Time Supply, and Economic Assignment Quotient. The results show that material assignment      and allocation decisions should consider the picking activity and physical characteristics of each item, as well as      the len of time the forward-reserve configuration exists.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): K.R. Gue,  Paul J. Fields.

"June 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1996.

Bibliography: p. 55-56.

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