A funding allocation methodology for war reserve secondary items
By: Kenneth J. Girardini, Carol E. Fan, Candice Miller.
Contributors: Fan, Carol E.; Miller, Candice.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780833049346
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- Supplies and stores; United States. -- Army -- Appropriations and expenditures; Resource allocation -- United States -- Planning; Inventories -- United States; Military education -- United States -- Planning; Military readiness -- Planning; Deployment (Strategy) -- Planning; Military planning -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Identification of candidate items; title: The purpose of WRSI inventory; title: Criteria for candidate item selection; title: Forward positioned NIINs; title: Resource allocation methodology; title: Need to account for inventory held to support training; title: Contingency demand data; title: Computation of the training demand offset; title: Application of the training demand offset; title: Production offsets; title: Construction of benefit functions; title: Readiness drivers receive additional benefit; title: Combining benefit functions creates a more robust solution; title: Comparison across benefit functions; title: Solutions and conclusions; title: Two solutions; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Appendix A: Changes in demands with the onset of OIF; title: Appendix B: Details of the resource allocation methodology.