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Examining The Express Supportability Module: Implementing An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach With Air Force Maintenance Data, Troy J. St Peter
Examining The Express Supportability Module: Implementing An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Approach With Air Force Maintenance Data, Troy J. St Peter
Theses and Dissertations
Launched in 1996, EXPRESS (Execution and Prioritization of Repairs Support System) is a program integral to the Air Force reparable supply chain. Daily, EXPRESS relies on a number of data sources and individual modules like the Supportability Module to determine which necessary repairs can and should be made. The Supportability Module examines the prioritized list of repairs and checks four constraints in order to decide whether each repair can be made given current resources. According to the logic of the module, a single constraint failure means that subsequent resource checks are not made before evaluating the next repair. Unfortunately, this …
Humanitarian Logistics: Shipping Designs For The Post Disaster Cargo Surge, Nicholas L. Green
Humanitarian Logistics: Shipping Designs For The Post Disaster Cargo Surge, Nicholas L. Green
Theses and Dissertations
In 2017 Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The humanitarian aid community scrambled a response to support the 3.4 million people affected by the disaster. In response, thousands of shipping containers filled with supplies were sent to the island. Numerous reports surfaced regarding significant delays in receiving the shipments. This research reviews the historical account of cargo throughput into Puerto Rico following Maria. A computer simulation built in ARENA compares various what-if scenarios based on empirically collected data and interviews with FEMA, port authorities, and commercial cargo carriers to determine how the humanitarian supply chain could improve for future disaster planning. …
Worldwide Warehouse: A Customer Perspective, Hugo A. Quintero, Carlos A. Valadares
Worldwide Warehouse: A Customer Perspective, Hugo A. Quintero, Carlos A. Valadares
Theses and Dissertations
Under a global climate of increasing economic difficulties and declining defense budget, every opportunity for better use of available resources must be explored. The Worldwide Warehouse WWW Program is being developed as a solution for the excess inventory problem experienced by the Foreign Military Sales FMS countries. The rationale behind the program includes the idea of releasing resources tied to inactive inventory so those resources can be used to improve support and readiness of active inventory. The purpose of this study us to determine to what extent the WWW Program, as initially defined, is perceived by its intended customer the …