Redesign of the West Point logistics warehouse support system

Author

Maliszewski, Joseph B. ; Range, Joshua A. ; Vaughn, Troy L. ; Millien, Danielle ; Kwinn, Brigitte T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. Eng., US Mil. Acad., West Point, NY

fYear

2004

fDate

16-16 April 2004

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

182

Abstract

The result of the Most Efficient Organization (MEO) contract awarded in September 2002 was a reduction in personnel strength and the consolidation of operating functions for the Directorate of Logistics (DOL) at the United States Military Academy (USMA). The purpose of our research is to analyze the USMA warehouse operations that support West Point and other local military installations and units. Our research includes an analysis of the current warehouse system, demand for services, and resource allocation. We developed a value model, evaluation measures and a discrete event model to analyze several alternatives. Our results will be used by the client to improve the efficiency and productivity of the downsized organization

Keywords

decision support systems; logistics data processing; resource allocation; warehousing; Directorate of Logistics; Most Efficient Organization contract; USMA warehouse operations; United States Military Academy; West Point logistics warehouse support system redesign; downsized organization efficiency; military installations; personnel strength; resource allocation; value model; Contracts; Design engineering; Design methodology; Logistics; Pareto analysis; Personnel; Process design; Productivity; Resource management; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE

Conference_Location

Charlottesville, VA

Print_ISBN

0-9744559-2-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIEDS.2004.239879

Filename

1314678