A Combined Inventory and Lateral Re-Supply Model for Repairable Items—Part I: Modeling an Air Force Logistics Problem

摘要: In the military and especially air force, having local repair storage capability in site impact directly on operational readiness of armed forces. It is also clear being able to resupply neighboring sites would make forces more responsive failures. Here, we consider a network model composed multiple depots that face uncertain demands for repairable items. describes joint problem determining how many units locally, hold inventory, ship other depots-so as minimize system-wide inventory storage, shortage delivery costs. The fleet vehicles all stationed at main depot each has certain holding capacity. formulation extends Federgruen & Zipkin’s combined vehicle-routing inventory-allocation (1984) by including lateral capability. additional complexity needs decide can re-supply others.