Dual sourcing: Responsive hedging against correlated supply and demand uncertainty

This article analyzes dual sourcing decisions under stochastically dependent supply and demand uncertainty. A manufacturer faces the trade‐off between investing in unreliable but high‐margin offshore supply and in reliable but low‐margin local supply, where the latter allows for production that is responsively contingent on the actual demand and offshore supply conditions. Cost thresholds for both types of supply determine the optimal resource allocation: single offshore sourcing, single responsive sourcing, or dual sourcing. Relying on the concept of concordance orders, we study the effects of correlation between supply and demand uncertainty. Adding offshore supply to the sourcing portfolio becomes more favorable under positive correlation, since offshore supply is likely to satisfy demand when needed. Selecting responsive capacity under correlated supply and demand uncertainty is not as straightforward, yet we establish the managerially relevant conditions under which responsive capacity either gains or loses in importance. Our key results are extended to the broad class of endogenous supply uncertainty developed by Dada et al. [Manufact Serv Operat Mange 9 (2007), 9–32].© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2012     

对当前消防部队信息化建设的思考

目前消防部队信息化建设取得了初步成效,但与部队需求还存在一定差距,存在着对信息化建设认识不够高、信息化应用不深入、专业人才偏少、人员素质偏低、投入资金不足等问题,并针对存在的问题提出了解决对策。     

基于体系结构的指挥信息系统需求论证方法

需求论证是指挥信息系统建设的重要环节。本文在DODAF2.0体系结构框架研究基础上,设计了指挥信息系统军事需求论证框架。主要探讨了能力需求、作战需求、服务需求、系统需求、采办需求和技术标准需求的论证过程。最后结合实例论述了指挥信息系统军事需求的分析方法及步骤,为指挥信息系统军事需求论证提供了指导。该研究在指挥信息系统需求工程领域具有一定的理论和现实指导意义。     

防空兵武器装备发展论证专家系统的开发

首先阐明了防空兵武器装备发展论证专家系统开发的目标任务和建造原则,然后建立了专家系统的一般结构,并论述了系统开发过程中的问题定义与系统分析、知识获取、知识表示、软件实现、系统测试与评价等各个环节所应完成的任务,指出了在专家系统开发过程中潜在的主要问题。对于建立一个完备的、权威的防空兵武器装备发展论证专家系统有一定的指导意义。     

舰船装备随行备件量需求规律分析

通过对舰船装备备件需求影响因素的分析 ,从理论上推导了备件需求的分布规律 ,在此基础上建立了舰船级备件典型需求模型 ,并且对典型的故障分布模型进行了推广     

Effectiveness of (R,Q) policies in one‐warehouse multiretailer systems with deterministic demand and backlogging

Consider a distribution system with a central warehouse and multiple retailers. Customer demand arrives at each of the retailers continuously at a constant rate. The retailers replenish their inventories from the warehouse which in turn orders from an outside supplier with unlimited stock. There are economies of scale in replenishing the inventories at both the warehouse and the retail level. Stockouts at the retailers are backlogged. The system incurs holding and backorder costs. The objective is to minimize the long‐run average total cost in the system. This paper studies the cost effectiveness of (R, Q) policies in the above system. Under an (R, Q) policy, each facility orders a fixed quantity Q from its supplier every time its inventory position reaches a reorder point R. It is shown that (R, Q) policies are at least 76% effective. Numerical examples are provided to further illustrate the cost effectiveness of (R, Q) policies. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 422–439, 2000     

Applying a bootstrap approach for setting reorder points in military supply systems

This paper develops and applies a nonparametric bootstrap methodology for setting inventory reorder points and a simple inequality for identifying existing reorder points that are unreasonably high. We demonstrate that an empirically based bootstrap method is both feasible and calculable for large inventories by applying it to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force General Account, an inventory consisting of $20–30 million of stock for 10–20,000 different types of items. Further, we show that the bootstrap methodology works significantly better than the existing methodology based on mean days of supply. In fact, we demonstrate performance equivalent to the existing system with a reduced inventory at one‐half to one‐third the cost; conversely, we demonstrate significant improvement in fill rates and other inventory performance measures for an inventory of the same cost. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 47: 459–478, 2000     

An optimal recursive method for various inventory replenishment models with increasing demand and shortages

We establish various inventory replenishment policies to solve the problem of determining the timing and number of replenishments. We then analytically compare various models, and identify the best alternative among them based on minimizing total relevant costs. Furthermore, we propose a simple and computationally efficient optimal method in a recursive fashion, and provide two examples for illustration. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 44: 791–806, 1997     

A continuous‐time strategic capacity planning model

Capacity planning decisions affect a significant portion of future revenue. In the semiconductor industry, they need to be made in the presence of both highly volatile demand and long capacity installation lead‐times. In contrast to traditional discrete‐time models, we present a continuous‐time stochastic programming model for multiple resource types and product families. We show how this approach can solve capacity planning problems of reasonable size and complexity with provable efficiency. This is achieved by an application of the divide‐and‐conquer algorithm, convexity, submodularity, and the open‐pit mining problem. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2005.     

武器装备需求论证基本概念研究

从理论研究和实际工作出发,分析了军事需求基本内涵,构建了型号需求表述空间,归纳了装备需求主要特点。提出广义和狭义的装备需求论证概念,重点从内涵和外延两方面辨析了狭义的装备需求论证。横向上,按照武器装备论证、武器装备发展论证、武器装备作战需求论证、武器装备军事需求论证以及武器装备需求论证的不同类型展开概念分析,对不同概念的主要观点进行归纳和提炼;纵向上,按照宏观综合论证、型号论证和专题论证的不同层次展开关系分析,对不同层面下的各种概念进行关联和对比;在分类和分层对比的基础上,构建概念综合比较矩阵,有助于直观、形象地展示武器装备需求论证有关概念及其相互关系。