DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) Industrial Preparedness Program (IPP) Item Selection Indicator

摘要

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Directorate of Contracting requested DLA's Operations Research and Economic Analysis Office (DLA-LO) to formulate a management indicator which can provide visibility of the ability of the production base to meet surge and mobilization production needs. To this end, DLA-LO has developed, with the support of DLA's production readiness experts, a prototype indicator which may be used to aid in the selection of items for planning as part of the Industrial Preparedness Program (IPP). This report documents this indicator development effort. A prototype planning indicator has been developed which is based on the criticality of an item to its application and the uncertainty of availability for an item. Results from a test using the prototype indicator to evaluate the Construction, Electronics, General and Industrial commodities are presented. The prototype indicator shows much promise for identifying items which should be planned to ensure their availability during mobilization. It is recommended in this study that development of the planning indicator be continued, to provide DLA's Supply Centers with a better methodology for the selection of items for participation in the IPP planning process and provide visibility of the responsiveness of the industrial base to meet emergency demands.