| Article ID: | iaor20031500 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 367 |
| End Page Number: | 381 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2003 |
| Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
| Authors: | Gue Kevin R. |
| Keywords: | supply, location |
New warfighting concepts for the US Marine Corps emphasize small, highly mobile forces supported from the sea, rather than from large, land-based supply points. The goal of logistics planners is to support these forces with as little inventory on land as possible. We develop a multi-period, facility location and material flow model, and show how to configure the land-based distribution system over time to support a given battle plan with minimum inventory. We demonstrate results of the model with data from previous studies in combat logistics.