Equipping army distribution organizations based on modeling and simulation

The U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) has developed an improved methodology to determine container and material handling equipment (CMHE) requirements to support theater distribution doctrine and the Army transformation. LTC Greg Graves shows how spreadsheet models and simulation are used together to determine the type and quantity of CMHE required for a unit to achieve a designated level of throughput. Sensitivity analysis shows the change in the level of performance caused by deviating from the baseline requirement. This methodology is being used by combat developers at CASCOM to evaluate and improve equipment levels for current and future organizations.