Workload measures for Navy Inventory Control Points.
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Authors
de Guia, Edgardo T.
Subjects
Measurement
Workload
Inventory Control points
Workload
Inventory Control points
Advisors
McMasters, Alan W.
Date of Issue
1988
Date
September 1988
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Operations and Maintenance, Navy (O&MN) budget for the two Navy Inventory
Control Points (ICP's) has shown an overall increase over the past 15 years. However,
the numerous outputs or workload measures being used at the ICP's do not seem
to show the same trend as O&MN. The Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP)
wants to relate the budget to the various workload measures. In fact, NAVSUP would
like a single measure of workload applicable to the two ICP's which could explain most
of the behavior of O&MN. This measure of workload could serve as a simple but useful
predictive tool for budget requests. This thesis examined data for O&MN and workload
indicators representing the major functions performed by each ICP. The data covered
the time interval from 1973 to 1987. Models using single and multiple variables were
then developed through exploratory data analysis and regression analysis in an attempt
to describe how O&MN is related to or can be explained by the workload indicators.
The models using only a single workload measure did not do very well at explaining the
behavior of O&MN, although if a single variable model must be chosen, the number of
repairable line items appeared to be the best O&MN predictor. The multivariate models
were too data limited to be useful immediately. However, the potential for developing
accurate models using multiple variables appears to be very good.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
64 p.
Citation
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.