U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), the Distribution ProcessOwner (DPO) for the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain, is responsible for moving all cargo from the United States to the combat zone. They have implemented a new initiative known as the Next Generation Cargo Capability (NGCC) whose goal is to obtain better pallet utilization for cargo traveling along this supply chain by increasing either the size or weight of the pallet. As pallets travel along the supply chain, they may be transported via multiple airframes and each airframe has a different cargo capability.The intra-theater airframes that are utilized for the final leg of the supply chain have the lowest cargo capability. This research attempts to determine the impact of building larger pallets on the intra-theater portion of the airlift system.
Pallets transported between Dover AFB, DE and the Afghanistan Area ofOperations (AOR) were analyzed to determine how they compared to the NGCC utilization goals. The movement of pallets within the theater was analyzed to determine the impact the NGCC goals have on the intra-theater airlift system.The results show that increased pallet utilization increases the amount of cargo moved to theater; however, if the pallets are not tailored for the intra-theater airlifters, the number of missions required to move pallets within the AOR increases. A recommendation was made to tailor more pallets to the requirements of the intra-theater aircraft to enjoy the benefits of increased pallet utilization without increasing the number of missions required.
Ipretation of the word commerce, is known as the agency of business. But commerce is not synonymous with business. Commerce is an ecology, a tenuous balance of manufacturers, entrepreneurs, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers. No one part of that ecology is more important than the others ; no part is more worthy of representation than the others; it is the balance that represents the health of commerce.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.