Convenience Food Logistics Model (CFLM)

Abstract

In an effort to evaluate the impact of incorporating convenience food products into Navy menus, the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center with the assistance of Information Technology Solutions, Inc., developed the Convenience Food Logistics Model (CFLM) for the Naval Supply Systems Command. This management tool generates an optimized menu by substituting a user selected percentage of Armed Forces Recipe Service (AFRS) items with convenience food products. The optimization tool is a stand‐alone Windows application which allows for optimization based on food cost, labor hours, and dry, chilled and freezer storage requirements. The results obtained and their implications for developing strategies to minimize logistical requirements for existing ships and 21st Century Navy warships are presented in this technical paper.

Multi-stage onboard inventory management policies for food and beverage items in cruise liner operations

“…The focus spans production planning and logistics in food processing industries (van Donk, 2001), efficient distribution of foods (Lijima, Komatsu, & Katoh, 1996;Tarantilis & Kiranoudis, 2001) and food supply chains (Henson, Loader, & Traill, 1995;van der Vorst, Beulens, & van Beek, 2000). The work by Evangelos, Hill, Saraf, and Miller (1998) is the only one that we are aware of focusing on food logistics under the context of maritime operations. In their paper, authors present a software tool that ''optimizes'' Navy menus based on food cost, labor hours and storage requirements.…”