Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering

In light of increasing economic and international threats, military operations must be examined with a critical eye in terms of process design, management, improvement, and control. Although the Pentagon and militaries around the world have utilized industrial engineering (IE) concepts to achieve this goal for decades, there has been no single resource to bring together IE applications with a focus on improving military operations. Until now.Winner of the 2010 IIE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year AwardThe Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering is the first compilation of the fundamental tools, principles, and modeling techniques of industrial engineering with specific and direct application to military systems. Globally respected IE experts provide proven strategies that can help any military organization effectively create, adapt, utilize, and deploy resources, tools, and technology.Topics covered include: Supply Chain Management and decision making Lean Enterprise Concepts for military operations Modeling and optimization Economic planning for military systems Contingency planning and logistics Human factors and ergonomics Information management and control Civilian engineers working on systems analysis, project management, process design, and operations research will also find inspiration and useful ideas on how to effectively apply the concepts covered for non-military uses.On the battlefield and in business, victory goes to those who utilize their resources most effectively, especially in times of operational crisis. The Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering is a complete reference that will serve as an invaluable resource for those looking to make the operational improvements needed to accomplish the mission at hand.

PART I: Executive SummaryExecutive Summary: Handbook of Military Industrial Engineering; A. BadiruPART II: Modeling and OptimizationOptimizing a Physical Security Configuration Using a Highly Detailed Simulation Model; T. Marechal, A. Smith, V. Ustun, J. Smith, and E. LefeberA Time-window Constrained Scheduling of Target Illuminators in Naval Battle-group Antiair Warfare; Y. Lee and H. SheraliMultiple Criteria Optimization Models for Supplier Selection; A. Ravindran and V. WadhwaProbabilistic Modeling for UAV Path Planning in the Presence of Threat Zones; B. Pfeiffer, R. Batta, K. Klamroth, and R. NagiModeling the End-to-End Military Transportation Problem; J. Moore, J. Barnes, and R. HillNew Advances in Solving the Weapon–Target Assignment Problem; R. Ahuja, A. Kumar, K. Jha, and J. OrlinOptimization Model for Military Budget Allocation and Capital Rationing; A. Badiru and C. AikensAn Overview of Meta-heuristics and their use in Military Modeling; R. Hill and E. PohlPART III: Reliability and MaintenanceRecent Advances in Optimal Reliability Allocation; W. Kuo and R. WanLower Confidence Bounds for System Reliability from Binary Failure Data using Bootstrapping; L. LeemisAssessing the Reliability of a Contingency Logistics Network; M. ThomasComputing Small-fleet Aircraft Availabilities including Redundancy and Spares; J. Cochran and T. LewisHigh Velocity Maintenance: The Role of Industrial Engineering in USAF Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul; D. Keene, F. Dement, and G. O’NeillBeyond Authorized versus Assigned: Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Capacity;J. Howe, B. Thoele, S. Pendley, A. Antoline, and R. Golden PART IV: Contingency Planning and LogisticsJoint and Multinational Campaign Planning: A Project/Program Management Approach;R. Deckro, J. Moore, M. Fredley, J. Jackson, M. Artelli, and J. Van HoveMobilizing Marine Corps Officers;D. Bausch, G. Brown, D. Hundley, S. Rapp, and R. RosenthalThe Deployment Scheduling Analysis Tool (DSAT);T. Hodgson, B. Melendez, K. Thoney, and T. TrainorThe Deployment Analysis Network Tool Extended (DANTE);T. Hodgson, W. Spivey, T. Trainor, and M. WilliamsReserve Manufacturing Capacity for Augmenting Contingency;Logistics Requirements; M. Thomas and M. LawleyInventory Models for Contingency Operations;M. ThomasPlanning the Ground Force for Operations in the Post Cold War Era: A Systems Analysis Approach;W. Cherry, R. Huber, and T. Hodgson PART V: Supply Chain and Decision MakingSupply Chain Management;D. LambertHierarchical Dynamic Decision Making;A. Badiru PART VI: Human Factors and ErgonomicsHuman Factors in Military Systems; M. Blue and R. HillDigital Warfighter Modeling for Military Applications;K. Abdel-Malek, J. Yang, T. Marler, and J. AroraPART VII: Management and Process ImprovementAchieving Strategic Aims: Moving Toward a Process-based Government Enterprise;G. FreemanThe Military Performance Team;J. BroganHow to Initiate Performance Management within the US Army;J. BroganCritical Resource Diagramming and Work Rate Analysis;A. BadiruInnovative Techniques and Practical Software Tools for Addressing Military Analytical Problems;B. Foote and S. GoergerCountering Forgetting Through Training and Deployment;M. Jaber, H. Kher, and D. DavisHalf-life Theory of Learning Curves;A. Badiru and A. IjaduolaReadiness for Organizational Change: The Systematic Development of a Scale;D. Holt, A. Armenakis, H. Feild, and S. Harris AppendixIndex