SBIR Phase II: Optimal Replenishment Algorithms for Service Parts Logistics Systems

这个小企业创新研究二期项目将开发原型软件，以提供最佳的实时采购和维修补给，以及用于为关键任务产品提供售后支持的服务备件分配。它将设计、开发和测试先进的优化算法，以确保在正确的时间从正确的来源以正确的数量订购正确的零件，然后分配到正确的位置。在第三阶段，这些引擎将被纳入MCA解决方案计划的商业企业软件产品补充和分配优化器（RAO），并补充MCA解决方案目前的产品服务部件优化器（SPO）。使用该工具将提高维修零件的可用性，增加产品的正常运行时间并降低维修零件库存的费用。该解决方案的目标行业将是国防、航空航天以及汽车、计算机、电信和高科技设备的制造商。RAO将是第一个支持服务供应链中近乎实时的库存管理优化的商业软件产品。需求分配优化软件市场不发达。这个机会的规模是巨大的。在美国，超过1100家公司在原始设备制造商领域的年销售额超过2.5亿美元。该行业的总销售额为3.3万亿美元，服务部分的总库存投资约为2500亿美元。服务零件库存约占OEM产品销售额的5%至10%。这项技术有可能将这些投资减少20%到40%，从而将部分减少的成本转嫁给客户。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Project will develop prototype software to provide optimal real time purchase and repair replenishment, and allocation of service spare parts used to provide after-sales support to mission-critical products. It will design, develop and test advanced optimization algorithms to ensure that the right part is ordered from the right source in the right quantity at the right time and then allocated to the right location. In Phase III these engines will be incorporated in MCA Solutions planned commercial enterprise software product Replenishment and Allocation Optimizer (RAO) and complement MCA Solutions current product Service Parts Optimizer (SPO). The use of this tool will result in higher availability of service parts, increase products uptime and lower expense in service parts inventory. The target industries for this solution will be Defense, Aerospace, and manufacturers of Automotive, Computer, Telecommunications and Hi-Tech equipment. RAO will be the first commercial software product to support near real time optimization of inventory management in service supply chains. The requirement allocation optimizer software market is underdeveloped. The size of this opportunity is significant. Over 1,100 companies in the United States generate sales higher than $250 M/year in the original equipment manufacturer segment. Combined sales in this sector are $3.3 trillion with total inventory investment in service parts of about $250 Billion. Service parts inventory accounts for about 5 to 10% of product sales for an OEM. The technology has the potential to reduce these investments by 20% to 40 which in turn may pass some of the reductions to the customers.