The purpose of this study is to propose the integrated simulation model for assessing how decoupling point and the emergency transhipment channel impact the total stock and the survival days of final combatants in the Army ammunition supply chain.
Based on a rich combination of extensive literature review and insights gained through exploratory interviews, simulation methodology is used in developing the proposed model. Especially, simulation technique based on system dynamics is applied.
We showed that moving a decoupling point to ATP(downstream) is more effective in order to increase survival days, but it is limited in implementation due to a lack of storage space and cost. Another way to increase survival days without changing a decoupling point is to add an emergency transhipment channel. Through the right combination of location of decoupling point and emergency transhipiment, the optimal Army ammunition supply chain can be designed.