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A Spreadsheet Implementation of an Ammunition Requirements Planning Model for the Canadian Army

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  • W. J. Hurley

    (Department of Business Administration, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7K 7B4)

  • Mathieu Balez

    (Department of Business Administration, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7K 7B4)

Abstract

This paper describes our experience constructing a spreadsheet implementation of a dynamic ammunition requirements model for Canadian Army training. Each year, the Canadian Army offers a variety of training courses and expends approximately $40 million in ammunition costs to run these courses. It was budgeting over $60 million, and this created a number of organizational problems. The Canadian Army needed a planning tool to bring budgeted expenditures into line with actual expenditures. Our 14 MB spreadsheet implementation accomplished this objective, and the Canadian Army is very pleased with the result.

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  • W. J. Hurley & Mathieu Balez, 2008. "A Spreadsheet Implementation of an Ammunition Requirements Planning Model for the Canadian Army," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 38(4), pages 271-280, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:38:y:2008:i:4:p:271-280
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.1080.0344
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