CONVENIENCE FOOD LOGISTICS MODEL (CFLM)

In an effort to evaluate the impact of incorporating convenience food products into Navy menus, the U.S. Army Natick Research, Development a nd Engineering Center with the assistance of Information Technology So lutions, Inc., developed the Convenience Food Logistics Model (CFLM) f br the Naval Supply Systems Command. This management tool generates an optimized menu by substituting a user selected percentage of Armed Fo rces Recipe Service (AFRS) items with convenience food products. The o ptimization tool is a stand-alone Windows application which allows for optimization based on food cost, labor hours, and dry, chilled and fr eezes storage requirements. The results obtained and their implication s for developing strategies to minimize logistical requirements for ex isting ships and 21st Century Navy warships are presented in this tech nical paper.