Military and Commercial Cargo Mission needs Presentation to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Subject 16.886 Air Transportation System Architecting 2/26/04 Blaine K Rawdon boeing phantom Works
Military and Commercial Cargo Mission Needs Presentation to Massachusetts Institute of Technology Subject 16.886 Air Transportation System Architecting 2/26/04 Blaine K. Rawdon, Boeing Phantom Works
ntroduction The cargo world attempts to solve a very complex mission(problem) This presentation outlines the elements of the problem but does not define a specific mission I have been trying to understand this subject for a few years now I may only be a few weeks ahead of you (if that) This presentation is non-linear Requires integration by the student after the fact Military and commercial needs are similar in structure Widely different values Military values very dependent on situation
Introduction • The cargo world attempts to solve a very complex mission (problem) • This presentation outlines the elements of the problem but does not define a specific mission • I have been trying to understand this subject for a few years now – I may only be a few weeks ahead of you (if that)! • This presentation is non-linear – Requires integration by the student after the fact… • Military and commercial needs are similar in structure – Widely different values – Military values very dependent on situation
General Problem Object of the game: Devise a goods creation and distribution system that creates greater value than it costs Measure of merit varies Elements of the system include Creation of the goods(manufacturing, mining, farming Distribution Customers
General Problem • Object of the game: Devise a goods creation and distribution system that creates greater value than it costs – Measure of merit varies • Elements of the system include: – Creation of the goods (manufacturing, mining, farming) – Distribution – C u s t o m e r s
General solution Provides overall production/transport architecture to maximize an economic measure This optimization results in the need for global distribution of goods System seeks a balance between production and transport costs OW-coSt or expert labor Mass production Product type consolidation(cars in Detroit, movies in LA Farmland Proximity to market Good transport system access ·Etc Production and distribution are a linked system
General Solution • Provides overall production/transport architecture to maximize an economic measure • This optimization results in the need for global distribution of goods – System seeks a balance between production and transport costs: • Low-cost or expert labor • Mass production • Product type consolidation (cars in Detroit, movies in LA) • Farmland • Proximity to market • Good transport system access • E t c • Production and distribution are a linked system
Transport Problem The problem pertains to the distribution of non-human objects(not electronic information) Humans are self-loading cargo and are a special case not addressed here Chief difference between people and cargo is that people's time is generally much more valuable than cargo's Transoceanic transport Cargo: 99% ship, 1% air(by weight) )People: 1% ship, 99% air(approximately) As a result, cargo systems are much different than passenger systems Addressing the transport problem in isolation from production the object is to obtain the lowest total cost of transport
Transport Problem • The problem pertains to the distribution of non-human objects (not electronic information) – Humans are “self-loading cargo” and are a special case not addressed here • Chief difference between people and cargo is that people’s time is generally much more valuable than cargo’s – Transoceanic transport: » Cargo: 99% ship, 1% air ( by weight) » People: 1% ship, 99% air (approximately) – As a result, cargo systems are much different than passenger systems • Addressing the transport problem in isolation from production, the object is to obtain the lowest total cost of transport