MODELING OF LONG LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF AERIAL UNMANNED SYSTEMS UNDER INCREASING THREAT IMPACT

Oleg Fedorovich, Olga Malyeyeva, Oleksii Hubka, Andriy Popov, Tetyana Pisklova

Abstract


The subject of this study presented in this publication is the development of a set of logically interconnected models intended to substantiate long supply logistics chains for components required in the mass, scalable production of high-technology products, specifically unmanned aerial systems, within a heterogeneous transportation environment (road, rail, maritime, and other transport modes). The purpose of the work is to support the mass production of modern aviation unmanned systems (UAS) with the required volume of components by modeling and substantiating the selection of component suppliers and supply chain logistics under conditions of increasing threat levels. The tasks addressed are as follows: to develop a model for selecting and establishing component suppliers networks; to model component inventory formation processes; to develop a model for optimizing the modal split of transportation used in supplying the mass production of UAS; and to model the influence of vulnerabilities on long supply chains. The mathematical methods and models used include: system analysis for investigating supply logistics within long transportation chains; integer (Boolean) programming for identifying rational solutions from the set of possible supply alternatives; multicriteria optimization for identifying a compromise among logistics indicators (costs, delivery time, and risks); and combinatorial analysis theory for evaluating and generating possible alternatives for component supply. The following results were obtained: a set of models to substantiate component supply logistics for mass, scalable production of unmanned aerial systems under conditions characterized by long supply chains, time and resource constraints, and escalating threat impact was developed. The scientific novelty of the proposed approach lies in the substantiation of component supply plans in a heterogeneous transportation environment for the mass production of unmanned aerial systems by creating a set of logically interconnected optimization models.


Keywords


supply logistics; long supply chains; mass production; high-technology products; threat impact; optimization mod-els; selection of rational alternatives; multicriteria optimization

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