DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TOOL

This paper describes the application of simulation modeling and logistics techniques to the development of a planning tool for the Department of Energy (DOE). The focus of the Transportation Planning Model (TPM) tool is to aid DOE and Sandia analysts in the planning of future fleet sizes, driver and support personnel sizes, base site locations, and resource balancing among the base sites. The design approach is to develop a rapid modeling environment which will allow analysts to easily set up a shipment scenario and perform multiple \"what if evaluations. The TPM is being developed on personal computers using commercial off-theshelf (COTS) software tools under the WINDOWS® operating environment. Prototype development of the TPM has been completed.