Optimal Manning Analysis Tool for Grouped Forces

From the late 1960s to now, Fleet forces' manpower requirements have been established for ship classes and individual ships (e.g., DDG-51, CG-47, LPD-17, etc.) by Ship Manpower Documents (SMD), aviation activity requirements by Squadron Manpower Documents(SQMD) and Fleet Manpower Documents (FMD) for deploying staffs and other units (e.g., Naval Beach Group elements, Tactical Air Control Squadrons, etc.). These requirements are almost exclusively produced from own-unit workload that takes place within theunit's physical boundaries. There is an urgent need to develop a workload/manpower model that will examine, assess and provide alternatives for workforce optimization or redistribution in Grouped Forces.We propose to incorporate an enhanced modeling architecture into our proven Manpower Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS). MMCI will expand MAPS capabilities to allow the combination of discrete ship elements into a battle force starting at the Simple ARGlevel ensuring scalability to expand this capability beyond this small demonstration to eventually have the capabilities of modeling a CVBG and beyond. The study will combine the ROC/POE statements for the individual units into a combined database ofscenario-based capabilities. These enhancements will enable MAPS to better identify common/duplicated skill capabilities among the Group Force for assessment and optimization. The anticipated benefits of this SBIR research by incorporating enhanced modeling architecture into the current MAPS processes will1. increase the accuracy, rigor and speed of assessing workload and manpower requirements distribution among the units of Grouped Forces,2. potentially map manpower to capabilities for a Grouped Force to provide the foundation for mission readiness assessment, and3. to provide new concept workload/manpower models that could eventually be linked to other Human Systems Integrations (HSI) tools such as the NAVSEA Advanced Ship Systems Engineering Tool (ASSET) or the Navy Total Force Manpower Management System (TFMMS).The potential commercial application of this SBIR research and development in building an integrated workload/manpower/readiness assessment models can be used for:1. Large, diverse corporate organizations.2. Large, diverse government organizations.3. Such things as routine and emergency response capabilities and manpower. (E.g., all of the hospitals, clinics and emergency services in a civic area or region.)