The Simulation of the KC-135 PDM Simulation project extended and applied these results to the KC-135 aircraft line. KBSI developed a simulation tool that combines the ability to assess the impact of dock assignments and the impact of blocking constraints on throughput performance with the abilty to forecast personnel requirements given a feasible dock utilization plan, thereby providing a more accurate forecast of skill requirements than is possible with OC-ALC's legacy systems.

The result is an innovative simulation tool and architecture that, by bridging dock planning and personnel planning, is helping the Air Force to generate more realistic dock schedules that enforce user-defined priorities, scheduling policies, and resource availability.