Integrating the Department of Defense supply chain /

The Department of Defense (DoD) sustainment supply chain community has increased performance and harvested significant efficiencies through process improvement activities and the rationalization of common activities. However, the majority of strides have been made within functions and processes. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Peltz, Eric, 1968-
Corporate Authors:	United States. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness), United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), Rand Corporation
Other Authors:	Robbins, Marc L., 1954-, McGovern, Geoffrey
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Defense Research Institute, 2012.
Series:	Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1274-OSD.
Subjects:	United States. > Defense Logistics Agency. United States. > Department of Defense > Rules and practice > Evaluation. United States. > Department of Defense > Procurement > Evaluation. United States. > Department of Defense > Inventory control > Evaluation. Logistics. Integrated logistic support. United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores > Management. United States > Armed Forces > Procurement > Evaluation.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Case studies that illustrate the need for supply chain integration and systems thinking
Policy review
High-level policy recommendations
Enabling mechanisms
Supplier and inventory management integration
Scheduled trucks : apply a systems view for shipment consolidation
Integrating supplier and transportation management
Positioning materiel based on total costs
Integrating financial policy with network design and inventory planning
Conclusions and overall recommendations.