Accelerated Logistics: Streamlining the Army's Supply Chain [Paperback]

Mark Wang (Author)

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Publication Date: June 26, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0833027859 | ISBN-13: 978-0833027856

In June 1998, U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the National Partnership for Reinventing Government presented a team of U.S. Army logisticians and RAND analysts the Hammer Award in recognition of a great accomplishment: streamlining army logistics. For decades, the performance of army logistics fell progressively behind best commercial practices. Army mechanics would wait on average a month for spare parts from distant supply depots in order to repair a down weapon system. Today a high-velocity, streamlined army supply process delivers spare parts in half the time it took to deliver them just 3 years earlier. In fact, these days it acutally takes less time to get a spare part from an army supply depot than from a commercial vendor.

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Started in 1995, the Army's Velocity Management (VM) initiativesought to improve the responsiveness, reliability, and efficiency of theArmy's then outdated logistics system. Through the implementation ofa simple yet powerful process improvement methodology, the Army hasdramatically streamlined its supply process, cutting order and shiptimes for repair parts by nearly two-thirds nationwide and by over 75percent at several major installations.This report tells the story of this remarkable accomplishment. Itshould be of interest not only to military logisticians, but also to corporationsacross a wide variety of industries whose survival dependsupon their supply chains delivering a sustainable competitive advantage.On March 19, 1999, this report was presented to Dr. Bernard Rostker,Under Secretary of the Army, and General John Coburn, thenDeputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and currently the CommandingGeneral of Army Materiel Command.The research was conducted in the Military Logistics Program ofthe RAND Arroyo Center, a federally funded research and developmentcenter sponsored by the United States Army. VM research atRAND is sponsored by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics(DCSLOG), Department of the Army. Commanding General U.S.Army Combined Arms Support Command (CG CASCOM) is designatedby the DCSLOG the Executive Agent for the implementation ofthe Army's VM initiative.

About the Author

Mark Y.D. Wang (Sc.D., Physics, 1994, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a Physical Scientist at Rand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Rand Publishing (June 26, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833027859
• ISBN-13: 978-0833027856
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Reinventing your supply chain, December 1, 2006

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This review is from: Accelerated Logistics: Streamlining the Army's Supply Chain (Paperback)

The army isn't the only organization that has needed to rethink its supply chain practices. If you run a manufacturing or procurement organization that needs a boost, this book can be an excellent primer on how to frame your thoughts.