The Army has a serious problem with materiel in the supply chain that is moving in the reverse direction. The supply chain is a series of inter-related processes and activities that move supplies and services from the suppliers to the ultimate end...
Discussion of Austria. This section covers Employment and unemployment, employment agencies, wages, hours and working conditions, labor legislation and labor policies, labor organizations, industrial relations, cooperatives and social insurance.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of a Sparing To Availability (STA) generated Class IX repair parts stockage 1ist. This STA generated Class IX stockage list could be used either during the initial provisioning and fielding...
The study conducts a comparative analysis between the stockpile-based logistics system used in the Gulf War and the developing distribution-based logistics system which is the cornerstone of Joint Vision 2010's focused logistics. The primary...
This monograph examines the scavenger logistics concept of tactical sustainment in an effort to determine whether it can be a viable alternative or supplement to future U.S. Army tactical sustainment operations. By the author's definition, tactical...
The lessons learned from a decade of continuous conflict have direct application to the counterdrug mission conducted by the Texas National Guard standing 32 USC 112 task force. By applying the principles of Attack the Network, the Texas...
This monograph analyzes the efficiency of the Army's doctrine regarding the management and distribution of repair parts and the impact it had on equipment readiness during Operations Iraq Freedom. The monograph argues that in order for the United...
Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the Department of Defense has repeatedly been accused of maintaining...
This monograph analyzes U.S. Army doctrine for combat service support at echelons above corps. Army concepts for supporting operations involving multiple corps were called into question by actions taken during Operations Desert Shield and Desert...
Distribution and Supply Chain Management are key processes for military logistics in the future, however the Army and DoD has done little to educate officers in these concepts and processes. This monograph describes distribution and supply chain...
Despite the overall success of U.S. Army forces during the "major combat operations " phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), there is a widely held perception that the logistics system was far less effective than it should have been during OIF....
In this study on industry and commerce in the Philippines, main branches, organization and government control, and the effects of war on industry are examined. Commerce topics include domestic trade, foreign trade and price control.
Labor conditions in Yugoslavia is the focus of this Civil Affairs document. Employment conditions and agencies, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and policies and organizations, industrial relations, cooperatives, and finally social...
The thirty-eight Defense Management Report Decisions (DMRDs) issued by the Department of Defense in late 1989 identified the potential to save nearly $40 billion during the five year period of fiscal years 1991 through 1995. This study investigates...
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) 2005 decision resulted in the consolidation of Naval Air Depots (NADEPs) and non-deployable Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Departments (AIMDs) to form six Fleet Readiness Centers (FRCs). The...
Planning for hypothetical wars represented one of the most daunting challenges for the Army in the interwar years (1919-1941). A challenging strategic environment, a weak force lacking in significant capability, and no unified national security...
This monograph investigates Pentomic doctrine of the 1950's. The political and military factors that drove the Army to adopt a new vision of war, restructure and reorganize its major combat formations and to eventually abandon that change are very...
Arthur D. Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation
This study is the result of several months of academic research by a group of mid-career professionals participating in an alternative educational program with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) that focused on issues related to...
In 2003, the Army Field Support Command (AFSC) and the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), collocated at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, began a comprehensive oral history project aimed at chronicling a full-spectrum slice of the commands' role in...
The Army expends billions of dollars in resources to provide the right repair parts at the right place and time. Despite this enormous expenditure, the Army's sustainment system fails to accomplish this task. The subject of this monograph is the...