Logistics Planning

Abstract

The following conclusions were among those drawn regarding logistics planning. a) There are wide differences of opinion among Air Force logistics planners as to what planning is, (b) More time and attention should be devoted to evaluation of the planning process and to the testing of plans before full acceptance and implementation, (c) Concurrency of planning at different levels generally results in better plans and greater confidence in their successful execution, (d) A better planning product will result from a more careful selection of planners, integration of logistics and operations planning groups, and the location of all planners working on the same problem in the same or adjacent offices, (e) The concept of a ''Master Plan of Logistics'' (included) offers a means for accomplishing improved logistics planning in the USAF, and (f) The USAF should develop a concept of logistics planning that would provide top management a ''blueprint'' of activity for long range uses. Such a concept is in consonance with a philosophy of planning being circulated in many areas of the government by the present administration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0266525

Entities

People

  • Carl E. Trimble
  • Fred H. Jones
  • William R. Bigler

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Crime
  • Doctrine
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Planning
  • Management Personnel
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Reasoning
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
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