Mobile Support For Logistics

Abstract

With the responsibility of providing logistics support as quickly, efficiently, and effectively as possible to the warfighter, the Department of Defense must continually examine all feasible options to improve processes and eliminate shortfalls. As the availability and opportunity to refine supply-chain management methods through the use of mobile devices increases, a solution that utilizes them needs to be implemented. This research reviews current military enterprise-resource-planning software systems and their functions, and details why the lack of a mobile solution is limiting their performance and capabilities. It does so by exploring how administrative logistics functions can be dramatically enhanced through the use of a mobile application designed for the logistics program Global Combat Support System Marine Corps. The prototype also demonstrates and evaluates how mobile devices could provide benefits beyond their inherent portability advantages.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1027499

Entities

People

  • Paxton L. Miller

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Cellular Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Mobile Application Software
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Operating Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Smartphones
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design