Materiel Management in the United States Marine Corps War Reserve System.

Abstract

War Reserves are designed to provide committed/activated forces with critical support during the initial stages of conflict and until the DOD materiel distribution system and its industrial base are fully mobilized. Maintaining these assets in a ready and readily available status while trying to derive some utility from the inventory is a dilemma. This thesis approaches the problem by exploring how war reserve budget dollars are allocated, how physical assets are managed, and what alternatives to material stockage exist. Concentrating on item selection, requirements determination, replacement factors and budgeting, Marine Corps procedures are discussed in detail and analyzed along with those of other services. Recommendations are made for greater automation, a new method for quantifying item essentiality, construction of skeleton tables of equipment, additional uses of war reserves, and alternatives to war reserve stocks. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093250

Entities

People

  • Donald Phillip Shirk

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Landing Craft
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design