Medical Supply Readiness: Maximizing and Globalizing the DOD Partnership With Industry
Abstract
Over the past several years, the U.S. Government has sought to streamline and reengineer its operations. Currently, the DOD is taking a similar approach to develop initiatives that increase efficiencies, particularly in the area of logistics functions. DOD is adopting commercial business practices designed to modernize operations and dramatically reduce costs while maintaining essential combat capability. This study highlights new acquisition practices developed with industry through outsourcing and partnering relationships that focus on increasing efficiencies and lowering costs, while leveraging with the commercial industrial base to maintain readiness. This initiative represents a significant shift in logistics support from "just in case" stockpiling of materiel to "just enough" procurement. This study concludes that a virtually untapped overseas market offers DOD acquisition opportunities to better support wartime and contingency operations. These opportunities maximize supply and distribution processes from the vendor to foxhole and ease transportation requirements on an already overburdened strategic airlift system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA345544
Entities
People
- James L. Fletcher
Organizations
- United States Army War College