Supply Downsizing: How to Make the Best Fit? A Case Study Between Air Education and Training Command and Air Mobility Command
Abstract
The 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) initiatives recommended the military services eliminate 53,000 civilian and 35,000 military positions by fiscal year 2003. As a result of the QDR, Air Mobility Command is eliminating approximately 850 supply manpower authorizations, over 30 percent of their current authorization. At the beginning of this research, AMC leadership was in the midst of adjusting supply personnel and processes to accommodate these significant reductions. Since that time, the command has developed a three-prong strategy to help the Air Force meet the overall QDR manpower reduction requirements Their probable approach is to competitive source (also referred to as outsourcing and privatization) many of the supply functions. The primary reason for outsourcing and privatization is to generate badly needed weapons and infrastructure modernization funds. However, AMC has little experience in outsourcing supply functions within the command Air Education and Training Command (AETC), however, has successfully adopted supply outsourcing at many of their bases. This situation generates the following questions: Can AETC's past and present outsourcing and privatization effort be adapted to meet AMC supply requirements? How can AETC's supply outsourcing effort be utilized by AMC?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA397502
Entities
People
- James M. Phillips Jr
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College